Precalciner
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chamber in which rawmix is heated and partially calcined prior to entering the cement kiln.
"The dry process, using preheaters and precalciners, is both economically and environmentally preferable to the wet process because the energy consumption—200 joules per kilogram (J/kg)—is approximately half that for the wet process."
Example
More examples"The dry process, using preheaters and precalciners, is both economically and environmentally preferable to the wet process because the energy consumption—200 joules per kilogram (J/kg)—is approximately half that for the wet process."
Etymology
From precalcine + -er.
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