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About the authors
Dr Iacovos Skourides has an Msc and
PhD in Environmental Engineering from
Imperial College London. His area of research
was in the production of high quality solid
recovered fuel (SRF) from municipal waste for
utilisation in cement kilns using mechanical
biological treatment. Since 2008, he has
worked at Vassiliko Cement Works (VCW)
in different positions, as Shift Supervisor,
Central Control Room (CCR) Engineer during
commissioning of a 6000 tpd clinker line,
Production Manager (2012 – 2019) and since,
2019 he has been the Plant Manager at VCW.
Savvas Petrou is a Chemical Engineer (NTUA)
and has an MSc in Materials Science and
Technology (Chemical Eng. Dpt, NTUA). He
has been working in the cement industry for
the last 15 years, and has been involved in
the Environment, Production and Management
Systems field. Since 2011, he has been the
Environment and Alternative Fuels Manager of
Vassiliko Cement Plant.
Dr Tahir Abbas is an expert in combustion,
emissions and
process and has been
involved in providing
technical services to
combustion and mineral
industries for more
than 25 years. He has
worked in the industry
as Plant Engineer,
Product Manager,
R&D Manager and is
currently working as
Technical Director for
Cinar Ltd.
Dr Michail P.
Akritopoulos is a CFD
and combustion expert
with a rich engineering
background. He
studied for a degree
in Metallurgy
Engineering (Mining
and Metallurgy Eng.
Dpt., NTUA), and an
MSc in Environmental
Technology (Chemical
Eng. Dpt., UMIST).
Then, he worked as
a researcher in Prof.
F.C. Lockwood’s
Combustion group,
obtaining a PhD
in Computational
Modelling of Multiphase
Combustion in 2005
(Mechanical Eng.
Dpt., Imperial College
London). Following
this, he joined Cinar
Ltd where he is
currently working
as a Senior Project
Manager.
Figure 5. Tertiary air downward inclination from 30º angle was modified to
15º upward.
Figure 6. NO reduction efficiencies for 4 burners, 3 burners, and 3 burners
and modified TA as compared with the Base Case.
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