Rotary blowers kilns

To improve energy efficiency, refractories with superior K factors are used in lining the kiln, thus reducing radiant heat losses. Moreover, kiln mounted blowers now inject combustion air into the kilns in the zone where the volatiles evolve from the coke, thus permitting utilization of the Btu content in these previously wasted gases. In modern calciners, most of the energy required is obtained by burning the coke volatiles and fine particulate matter in the kiln. In some instances, rotary kilns equipped with kiln mounted blowers actually operate without external fuel (except for start-up). When these units are also equipped with incinerators (to combust the unburned volatiles and emitted coke fines) and waste... 

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