A transformation journey - from #grey2green

Our vision of a green polysius® cement plant

Today, one of the key challenges facing the cement industry is reducing carbon emissions in the cement manufacturing process. With the green polysius® cement plant solutions thyssenkrupp offers customers the opportunity for more sustainable cement production, which also meets customers’ economic efficiency and plant productivity requirements.

Answering the demand for more sustainable cement production

Due to the increased demand for cement as a construction material – especially, in areas of urbanization – we at thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions want to offer our customers solutions for the reduction of greenhouses gases in their cement production. Our green polysius® cement plant solutions are cost-efficient and have high output levels. Therefore, the answer to the increased demand for sustainable and eco-friendly cement is to make the transition from #grey2green cement manufacturing.

How Cement impacts our Society

Our green polysius® cement plants will produce less CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases. This is an advantage and competitive edge for our customers: Our plants will be able to meet strict local regulations and requirements for cement factories in the future. So, you are not only reducing your cement production’s carbon footprint you are also increasing the longevity and strengthening the position of your cement company in the highly competitive cement industry by choosing the green polysius® solutions.

From green cement plant construction to delivering single machines

At thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, we are a strong partner for our customers and offer everything from the construction to the delivery of our green polysius® solutions for your cement plants from a single source. We accompany our customers every step of the way of the cement plant implementation. By joining our vision of green polysius® cement plants your cement plants not only emit fewer emissions, they also consume less energy and save resources, which provides your cement production with an economic advantage. With our polysius® solutions you also take a step towards the Digitalization of the cement industry. Because not only do we use more eco-friendly components in binders, we also put digital technologies and Big Data to use to increase the efficiency of our green cement plants.

We have the technology to be more sustainable in cement production.
Dr. Luc Rudowski
Head of Innovation at thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, Business Unit Polysius

#grey2green: Join the future with our green polysius® solutions

With over 160 years of expertise and experience in the construction of big-scale industrial plants, we know that when it comes to upgrading or extending a cement production our customers need solutions that are easy to implement and also take every step of the cement production process into consideration – ensuring coherent and measurable improvement.

Our solutions for a green polysius® plant range from polysius® activated clay for a more sustainable clinker production with calcined clay and polysius® fuel substitutions as alternative fuel solutions to polysius® oxyfuel to drive climate-neutrality and reduce the carbon footprint of the cement industry and, last but not least, the NOx reduction solution by CemCat.

Our grey2green solutions

Explore our innovative binder solutions for upgrading your cement plant: polysius® activated clay is our solution based on calcined clay, a new Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) that can contribute to reduce the clinker factor significantly – down to 50% in ternary cement types. The polysius^®booster mill is an additional stage grinding solution, particularly efficient for finer grinding. Therefore, it enables customers to produce ultra-high-performance cement and establish green cement plants with a lower clinker factor without losing grinding capacity and gaining flexibility.

From high-waste pre-processing efforts using the polflame® burner, to zero pre-processing with the step combuster prepol® SC. Our solutions allow the incineration of fuels directly in the calciner or in a separate combustion chamber and meet regional and client-specific needs.

Today’s CO2 emissions from cement plants contribute to 7% of the global CO2 emissions. Implementing new processes like oxyfuel in your plant can take you a huge step further to achieve carbon neutrality in the long run.

The NOx reduction solution improves air quality through the after-treatment of exhaust gas and various process optimization measures – enabling cement plants to meet strict requirements.

In the age of digitalization we connect each step of your cement production process and offer a variety of smart services to enhance transparency, approachability and your cement plant’s efficiency.

To make cement plants more self-reliant in meeting their power needs, we offer a customized one-stop solution with complete waste heat recovery (WHR).