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AZERBAIJAN Cement Garadagh Cement Plant

Energy

Pump it up

Opportunity
Reduce electrical energy
Annual savings:
• Energy consumption saving:
consumption on cement Results
pneumatic transport. 262 MWh/year
• Specific Electrical Energy
Solution Consumption (SEEC) decrease
Upgrading of the pneumatic on cement grinding:
system (Fuller screw pump) in 0.91 kWh/tonnes of cement
cement mills # 4 & 5 by Airlift • Scope 2 emissions:
rotary valve. 127 tCO2/year
• Return on investment:
Khalid Samaka Investment: 128 kCHF 2.8 years
CEO
Additional benefit:
• No maintenance for Airlift:
Mean Time Between Failures
(MTBF) improved from 285 h to
1,534 h

Ehtiram Mahmudov
Optimization
Manager

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