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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Beat Stoffel, Zumikon, CH;
Armando Cruz, Veracruz, MX;
Beat Stoffel, Zumikon, CH;
Armando Cruz, Veracruz, MX;
Holcim Technology Ltd, Rapperswil-Jona, CH;
Abstract
In a process for utilizing organic waste materials, in particular cellulose-containing, moist, organic waste materials, in a clinker production process in which the waste materials are introduced as fuel and burnt in the clinker production process, the waste materials are brought into contact with the hot exhaust gases of the clinker production process and dried in a drying step flowing in parallel therewith before they are introduced into the clinker production process. The drying step is carried out in a drying reactor in which the moist waste materials are passed together with the hot exhaust gases through a series of concentrically arranged tubes, with multiple changes in flow direction about 180°, and the temperature of the hot exhaust gases is set to a maximum value of 400° C. by mixing in of ambient air and/or air from the clinker production process before the drying step.