Rotary Kilns: Transport Phenomena and Transport Processes

Rotary Kilns—rotating industrial drying ovens—are used for a wide variety of applications including processing raw minerals and feedstocks as well as heat-treating hazardous wastes. They are particularly critical in the manufacture of Portland cement. Their design and operation is critical to their efficient usage, which if done incorrectly can result in improperly treated materials and excessive, high fuel costs. This professional reference book will be the first comprehensive book in many years that treats all engineering aspects of rotary kilns, including a thorough grounding in the thermal and fluid principles involved in their operation, as well as how to properly design an engineering process that uses rotary kilns.

This new edition contains an updated CFD section with inclusion of recent case studies and in line with recent developments covers pyrolysis processes, torrefaction of biomass, application of rotary kilns in C02 capture and information on using rotary kilns as incinerators for hydrocarbons.

Provides essential information on fluid flow, granular flow, mixing and segregation, and aerodynamics during turbulent mixing and recirculationGives guidance on which fuels to choose, including options such as natural gas versus coal-fired rotary kilnsCovers principles of combustion and flame control, heat transfer and heating and material balancesNew edition contains information on pyrolysis processes with low temperatures and torrefaction of biomass. It also covers calcination of petcoke, how rotary kilns are used as incinerators for chlorinated hydrocarbons.Includes updated material on CFD simulation of kiln gas and solids flow with a selection of recent case studies.

1: The Rotary Kiln Evolution & Phenomenon
2: Basic Description of Rotary Kiln Operation
3: Freeboard Aerodynamic Phenomena
4: Granular Flows in Rotary Kilns
5: Mixing & Segregation
6: Combustion and Flame
7: Freeboard Heat Transfer
8: Heat Transfer Processes in the Rotary Kiln Bed
9: Mass & Energy Balance
10: Rotary Kiln Minerals Process Applications
11: Rotary Kiln Process Design Case – Petroleum Coke Calcination
12: Rotary Kiln Environmental Applications