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Fall 2008 MTC Meeting

Tuesday, August 26, 2998

9:00 a.m. Acoustic Cleaning Applications: A Real World Cement Plant Case Study - Corrine Prince
9:40 a.m Oxy-Fuel Fired Cement Production - Stefan Laux
10:20 a.m. XP4i : Innovative Technology - Pierre Stouffs and Olivier Hancotte
11:00 a.m. Waste Heat Recovery for Industrial Processes - Dan Wishnick
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. The Reduced Emission Oxygen Kiln- Frank Zeman
2:10 p.m. Biodiesel: Background, Issues and Opportunities - Richard Nelson
2:50 p.m. Biodiesel: Technical Issues - Richard Nelson
START TIMES FOLLOWING MS. PRINCE’S PRESENTATION ARE APPROXIMATE

 

Spring 2008 MTC Meeting

Satish Sheth, Rick Bohan,  and Hans Steuch  
MTC Chairman, Satish Sheth and Secretary, Rick Bohan, present Hans Steuch with the "Tough Shoes to Fill" award along with an historic concrete pavement advertisement featuring famed cartoonist Walk Kelly, creator of the Pogo comic strip.  
PCA’s Manufacturing Technical Committee (MTC) conducted their spring meeting in conjunction with the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference. (More on the conference.) The Pyroprocessing Task Committee, Materials Preparation and Finishing Task Committee, Auxiliary Control and Equipment Task Committee, Steering Committee, and the MTC (as a committee-of-the-whole) all met. Highlights of the meeting included:

  • Economic Update by Ed Sullivan, PCA Chief Economist and Staff Vice President

  • CO2 and Sustainability Update by Greg Mayes, TXI

  • Special Recognition of Hans Steuch, Ash Grove


Spring 2008 MTC Meeting Minutes

 

Fall 2007 MTC Meeting

Hans Steuch, Vice Chairman of the Manufacturing Technical Committee, with Fall Technical Session presenters Mr. Mark Maier, Dr. Henry Liu, and Mr. Todd Danielczyk.
PCA's Manufacturing Technical Committee held its annual fall meeting and technical session in conjunction with PCA's fall committee meetings September 10-11, 2007.

Highlighting the session on September 10:

The MTC technical session on September 11 included four presentations:

Fall 2007 MTC Meeting Minutes

 

 

Spring 2007 MTC Meeting

PCA’s Manufacturing Technical Committee (MTC) conducted their spring meeting in conjunction with the IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference. The Pyroprocessing Task Committee, Materials Preparation and Finishing Task Committee, Auxiliary Control and Equipment Task Committee, Steering Committee, and the MTC (as a committee-of-the-whole) all met. Highlights of the meeting included:
  • Replacement and Development and Application of Hybrid ESP/Baghouses
  • CO2 Emissions and AB 32 Issues
  • Use of Waste Latex Paint in Cement Manufacturing
  • THC Issues in the Cement Industry

Spring 2007 MTC Meeting Minutes

 

Fall 2006 MTC Meeting

Technical Session of Fall 2006 MTC Meetings Available Via Webcast

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

  • Use of Super Critical Fluid Processing Technology for Beneficiation of Materials
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Powerful Tool for the Cement Industry
  • Avoiding Corrosion in Baghouses
  • Acid Mine Drainage: Waste or Resource?
  • Panel Discussion on Operational Aspects of Finish Grinding Using Vertical Roller Mills.

All of these presentations were webcast live and can now be accessed on a 24/7 basis.

Fall 2006 MTC Meeting Minutes

Hot topics included environmental issues related to emissions reductions along with energy issues related to the U.S. EPA’s Energy Star program. Also notable were the wide range of research suggestions discussed during the various committee meetings.

 

Spring 2006 MTC Meeting

Meeting Minutes

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Fall 2005 MTC Meeting

Technical Session of Fall 2005 MTC Meetings Available Via Webcast

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

  • Market-based strategies for carbon dioxide emissions management 9:30
    Clair Jahns
    Chicago Climate Exchange
  • High precision wireless level and temperature sensors for ball mills 10:00
    Peter Kalkert
    KIMA Echtzeitsysteme GmbH
  • New kiln inlet gas technology 10:30
    Karsten Floor
    FLSmidth Automation
  • Strategic energy management - a competitive prerequisite Group Luncheon
    Peter Garforth (View or download the Strategic Energy Management PDF)
    Garforth International, LLC
  • SNCR: Controlling NOx Emissions at US Cement Plants 1:30
    Jennifer Seinfeld and Roger Brower
    Zephyr Environmental Corp.
  • Minutes of the Fall 2005 Meeting


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Minutes of the Fall 2005 MTC Meeting
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Spring 2005 MTC Meeting

Minutes of the Spring 2005 MTC meetings
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Fall 2004 MTC Meeting


Technical Session of Fall 2004 MTC Meetings Available Via Webcast

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Minutes of the Fall 2004 MTC meetings
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