Abstract. Cement is a necessity for economic development, but its production is extremely energy-intensive and leads to excessive pollution including SO 2 and CO 2 emissions. Since the environmental pollution associated with rapid increase in cement production has worsened significantly in the last decades, it is worth analyzing …

Concrete's air pollutant emissions. This research quantifies GHG and air pollutant emissions from concrete and mortar production (herein referred to as concrete …

The cement production is an important source of environmental pollution. The USA and China have global responsibility for cement production determined as one of the central sources of carbon ...

Cement industries are one of the biggest sources of CO 2 emissions. Considering the high consumption of cement in the construction industry, replacing materials with cement properties in order to reduce CO 2 pollution is one of the priorities. In this article, a natural pozzolan from Iran with suitable specifications to replace part of …

Cement Industry Implications of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule that would regulate the power sector and industrial sources, including cement plants, for nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, beginning in 2026. While there is a need for greater investment in U.S. cement production ...

While cement production creates a significant amount of dangerous gases in the air; the industry can be considered as one of the main sources of anthropogenic air pollution, with dust dispersal at ...

The cement manufacturing industry has played a fundamental role in global economic development, but its production is a major facilitator to anthropogenic CO2 release and solid waste …

Abstract. China is the largest cement producer and consumer in the world. Cement manufacturing is highly energy-intensive and is one of the major contributors to carbon dioxide (CO2) and air pollutant …

As a material that creates the majority of the world's bridges, roads, dams, and construction, concrete releases an extreme amount CO2 each year. It's the highest consumed product on earth besides water. Until the overall emissions are cut worldwide, …

construction industries. As such Indian economic and social growth is confronted with degrading. air quality. (MEHRAJ 2014) The major pollutant to a ir from cement production are Methane, Fume ...

The cement industry is a major contributor to carbon emissions, responsible for 5–8% of global emissions. This industry is expanding, particularly in emerging economies, and it is expected that CO2 emissions will rise by 4% by 2050. To address this critical concern, this paper identifies ten factors that contribute to carbon emissions in …

The time-dependent effects of cement production emissions and CO2 uptake through carbonation of hydrated cement at a global scale were quantified.

The main source of air toxics emissions from a portland cement plant is the kiln. Emissions originate from the burning of fuels and heating of feed materials. Air toxics are also emitted from the grinding, cooling, and materials handling steps in the manufacturing process. Pollutants regulated under this rule are particulate matter, …

This result may be due to the effective PM governance of cement enterprises with NSP production lines, which meet the National Emission Standard of Air Pollutants for Cement Industry (GB 4915 ...

But this impression is misleading, because cement production is currently the largest industrial emitter of CO 2 emissions worldwide, accounting for about 8 percent or 2.7 billion tons of CO 2 per ...

Abstract. Global production of cement has grown very rapidly in recent years, and, after fossil fuels and land-use change, it is the third-largest source of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. The availability of the required data for estimating emissions from global cement production is poor, and it has been recognised that some global estimates are …

Global production of cement has grown very rapidly in recent years, and, after fossil fuels and land-use change, it is the third-largest source of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide.

The emission of dust, hydrogen chloride, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxides, greenhouse gases, ammonia, etc. during cement production into the environment causes air pollution. According to the …

25. Pollution Control Equipment. Cement industries are a major source of air pollution. Air pollution occurs mainly through dust. A few other pollutants include oxides of N (NOx) and SO 2, which ...

The most astonishing thing about cement is how much air pollution it produces. ... About two-thirds of the polluting gases that come from cement production stem from burning limestone. Kilns are heated to more than 1,400 degrees Celsius (2,600 Fahrenheit), about four times hotter than a home oven set to the self-clean cycle. ...

In 2019, the gross cement process emissions of China amounted to 818.2 Mt CO 2, and the cumulative emissions between 1993–2019 were estimated to be approximately 12.5 Gt CO 2. There are ...

Here, we provide bottom-up quantifications of emissions from global cement production and reveal a regional shift in the main contributors to global cement CO2 …

Pollution from cement production in Nigeria. Source: [62].Abimbola et al. (2007) [63] evaluated past hospital documentations and the present well-being of locals and revealed the increasing ...

An ideal solution for pollution control in cement industries should be able i) tackle the problem efficiently, ii) address fugitive emissions, iii) be cost-effective and sustainable. Devic Earth's Pure Skies is a breakthrough technology that does exactly this. It addresses large areas, cleaning ambient air pollution including fugitive and ...

The cement production process emits approximately 0.9 tons of CO 2 per ton of cement (Hasanbeigi et al. 2010), accounting for about 5–8% of global CO 2 emissions and ranking as the second-largest CO 2 emissions source (Mikulčić et al. 2016; Kajaste and Hurme 2016).According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

Concerning the cement industry's air pollutant emission monitoring and management during the cement production, our review shows that the Copernicus Sentinel-5P is widely used for NO 2 measurement with differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) at accuracy of 80%, tropospheric NO 2 vertical column density …

Electrical energy only comprises between 10 and 15% of the overall energy demand for cement production but is a notable cost driver [4], [5].Over the last decades the average specific electrical energy consumption has decreased (Fig. 3) [6].However, there are counteracting effects: CO 2-emissions can be significantly reduced by the …

(a) Production of cement from 1990 up until now and the predicting the cement manufacturing up to 2050 (reprinted under open access license from Ref. ), (b) the emitted CO 2 pollution from various …

The aim of this paper is to illuminate the impacts of cement production emissions on the environment. Various research work has shown that countries in sub-Saharan Africa, suffer the most from …

Cement production consumes 12–15% of total industrial energy . It was also claimed that it was responsible for between 5 and 8% of CO 2 emissions from cement production. The use of cement is increasing, which has predictable implications for energy consumption and pollution.