MECHANICAL STABILITY OF CEMENT ROTARY （机械稳定水泥扶轮）.pdfVIP

MECHANICAL STABILITY OF CEMENT ROTARY KILNS TO PREVENT BRICK LINING FAILURE by G.C. Dalela, Raju Goyal and Kamal Kumar HOLTEC CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED, NEW DELHI 1.0 SUMMARY The productivity in a cement plant mainly depends upon the availability of the kiln. The present day rotary kilns are having large diameter and it is most essential to maintain their mechanical stability. The kiln alignment, deformation of shell, ovality, etc. are some of the factors which play an important role in maintaining the good refractory life. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyse the causes of refractory lining failure, specially with reference to mechanical stresses on bricklining. 2.0 INTRODUCTION The cement production all over the world including India is growing very fast to match the demand supply pressure in the market. The market of cement sales is very competitive that is why the profit margin has very narrow band between production and sales. Any type of interruption in production of cement can affect the profitability. Kiln is the most crucial equipment of cement manufacturing process and the productivity largely depends on the kiln operation and its availability. In the past experience, it is observed that the main interruption in cement production is due to the failure of refractory. The statistical data show that the refractory failure has around 80% contribution in total kiln down time as shown in figure 1. The investigations show that the causes of refractory failure and poor durability of refractory in large diameter kilns are due to the following