Cement Manufacturing
Process
Service Description
Gossman Consulting, Inc. provides
assistance
in cement manufacturing process trouble-shooting and process
improvement.
Our experienced team of professionals have an intimate understanding of
the chemical processes in cement manufacture and can assist in the
selection
of alternate fuels and feed stocks or in determining a raw materials
specification
and blending ratio. GCI's wide experience in assisting clients who
utilize
a number of different clinker production processes has given us a
unique
understanding of the cement manufacturing process. This understanding
and
experience, coupled with our strong sampling and analytical skills and
our equally strong production management experience, create a
combination
of skills that can be widely utilized by cement manufacturers wishing
to
improve their process.
Experience
David Gossman
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Acted as QA/QC manager for one of the first comprehensive RCRA Trial
Burns
at a cement plant.
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Performed a comprehensive review of a proposed update to SW-846.
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Assisted in the review of a cement plant's waste water run off plans.
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Provides hardware support and maintenance for in-house state of the art
network system including the networking of the latest 486 and pentium
based
computer technology, high-end laser printing, CD-ROM, and optical
character
and voice recognition technology.
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Prepared an analysis of existing metal emission data from cement kilns
and incinerators burning hazardous waste, and recommended technology
based
metal emission standards which have been presented in a petition for
rule
making to the USEPA by the Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition.
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Prepared a study of recycling opportunities utilizing cement kiln
technology
for refineries in Venezuela.
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Performed technical and market evaluations to determine the suitability
and made recommendations regarding the resource recovery opportunities
available to various cement plants throughout the United States as well
as Great Britain, Venezuela, and South East Asia.
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Performed comprehensive laboratory based study, including field
sampling,
of cement kiln dust and cement clinker stored and generated at cement
plants
throughout the country.
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Performed a comprehensive evaluation of the potential for utilizing
spent
aluminum potliner as a fuel in cement kilns. Evaluation included
facility
design criteria and concepts based on the study's technical findings.
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Evaluated various resource recovery opportunities for client companies
relative to technical feasibility, worker health and safety impact,
environmental
impact, and regulatory requirements.
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Performed a study of various alternatives for the introduction of solid
hazardous wastes into cement kilns including the potential for
pyrolysis
or thermal separation prior to cement kiln introduction.
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Performed the first comprehensive, published study on the fate of trace
metals in the cement manufacturing process. The study provided special
insight on how recirculating loads, as well as the point of
introduction,
can effect the fate of metals in cement kilns.
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Developed the first comprehensive HWF specification which met the needs
of product (cement) quality, environmental protection and personal
health
& safety in 1980.
- Assisted in the development of a dynamic computer model for predicting
emissions and recirculating loads on volatile constituents such as Hg
and alkali chlorides in cement kilns.
Existing SOLUTIONS
GCI has prepared a number of papers on cement
manufacturing process. (If a link to a paper title is not yet available
please e-mail with your fax number for a copy.)
"Metal Equilibration and Process Capture Efficiencies in Cement
Kilns"
"The Fate of Trace Metals In The Wet Process Cement Kiln"
"The Effect of Process Differences on System Removal Efficiencies
(SREs)
and the Fate of Metals in Cement Kilns"
"A Comparison of Normal and Worst Case Cement Plant Emissions”
"Observations and Comments on EPA/DOE Mercury
CEMs Demonstration at Holnam's Holly Hill, SC Facility"
"The Design of A Custom Database System for
Storing
and Accessing Point Source Emission Test Data and Associated Process
Conditions"
GCI Tech Notes "Why All Cement Kilns
Should
Test Their CKD" June-97
GCI Tech Notes "Working together in Plant
Operations"
Dec-96
GCI Tech Notes "The Impact of CKD Recycling on
“HCl” Emissions from the Wet Process Cement Kiln”, Aug-9
GCI Tech Notes "The Potential for CKD
Insufflation
to Impact Metals Emissions from Cement Kilns”, Sept-95
HWF Notes "CKD Report to Congress Comments”,
Feb-94
HWF Notes "The Clean Air Act and Cement Kiln
NOx Emissions”, June-93
HWF Notes "THE MSHA Hazard Communication
Standard”,
Nov-91