2023

PROJECT SHOWCASE

ECO-FRIENDLY
CEMENT
FACTORY

PROPOSED BY SUPERVISED BY

ABDULLAHIL MUHSEE (CE 18) DR. BULBUL AHMED

MD MARJAN JAHAN TAZIN (ME 18) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, RUET
ABID HUSSAIN (CE 19)
ABSTRACT
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH IS MOSTLY DEPENDENT
ON THE TRADITIONAL CONCRETE THAT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT
SEVERELY. BANGLADESH LOSES $14 BILLION ANNUALLY DUE TO AIR
POLLUTION THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULTS FROM THE
CONCRETE INDUSTRY. TO HOLD THE BINDING PROPERTIES IN
CONCRETE, CEMENT IS USED. IT IS A RESEARCH FINDING THAT 1 TON
OF CEMENT PRODUCTION CAUSES 0.55-TON C EMISSION. TO
ADDRESS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD OF TRADITIONAL CEMENT
PRODUCTION, GREEN CEMENT FACTORY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. IN
THE GREEN CEMENT FACTORY, THREE INNOVATIVE FEATURES WERE
USED TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF TRADITIONAL
CEMENT FACTORY. BESIDES, GREEN CEMENT FACTORY REDUCES
CONCRETE PRODUCTION COST. THUS, THE PROJECT OF GREEN
CEMENT FACTORY IS BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
IMPACTFUL.

KEYWORDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVE; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY

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CURRENT SCENARIO OF TRADITIONAL
CEMENT FACTORY

THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE TRADITIONAL CEMENT FACTORY IS THE

CEMISSION. WHILE PRODUCING CEMENT, LIMESTONE AND STAND IS BURNT
AT 1450˚ C. THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF TEMPERATURE CAUSES EXCESSIVE C
EMISSION. IT IS A RESEARCH FINDING THAT 1 TON OF CEMENT PRODUCTION
CAUSES 0.55-TON C EMISSION. GREEN CEMENT FACTORY HAS MINIMIZED
THE C EMISSION PROBLEM.
BESIDES, TRADITIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION COST IS COMPARATIVELY
HIGH. ONE CUBIC METER CONCRETE PRODUCTION COST USING TRADITIONAL
CEMENT IS BDT 9908. GREEN CEMENT FACTORY CAN REDUCE THE CONCRETE
PRODUCTION COST UP TO 1.5%.

HIGH AMOUNT OF CARBON

DIOXIDE EMISSION

HUGE COST OF PRODUCTION

COST OF FUEL IS HIGH AS HIGH

TEMPERATURE IS REQUIRED

NOX GENERATION

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ECO-FRIENDLY CEMENT FACTORY
WORKING PRINCIPLE

FINE
QUARRING CRUSHING
CRUSHING

PYRO GRINDING PROPORTIO

PROCESSING AND NATING OF
OF CEMENT PREHEATING SAND AND
CLAY

MIXING OF
COOLING KILNKER, FINAL
OF KILNER GYPSUM, AND GRINDING
SBA

STORING AT
BURNING OF CEMENT SILO
SUGARCANE
BAGASSE

CO2
CO2
CAPTURING PACKAGING
THROUGH OF CEMENT
PILOT
REACTOR

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FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED CEMENT
FACTORY

WASTE MANAGEMENT 1
IN TERMS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUGARCANE BAGASSE ASH IS USED IN
GREEN CEMENT FACTORY. THE PROBLEM WITH SUGARCANE BAGASSE IS:
REDUCTION OF DISSOLVED
DISRUPTION OF SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
GROUND WATER SEEPAGE
GENERATION OF CONTAMINATION LEACHES
THUS, BY USING THE SUGARCANE BAGASSE ASH (SBA) WASTE MANAGEMENT
IS DONE IN THE GREEN CEMENT FACTORY.

2 REDUCTION OF CO2 EMISSION

TRADITIONAL CEMENT FACTORY EMITS A HUGE AMOUNT OF CARBON

DIOXIDE FROM ITS PREHEATER. AS THE RAW MATERIALS OF CEMENT IS BURNT
AT 1450˚ C, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CIS RELEASED. GREEN CEMENT FACTORY
HAS 5% LESS AMOUNT OF C EMISSION.

COST EFFECTIVENESS 3
GREEN CEMENT FACTORY REDUCES CONCRETE PRODUCTION COST UP TO
1.5%. ONE CUBIC METER CONCRETE PRODUCTION REQUIRES BDT 9908.
USING THE 5% REPLACEMENT OF TRADITIONAL CEMENT WITH SUGARCANE
BAGASSE ASH (SBA), CONCRETE PRODUCTION COST IS REDUCED BDT 145.

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FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED CEMENT
FACTORY

4 50-50 MIXING

IN THE GREEN CEMENT FACTORY, LIMESTONE AND SAND IS MIXED BY 50-50

PROPORTION AS THE RAW MATERIALS. THIS 50-50 MIXING OF LIMESTONE
AND SAND HAS REDUCED THE BURNING TEMPERATURE AT THE PREHEATER.
THIS MIXING REQUIRES 1200˚C TEMPERATURE WHICH IS LESS THAN THE
TRADITIONAL CEMENT FACTORY.

PILOT REACTOR 5
IN THE GREEN CEMENT FACTORY, A DEVICE CALLED PILOT REACTOR IS USED.
IN THE PILOT REACTOR, CARBON CAPTURE PROCEDURE IS APPLIED. PILOT
REACTOR CONTAINS MONO-ETHANOL-AMINE, WHICH OCCURS NITROGEN
GAS EMISSION INSTEAD OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION. PILOT REACTOR CAN
MINIMIZED CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION UP TO 5%.

CONCLUSION
AS GREEN CEMENT FACTORY PROVIDES FEASIBILITY IN CONSTRUCTION COST,
THIS PROJECT IS VERY PROMISING FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE
BANGLADESH. BESIDES, THIS PROJECT AIDS IN REDUCING CO2 EMISSION
FROM CEMENT FACTORY. THUS, PROPER UTILIZATION OF ECO FRIENDLY
CEMENT FACTORY WILL BRING ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE.

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