For many years, rotary kilns have been used across various industries to drive chemical reactions by thermal processing. Rotary kilns have become very established in fields such as cement, lime, and minerals. Because these thermal processing tools have been used almost exclusively in these industries, …
The refractory in a direct-fired rotary kiln is a crucial component, serving to both protect the shell of the drum and combustion chamber from the high interior temperatures, and to minimize heat loss. As a result, protecting refractory is not only critical to promoting optimal …
After a material is chosen for your rotary kiln refractory, you must decide the desired heat loss. When efficiency is of concern, or very high temperatures are involved, often it is desirable to use multiple layers of refractory: a “working” layer, and an insulating layer. …
Refractory is what protects the shell of a direct rotary kiln from the heat within, so as you can imagine, choosing a quality refractory that is right for your material is extremely important in the design of a rotary kiln. Choosing a refractory that will …
Holding the appropriate temperature within a rotary kiln is what allows the desired chemical reaction to occur. Sustaining that temperature, however, can be difficult if the right seal is not chosen. Almost all rotary kilns run at a negative pressure, meaning gas doesn’t leak out, …
Rotary kilns are integral to modern industrial processing, providing a controlled means of initiating chemical reactions and phase changes. As they are highly flexible and can be used to process hundreds of different materials, optimizing the performance of a rotary kiln around the process and …
Rotary kilns can be configured to fit nearly any process need, with a variety of customizations available to engineer an optimal processing solution. One customization that helps to promote efficiency in an indirect kiln is the bed disturber. Why use a Bed Disturber Indirect rotary …
Rotary kilns are a highly engineered thermal processing device, capable of carrying out a wide variety of objectives, from catalyst production to metal recovery. While much of the design of a rotary kiln is engineered around the unique characteristics of the material to be processed …
Once we have our preliminary rotary kiln size, we can start to think about the details of the rotary kiln internals. In the case of a direct fired rotary kiln, in which the hot stream of gas flows directly through the interior of the rotary …
When designing a thermal processing operation, confusion often results on whether a direct-fired or indirect-fired kiln is the better option. And while there can be some overlap in applications, in general, each type of kiln is better suited for different processes. Below is a brief …