Handbook for Designing Cement Plants

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Basics: 1. Overview of manufacture of cement. 2. Types of cement--their properties and uses. 3. Processes of manufacturing of cement. 4. Selection of process and machinery. 5. Raw materials, additives and fuels. 6. Taking up the design of a cement plant. 7. Technical concepts--process flowcharts. 8. Technical concepts--conversion factors. 9. Technical concepts--design margins to arrive at capacities. 10. Technical concepts--running hours in various sections. 11. Technical concepts--sectional and individual capacities. 12. Process gases. 13. Storages. 14. Machinery schedules. 15. Drawing specifications for inviting offers. 16. Properties of materials that affect sizing and selection of machinery. II. Machinery used in making cement:  1. Quarrying operations. 2. Crushers. 3. Stacker reclaimer systems. 4. Grinding mills. III Techno economic feasibility studies: 1. Investment decision. 2. Setting up a cement plant-techno-economic feasibility studies. 3. What should theT.E.F.S. contain. 4. Demand forecast and market. 5. Limestone deposits.... IV. Civil design and construction: 1. Civil design and Civil Engineering. 2. Non-factory buildings. 3. Design aspects of some of the non-factory building. 4. Colony, guest houses and clubs. 5. Storages, silos, bins and hoppers. 6. Water supply. V. Electricals and instrumentation: 1. Electrical systems, general. 2. Power distribution and cables. 3. Power consumption and its calculation. 4. Instrumentation and process control. 5. Linghting. VI. Layouts and detailed engineering: 1. Cement plants general layouts. 2. Department layouts. 3. Layouts of crushing plants. 4. Auxiliaries in crushing section. 5. Storage of crushed limestone and stacker reclaimer systems....VII. Selecting and ordering machinery: 1. Ordering machinery. 2. Formulating enquiries ENQS. 3. Technical data sheets TDS 1-8. 4. Evaluation. 5. Critical operational and design parameters. 6. Time factor.  VIII. Reference section (rs) (CD Form).  IX. Sources. Index.

"This handbook is the result of the author's more than five decades experience in the cement industry.

The book is structured as a practical handbook for designing cement plants from scratch, guiding the user step by step through various stages involved in setting up a cement plant. It starts with raw materials, various processes in making different types of cements, various machinery used in the different sections. It explains working out of sizes and capacities of machines and sections. It deals with preparation of techno-economic feasibility, construction, electrical and instrumentation in cement plants.

Salient features:

Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of cement plant designing.
 Layouts and detailed engineering of various sections of the cement plant covered including design and drawings of ductings and vent systems.
Practical aspects like design of working platforms, safety precautions discussed.
Interactive reference section in CD-format provided for process calculations, sizing of main machinery and auxiliaries.