Production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement using sulfur as a fuel and as a source of clinker sulfur trioxide: pilot kiln trial

Theodore Hanein; Isabel Galan; Ammar Elhoweris; Sameer Khare; Solon Skalamprinos; Gabriel Jen; Mark Whittaker; Mohammed S. Imbabi; Fredrik P. Glasser; Marcus N. Bannerman

doi:10.1680/jadcr.16.00018

Production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement using sulfur as a fuel and as a source of clinker sulfur trioxide: pilot kiln trial

Theodore Hanein, Isabel Galan, Ammar Elhoweris, Sameer Khare, Solon Skalamprinos, Gabriel Jen, Mark Whittaker, Mohammed S. Imbabi, Fredrik P. Glasser, Marcus N. Bannerman

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A pilot-scale trial was undertaken in a 7·4 m kiln to demonstrate the production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement clinker using sulfur as a raw feed. The sulfur was introduced in its elemental form as fuel to the burner, thus partially offsetting fuel costs while providing sulfur trioxide which is incorporated in the clinker. The study demonstrates that sulfur trioxide is readily sequestered into cement clinker in a standard rotary kiln; however, some scrubbing of the exit gas may still be required. As the products of scrubbing (anhydrite or gypsum) are usually required to optimise the cement formulation, the recovered sulfur product can find an immediate use in the final cement product. This trial demonstrates the successful production of targeted belite calcium sulfoaluminate clinkers at scale using sulfur as both a fuel and sulfur trioxide source.

Original language	English
Article number	1600018
Pages (from-to)	643-653
Number of pages	11
Journal	Advances in Cement Research
Volume	28
Issue number	10
Early online date	11 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/jadcr.16.00018
Publication status	Published - Nov 2016

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD), Qatar, through research grant number ENG016RGG11757. The authors would also like to acknowledge Thomas Matschei and Guanshu Li for the stimulating and fruitful discussions concerning the development of this work. The continuous support prior to, during and after the
pilot kiln trial from Vadym Kuznietsov and the entire team at IBU-tec is also greatly appreciated.

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Hanein, T., Galan, I., Elhoweris, A., Khare, S., Skalamprinos, S., Jen, G., Whittaker, M., Imbabi, M. S., Glasser, F. P., & Bannerman, M. N. (2016). Production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement using sulfur as a fuel and as a source of clinker sulfur trioxide: pilot kiln trial. Advances in Cement Research, 28(10), 643-653. Article 1600018. https://doi.org/10.1680/jadcr.16.00018

Hanein, T, Galan, I, Elhoweris, A, Khare, S, Skalamprinos, S, Jen, G, Whittaker, M, Imbabi, MS, Glasser, FP & Bannerman, MN 2016, 'Production of belite calcium sulfoaluminate cement using sulfur as a fuel and as a source of clinker sulfur trioxide: pilot kiln trial', Advances in Cement Research, vol. 28, no. 10, 1600018, pp. 643-653. https://doi.org/10.1680/jadcr.16.00018

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