The ETA cooler: your greenfield solution
Summary: In the article below Titan Cement and Claudius Peters examine together the low operating cost of the Titan ETA Cooler in Albania. This case study presents the argument that the determining purchase factor for greenfield cement pyro-lines should be the cooler with the lowest operating cost.
In the purchasing decision for greenfield kiln lines, cement manufactures mainly look at the pyro-line suppliers that can supply the complete preheater - kiln - cooler system. The operating costs of the kiln line are however mainly determined by the efficiency of the clinker cooler. Therefore the clinker cooler should be the driving force in the selection of your kiln line, especially if you consider the total life cycle costs.
2 Titan project description
The main players in this project were first of all the Antea Cement Sh.A; part of the Titan group. Titan is an...
