Australia’s Largest Cement Plant – Cement Australia Gladstone Site Selects Promecon McONAir Gas Flow Measurement for Process Control.
Ultra-Dynamics Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that Cement Australia’s Gladstone Cement Plant is using the McONAir Gas Flow Measurement System for process control.
The plant, is located at Fishermans Landing in Gladstone, Queensland, has Australia’s largest cement kiln which has an annual production capacity of more than 1.6 million tonnes of cement. The limestone used in production is mined near Mount Larcom at the East End quarry. A second cement kiln at the Gladstone Cement plant produces around 300,000 tonnes of lime a year which is used in the two alumina refineries based in Gladstone.
The Gladstone Cement plant is proud to be Australia’s leading environmental performing cement plant and the most efficient in the country because of its use of ‘state of the art’ technology such as the McONAir Gas Flow Measurement System. The plant processes copper slag, silica sand, clay, limestone and iron additives to produce and supply clinker ( an intermediate product that results from cement making) and cement. The cement is supplied both in bulk and in bags, throughout Australia and for export to overseas countries.
The system is well suited to application in the following plants:
• Cement
• Metallurgical Processing, eg copper, zinc etc
• Iron ore
• Steelworks
Promecon Airflow Measurement
McON Air determines the absolute velocity of air or flue gas directly in pipes or ducts, even under extreme operating conditions such as high temperature as well as in high dust atmospheres. The velocity measurement is performed by a pair of sensors aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipe. A cross correlation technique is used to measure the time shift of matching signals. By using the cross sectional area of the duct as well as the temperature and pressure information the gas STP volume flow can be calculated on line.
The McON Air measurement is also designed to replace existing Venturi or other differential pressure systems because of its maintenance-free construction and the advantage of installation without any additional provisions and reconstruction measures. Most importantly: it does not need any reference measurement to be calibrated.
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