Title: Assessment of CO₂ reduction techniques of cement production in Turkey

Authors: Kumru Rende; Özgen Ercan; Bilgin Hilmioğlu; Pınar Ergenekon; Hasan Sadıkoğlu

Addresses: Department of Environmental Engineering, Gebze Technical University, 41400, Kocaeli, Turkey ' Environment and Cleaner Production Institute, TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre, 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey ' Environment and Cleaner Production Institute, TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre, 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey ' Department of Environmental Engineering, Gebze Technical University, 41400, Kocaeli, Turkey ' Department of Chemical Engineering, Yıldız Technical University, 34349, İstanbul, Turkey

Abstract: The objective of this study is to reveal the importance of CO₂ emission reduction in the cement industry for the countries with strong demand. As a case study we worked on the opportunities of reducing CO₂ emissions in the cement industry in Turkey. By improving the technology, the average specific energy and specific electric consumption showed a decrease of nearly 4% and 5%, respectively over the last ten years. Process based CO₂ emissions followed a slight decrease due to changes in the utilised fuel and raw material blend from 0.50 ton CO₂/ton cement in 2001 to 0.45 ton CO₂/ton cement in 2015. Reduction in CO₂ emissions can be achieved mainly by effective waste heat recovery (WHR) systems and the increasing use of alternative fuel. When the percentage of alternative fuel usage reaches to 30.5% from the value of 2.38% 1.4 million tonnes of CO₂eq reduction will be achieved.

Keywords: CO₂ emissions; reduction techniques; cement industry; climate change; Turkey.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2018.094308

International Journal of Global Warming, 2018 Vol.16 No.1, pp.18 - 38

Received: 15 Jun 2017
Accepted: 13 Aug 2017
Published online: 29 Aug 2018 *

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