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Safety and occupational healthSH-006

Ozone backdraft during kiln shutdown maintenance

Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Union Bridge, Maryland · 1997

Ozone measured 0.6-0.7 ppm in recreated conditions, above 0.7 ppm at a rear portal, and 4.5 ppm on a direct-reading meter.

Reliability and maintenanceRM-001

Fan-bearing redesign plus predictive maintenance

Holcim Slovensko · Rohoznik cement plant · 2003-2005

Supplier reports bearing replacement interval on main-kiln fans increased to at least 30 months from less than one year.

Process, quality, and energy optimizationPQ-002

Roller-press raw grinding replaced two ball-mill circuits

Siam City Cement Public Company · Factory 1, Saraburi · 2020

Supplier reports 350 t/h at 13.36 kWh/t, more than 8 kWh/t lower, nearly 40% energy saving, and about EUR1.5 million lower annual energy cost.

Energy and environmental performanceEE-001

Oro Grande kiln-fan VFD replacement

CalPortland Company · Oro Grande Cement Plant · 2022

EPA award profile reports 18% energy-efficiency improvement for the project.

Energy and environmental performanceEE-002

Mojave kiln-exhaust baghouse fan improvement

CalPortland Company · Mojave Cement Plant · 2022

EPA award profile reports 40-50% fan-efficiency improvement.

Energy and environmental performanceEE-005

Thermoelectric generation from cement-plant waste heat

Amrize · Alpena cement plant, Michigan · reported 2025

Measured 3.1 gross and 2.0 net kWh/t clinker; system thermal efficiency 5.0% peak and 4.3% average. USD241000/y is a typical full-scale projection, not an observed Alpena saving.