Raw Material Handling

Stores, Stackers & Reclaimers

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Agenda

 Basic principles of pre-blending in stores

 Types of pre-blending and non-blending stores

 Stacking methods

 Selection of pre-blending store

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Raw materials handling objective

Homogeneous kiln feed Standard Deviation (S.D.) < 1% LSF

(or 0,1% CaO or 3% C3S)

Raw meal storage in silo Silo capacity: 1 – 2 days

Blending factor: 5:1 – 10:1

Raw material storage Pile capacity: 3 - 4 days

Main raw materials in outlet from pile:
S.D. < 5 - 10 % LSF (or equivalent)

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 Basic principle of pre-blending

Longitudinal store

Reclaiming direction Reclaimer Cutx

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BMA based control applications

Limestone A
Limestone B
Clay
.....

Weighing cell BMA

By-pass

Non-blending piles
& silos

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 QCX /BlendExpert™ Pile -
Circular pile display
C urrent and next Scroll w ith slice bar through entire C urrent and tw o last
”reclaim ” layer pile to show any reclaim layer stacked layers

Select Pile

C urrent stacker &

reclaim er location

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General types of Stores

Homogenizing stores:

 Longitudinal Homogenizing Store (BS)

 Circular Homogenizing Store (CBS)

 Bucket Excavator Homogenizing Store (BE)

Non-homogenizing stores:

 Side Scraper Store (SS)

 Portal Scraper Stores (PS)

 Side Scraper/Portal Scraper with Buckets Store (SSB/PSB)

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 Stacking Methods

blending Stores (main components):

Longitudinal stores

 Chevron method
 Windrow method

Circular stores

 Continuous Chevron method

Non-blending Stores (additives):

 Cone shell method

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Longitudinal blending store (BS)

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 Bridge scraper (BS): Toothed
Harrow

Ploughs

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Chevron stacking

Longitudinal Store: Chevron

Cross sectional view

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 Compensation for chevron
segregation

Reclaimer

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Operator Cabins & Operators interface

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 Circular blending store (CBS)

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Continuous Chevron – moving average

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 Longitudinal vs. Circular –
Chemical sensitivity

Longitudinal store M1 M1

Reclaimed cut M1 all of similar composition

Reclaiming direction

M3 M2
Circular store

Reclaimed cut M2 different from reclaimed cut M3

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Type selection of reclaimer:

Materials flowability

2% H2O
15% H2O

Shear Tester

8% H2O
10% H2O

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 Live Harrow

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Bucket Excavator blending Store (BE)

Bucket cleaner

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 Windrow stacking

Retaining walls

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Additive stores: Side Scraper &

Shunting

Gypsum Limestone Limestone Sand

Iron ore Iron Ore

Reclaimer
(SS) Stacker

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 Side Scraper Store (SS)

Buckets

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Cone shell stacking

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 Portal Scraper Store (PS/PS2)

Semi-Portal Store

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Tripper Carriage

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 Evaluating storage criteria

 blending requirement

 Raw material properties

 Enlargement capability

 Lay-out possibilities

 Climatic conditions

 Mill feeding method

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A typical Sedimentary structure

Variability in horizontal direction is low

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 Inclined front, Limestone

The variability in horizontal direction is high

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Stores - Advantages & Disadvantages

Function Reclaimer Advantages Disadvantages
Store capacity can be extended.
Space requirement relatively high.
Longitudinal Composition of the whole pile can easily be
Bridge Scraper Blending in End Cones suffers if
adjusted.
(BS) end-cone correction is not applied.
blending
Suitable for correction of chemical long-term
Shunting between piles necessary.
fluctuations of the raw material feed.
The store capacity cannot be
extended.
Circular Limited space requirement.
Bridge Scraper The chemical composition in a full
blending No end-cone problems after initial start-up.
(CBS) pile cannot be corrected.
Continuous operation.
Sensitive to chemical long-term
fluctuations in the material feed.

Longitudinal Bucket Chain Handling of sticky materials. Store must be placed under cover.
Excavator
blending (BE) Suitable for direct feeding. Shunting between piles necessary.

Side Scraper
Common Stacker/Reclaimer for several
(SS)
separate piles (different materials). Capacity can suffer due to high
Longitudinal degree of shunting between piles.
Portal Scraper
Store capacity can be extended.
(PS)
Non-blending Not suitable for direct feeding.
Handling of frozen/sticky materials with
Side Scraper
buckets.
with Buckets

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