OPTIMIZACIÓN OPERACIONAL Y ENERGÉTICA DE UN PROCESO DE SECADO INDUSTRIAL DE UNA ARCILLA CAOLINITICA PARA PRODUCCIÓN DE MATERIALES DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN

Hamilton Copete; Sandra García; Henry Copete; Raúl Ortega; Jhony Gutierrez

doi:10.17533/udea.rcm.19343

Authors

Hamilton Copete Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S
Sandra García Sumicol-Corona S.A
Henry Copete Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S
Raúl Ortega Sumicol-Corona S.A
Jhony Gutierrez Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rcm.19343

Keywords:

Drying , Clay, Combustion, Moisture, Productivity, Specific Comsuption, Drying Rate

Abstract

The drying process use two rotating cylinders to reduce the kaolinitic clay moisture from 30% to a requirement of the product below 1%. Initially to achieve this was necessary twice passing clay through the dryer, thus were modified operating conditions as drum speed, feed rate, drying air velocity, in order to achieve the necessary features in one product step without affecting the ceramic properties of it, which were determined by TGA, XRF and reactivity of alumina kaolin. On the other hand energy efficiency improved by optimizing combustion, reducing cold air infiltration 1000% to 200%, the specific fuel consumption was reduced from 4.48 to 2.98 kWh / kg of water evaporated, tripling the production without affecting the physical and mineralogical characteristics of the clay.

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Author Biographies

Hamilton Copete, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S

Materials Engineer, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S, Medellín

Sandra García, Sumicol-Corona S.A

Materials Engineer, Sumicol-Corona S.A, Medellín

Henry Copete, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S

MSc. Mechanical Engineer, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S, Medellín

Raúl Ortega, Sumicol-Corona S.A

Instrumentation and Control Engineer, Sumicol-Corona SA, Medellín

Jhony Gutierrez, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S

Mechanical Engineer, Soluciones Energéticas y de Automatización S.A.S, Medellín

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