Cement Production Technology

Principles and Practice
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-89984-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This comprehensive guide covers the complete cement production process—from raw material extraction to finished products. The new edition incorporates recent technological advances while maintaining focus on established practices and underlying principles. Key updates include alternative fuels and raw materials, carbon capture and utilization trends, and the emerging low-carbon cement sector. A new chapter explores modern automated cement plants, covering production scale, operational complexities, integrated resource planning, and manufacturing execution systems.

Key Features

- Covers cement production technology including process flow from the extraction of raw materials to the bagging and shipment of cement

- Explains back-up theoretical inputs behind the industrial practices

- Highlight the roadmap of elevating the global cement manufacturing to Industry 4.0 standard with digitalization

- Illustrates process-related quality control practices

- Explores advances in the use of urban and industrial wastes in cement manufacturing

This book is aimed at cement industry professionals and related researchers.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chatterjee, Anjan Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Basics Of Mineral Resources For Cement Production 2. Raw Mix Proportioning, Processing, And Burnability Assessment 3. Fuels Commonly In Use For Clinker Production 4. Alternative Fuels And Raw Materials 5. Pyro Processing And Clinker Cooling 6. Clinker Grinding And Cement Making 7. Composition And Properties Of Portland Cements 8. Process-Related Quality Control Practices In Cement Manufacturing 9. Environmental Mitigation And Pollution Control Technologies 10. Automation And Digitalization In Cement Manufacturing 11. Trends Of Research And Development In Cement Manufacture And Application 12. Global And Regional Growth Trends In Cement Production

Über Autor(innen)

Anjan Kumar Chatterjee is a Materials Scientist and has spent almost five decades in the cement and concrete industry as a researcher and a corporate executive. He completed his graduation and post-graduation studies at the Presidency College (now a University) in Kolkata, India, and later obtained his doctoral degree from the Moscow State University, Russia. He carried out his research studies at the Institute of Metallurgy in Moscow and the Building Research Establishment in the United Kingdom. His research work encompassed metal refining slags, phase equilibrium studies of the oxy-fluoride systems, cement manufacturing processes, development of blended and special-purpose cements, refractory cements and products, ready-mixed concrete production, cement and concrete materials science and chemistry, and restoration and renovation of concrete structures.