Ceramics Research Centre
 

High-temperature process optimization

High-temperature industrial processes have a large effect on the installation lifetime. Consequently, in order to reduce downtime and maintenance costs, operating procedures are often governed by boundary conditions to ensure stable and long time operation of the installation.
 
In many cases, these restrictions are based on years of operating experience and instructions of refractory manufacturers. However, the quality of supplied refractory materials, operating conditions, and other process parameters may change over time. In order to ensure optimal usage of the installations' capabilities, a more extensive investigation of both the process conditions as well as the refractory lining and installation construction is necessary. In this way, the Ceramics Research Centre experts on process design can provide support to optimize the current operating procedures and thus improve the energy efficiency of your high temperature processes. This could result in considerable lower process costs, maintenance downtime and reduction of energy waste.