 | Rotary Kilns (Second Edition) 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. Dubbed "the kiln doctor", Dr. Boateng studied mechanical engineering in Moscow specializing in thermodynamics and heat engines. He completed an MS in thermofluids mechanics at the University of New Brunswick followed by a PhD in metals and materials process engineering with a focus on rotary kilns under the sponsorship of Alcan Canada. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications on energy, biofuels and biochemicals, minerals, and materials process engineering in flagship journals. Dr. Boateng is now a Lead Scientist with the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA pursuing research in biofuels and bioenergy. |
