Scrap tyres management in the EU cement industry - an economic/environmental approach

Tsakalakis, KG

dc.contributor.author	Tsakalakis, KG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:56:31Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:56:31Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0949-0205	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/28145
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Materials Science, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.title	Scrap tyres management in the EU cement industry - an economic/environmental approach	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	The cement industry is a vital sector of the EU-25 economy. With an annual cement production of over 230 million tonnes, it contributes significantly to the national gross domestic product (GDP) of its member states. The cement industry like other mineralogical transformation process industries (lune, glass, ceramics, extractive metallurgy, etc.), is high energy intensive. Energy accounts for about one third of the cement production cost. Each tonne of cement produced requires not only large amounts of fuels (coal, fuel oil, natural gas), but additionally a significant quantity of electrical power as well. The majority of the fuels consumed by the EU cement industry are imported. Therefore, it is of interest for the EU and the industry to increase energy efficiency and to reduce the quantities of fuels consumed in the cement manufacturing process. In the present paper the serious economic, societal and environmental benefits provided by the waste to energy use of scrap tyres in the EU cement manufacture are briefly outlined. Then useful conclusions are drawn.	en
heal.publisher	BAUVERLAG BV GMBH	en
heal.journalName	ZKG INTERNATIONAL	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000246422400005	en
dc.identifier.volume	60	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	43	en
dc.identifier.epage	+	en