A HEAT TREATMENT PLANT ESPECIALLY FOR PRODUCING CEMENT CLINKER

摘要

A calcining system for the manufacture of cement clinker and the like including the combination of a preheater into which the raw material to be calcined is introduced, a rotary kiln which receives the preheated material either directly or through a preliminary calcinator, and a cooler which receives the discharge of the rotary kiln. In accordance with the invention, a heater means is operatively associated directly with the cooler to bring the cooler up to operating temperatures during start-up.