Industrial companies, including Votorantim Cimentos Europe, Asia and Africa Region (VCEAA), are ramping up their efforts to ensure lower emissions as governments and international organisations push for net-zero emissions by 2030.
Expert Optimizer, deployed in Votorantim plants since the 1990s, ensures optimization of the complete process and reduces emissions while Knowledge Manager helps in standardising and ensuring consistency and analysing laboratory data across the plants.
Expert Optimizer is expected to minimise energy costs while maximising the use of alternative fuels at the same time maintaining and improving the quality of the product. ABB provided the Expert Optimiser RMP module to the raw mix to enhance the quality of raw material products going to the kiln. Regarding cement, discrete lab data is combined with continuous process data to optimise production while maintaining cement quality.
Juan Antonio Gimenez Soriano, VCEAA maintenance and sustaining capex manager, said: “Votorantim Cimentos has committed to a substantial reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030. We are increasing our efforts to drive energy efficiency to meet our emissions targets. With the recent ABB installations showing better than expected results, our other plants are also pushing for the implementation of the ABB solutions.”
Marie O’Grady-Hills, global sales manager, process industries at ABB, said: “Votorantim Cimentos is placing more focus on running an intelligent plant and this will ensure less impacts on the environment.”