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Article history: Novel cement formulations based on calcium sulfoaluminate clinkers have significantly lower carbon
Received 30 May 2017 dioxide emissions during production when compared against conventional Portland cement; however,
Received in revised form there are no systematic studies of the environmental impact associated in producing these formulations.
22 November 2017
Previous studies are limited to qualitative evidence that emissions are lower due to a combination of
Accepted 23 November 2017
Available online 23 November 2017
favourable thermodynamics and a reduced usage of limestone. This work evaluates the eco-efficiency of
calcium sulfoaluminate clinker production through an analysis of the carbon footprint and costs over the
entire clinker production process (cradle-to-gate). Several sulfur sources are considered including cal-
Keywords:
Cement
cium sulfate, as both gypsum and anhydrite, and a novel solid-sulfur combustion process in kilns. This
Clinker latter process has the added advantage of reducing the fuel demand required to reach clinkering tem-
Calcium sulfoaluminate peratures during the manufacturing process. The analysis demonstrates an overall reduction of emissions
Life cycle assessment of 25e35%, which varies largely as a function of the phase composition of the final clinker but is almost
Greenhouse gases independent of the sulfur source. The high aluminium oxide content in the final calcium sulfoaluminate
Carbon dioxide clinker formulation requires the use of alternative raw materials and by-products from the aluminium
Sulfur industry such as high-alumina clays, alumina-rich wastes, or bauxite. Bauxite, which is only abundant in
Calcium sulfate
specific regions of the world, is detrimental to the economics of calcium sulfoaluminate clinker pro-
Bauxite
duction. Despite this, costs of the clinker production remain competitive and the process displays sig-
nificant potential for improving the environmental impact of cement production.
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Unfortunately, comparable cement formulations of C$A and PC produce the assessed clinkers from raw materials, this includes:
are rather limited by the type of additions, their mineralogy, and extraction, preparation, transport, and chemical transformations
their environmental performance which depends on the inherent with an influence on the mass and energy balance. Due to an
properties of the final products. For instance, the clinker factor of assumed higher relative importance of raw materials in the pro-
C$A cements is difficult to state in general as it is a type of clinker duction of C$A clinkers than for PC, a special emphasis in the
that can be used with almost no addition to the clinker or with description of the formulation is presented below.
rather low additions of other materials as gypsum (Beltagui et al., Chemically, the primary difference between C$A and PC clinkers
2017). It is fair to say that C$A products are still not well under- is their mineralogy; C$A contains ye'elimite, (C4A3$), rather than
stood and the optimisation towards competitive commercial C$A alite (C3S) as a major constituent (Juenger et al., 2011). Both clinkers
products is still limited. For instance, C$A formulations including fly contain belite (C2S) and ferrite (C2(A,F)); N.B. for simplicity, all
ash are found to be reliable (Garcia-Mate et al., 2013) but large- cement clinker phases are expressed using the oxide notation
scale application is yet to be attempted. Due to the aforemen- outlined in Table 1, using $ to refer to SO3. The raw feed used in the
tioned reasons, and to facilitate the benchmarking of production conventional manufacture of cement contains oxides of calcium,
processes rather than products, this study compares emissions and silicon, aluminium and iron, plus other minor components that are
costs per tonne of clinker. The results of this work may be consid- usually supplied from readily-available low-cost sources; calcium
ered for the calculation of the environmental impact of cement- oxide is the major/key component. Limestone, composed primarily
based products; but, any use of the results must consider the im- of CaCO3, is generally the main source of calcium for all cement
plications of the assumptions made. manufacturers (chalk and marble may also be used) and has a
significant effect on the GHG emissions as it needs to be calcined
2.2. Methodology into lime (CaO) and CO2 through high temperature treatment. The
remaining ingredients required for the raw mix are usually sup-
Carbon dioxide is the main culprit of the so-called greenhouse plied from siliceous clays, shales, and/or fly ash. The substantially
effect. Prior to the industrial revolution; atmospheric CO2 concen- lower lime factor in the mineralogy of C$A reduces the amount of
trations were fairly stable at 280 ppm but today are around limestone needed when compared to PC, but brings about an in-
400 ppm. Other anthropogenic emissions also have a considerable crease in the amount of alumina and sulfur oxides required in the
environmental effect, e.g. methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated raw meal. Alumina-rich clays have already proven to be effective
gases; the effect of these other gases is often accounted for as an (Hanein et al., 2016b) as substitute of the more conventional
equivalent mass of CO2 which produces the same effect, i.e. bauxite. Industrial by-products such as slag have also been suc-
equivalent CO2 or CO2e. As each gas is active over different time- cessfully utilized as an alumina source (Whittaker et al., 2014);
scales, the CO2e calculated in this document uses effects within 100 however, alumina sources are scattered in their global distribution
years as a basis in line with the approach of the Intergovernmental and carry higher burdens of CO2e emissions due to higher needs of
Panel on Climate Change (Simmons, 2007). The use of mass of CO2e transport and distribution (IEA, 2008).
as a measure of the greenhouse effect is also quite well known as To produce the clinkers for both types of cement (PC and C$A),
the Global Warming Potential, GWP, in the field of LCA. The amount the raw materials are sintered using fuels such as pet coke, coal, and
of equivalent emissions per tonne is known as the emission factor, waste-derived fuels that provide the necessary heat and tempera-
carbon intensity or carbon footprint. ture required to produce clinker with a specific phase assemblage.
Using this methodology, the emissions from the supply chain of The use of coal or pet coke is associated with high CO2 emissions
raw materials consider the whole amount of equivalent CO2, while waste-derived fuels, although allowing for a better economic
including e.g. 21 kg CO2e per kg of methane, or 298 kgCO2e per kg of performance of the process, do not produce a statistically signifi-
N2O. However, the operational emissions balance of clinker pro- cant reduction in emissions (Galvez-Martos and Schoenberger,
duction only considers real CO2 emissions from the internal pro- 2014). Elemental sulfur is a by-product which arises from the
cesses such as combustion and calcination. Claus process employed during the desulfurization of sulfur-rich
The GWP is calculated using an attributional approach, i.e., (sour) oil and gas; it is therefore readily available. It has already
environmental pressures are associated to every mass and energy been demonstrated that the products of sulfur combustion, sulfur
input or output of the process. This methodology assumes that dioxide and oxygen, are readily transferred from the gas phase to
there are no relevant changes in the impacts arising from the the solids to form clinker phases such as ye'elimite (Strigac and
supply chain due to the production of a new product. This is Majling, 1997). Of course, the combustion of sulfur does not pro-
opposed to consequential analyses, where the influence of the new duce CO2; however, the following must be considered:
process, product, or service is calculated according to certain eco-
nomic equilibrium rules. For instance, manufacturing C$A cement Although sulfur is a by-product, it has a relatively healthy de-
at global scale would certainly affect the economy of bauxite, high mand, e.g. to produce sulfuric acid, and it also has a non-
alumina clays, and/or alumina-bearing wastes, and of course negligible price around EUR 90e100 per tonne (Jewell and
impact on their logistics and thus the environment. For simplicity, Kimball, 2015). Therefore, it is not considered a waste and any
this is not considered in this work and, to validate the applicability LCA where sulfur is an input should consider emissions from its
of the results of this study, further research will be required if C$A production process. According to the European Commission
manufacture is adopted at scale. ELCD database, emissions from sulfur production are 489 kg
As discussed in the following sections, in this work where a CO2e per tonne; this value is used in this work.
choice is available in the approximations used (such as fuel type, The combustion of excess sulfur (to that incorporated in the
inclusion of secondary processing, etc.) the choices are made to clinker) is required due to chemical equilibrium constraints and
favour PC manufacture in order to ensure that a conservative es-
timate of the benefits of C$A manufacturing is conducted.
Table 1
Cements oxides notation used in this work.
2.3. Product system
Oxide CaO SiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 SO3
Notation C S A F $
Our product system is defined as the set of processes required to
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produces excess SOx gas at the exhaust of the kiln. Due to the accurately predicted from a set of six parameters, as defined by
negative environmental impact of this gas, these emissions Ammenberg et al. (2011) and corroborated by Galvez-Martos and
must be abated by reaction with calcium oxide and oxygen to Schoenberger (2014): (1) clinker factor, (2) CO2 emissions from
produce solid calcium sulfate, most probably via the more effi- calcination, (3) final energy consumption (as fuel) (4) share of
cient wet process. This simple process has a non-negligible cleaner fuels (e.g. from biogenic sources), (5) specific electrical
carbon footprint as CO2 is produced in the calcination of lime- energy consumption, and (6) share of renewable electricity. The
stone to produce the CaO that is used as the absorbent. At the impact from the post-production phase, e.g. electricity consump-
same time, the produced calcium sulfate can substitute the tion in the clinker grinding process, is excluded as it is assumed to
natural gypsum used as an inter-grinding additive in the be similar to that of PC clinkers; however, studies have shown that
manufacture of cement from clinker. These emission trade-offs C$A clinker is easier to grind than PC clinker thus it is likely that this
are considered in this study. assumption favours PC (Schneider, 2015).
The most prominent emission impacts will arise from the
Under the constraints outlined so far, a simplified flowchart of calcination of limestone and the combustion of fuels. Part of the
the process can be constructed as in Fig. 1. The figure distinguishes limestone is replaced with other raw materials in C$A clinker when
between those emissions associated to operations and processes compared to PC clinker. Consequently, the major focus of this study
occurring in the kiln (operational emissions) and those associated is the analysis of the overall trade-off from reduced limestone
with the raw materials input into the kiln e from mining to calcination, lower theoretical energy requirements, and higher
transport and distribution (supply chain emissions). emissions from the supply chain of additional raw materials such as
the source of sulfur and bauxite.
To design the various raw mixtures, the compositions of the clay,
2.4. Assumptions limestone, gypsum, and bauxite used in this work are obtained
from the raw materials used in the previous pilot-scale trials
As stated earlier, this analysis is conducted using a cradle-to- (Hanein et al., 2016b; 2017) as X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis of
gate approach of the production of C$A clinker. The generic equa- their composition is available and they are representative of the
tion below outlines the main contributions to the GHG emissions raw products commercially available in large volumes: limestone
from C$A clinker production:
Equation (1) is a simplification of the full emissions balance as (Samin, France), clay (Zhengzhou Haixu abrasives, China), bauxite
many secondary processes also have associated emissions; how- (Zhengzhou Haixu abrasives, China), and gypsum (Saint-Gobain,
ever, most of the CO2e emissions from cement production can be United Kingdom). The oxide composition of the limestone and
Fig. 1. Clinker system flowchart used for the calculation of life cycle assessment greenhouse gases emissions.
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Table 3
Raw materials and theoretical heat from fossil fuel for the different assessed scenarios.
Source of sulfur Target formulation Clay Limestone Bauxite Gypsum/ kg raw material/ Theoretical heat
C4A3$ (%w) (%w) (%w) (%w) Anhydrite (%w) kg clinker (kJ/kg clinker)
Table 4
Assumptions, emissions factors and carbon intensities for the calculation of the GHG balance of C$A clinker production.
cement making. The lack of experience of alternative fuels with C$A 2013, has published the tonnes-km (tkm) of bauxite entering a
and the harmonisation required on the assessment to evaluate the number of industries in Europe and the US and via each transport
influence of the introduction of sulfur are the two main reasons mode: 19.4 tkm for rail, 1.4 tkm for road, and 2055 tkm for sea
behind this approximation. Both issues needed to be solved, from a freight. Carbon emission factors for transport modes are taken from
mass and energy balance perspective, by assuming the same fuel McKinnon (2007): 0.024 kg CO2/tkm for rail, 0.09 kg CO2/tkm and
for both C$A and PC clinkers, so that the influence of other pa- 0.03 kgCO2/tkm. It is acknowledged that the emission factor for
rameters of the product system could be isolated. In fact, it is ex- bauxite production calculated using this approximation is highly
pected that waste-derived fuel or pet coke will be richer in sulfur, sensitive to the transport mode used; therefore, the sensitivity of
which would in turn favour the formation of C$A cements. As C$A the results to transport mode selection is analysed and discussed in
also has a lower heat demand than PC, the use of natural gas leads the following sections.
to a conservative estimate of the reduction in fuel derived CO2
emissions when compared to PC. Another reason to exclude “usual”
fuel mixes is the uncertainty of the GHG balance (Galvez-Martos
and Schoenberger, 2014) when considering wastes and solid res- 2.5. Cost estimation
idue fuels. These fuels tend to produce economic savings but the
impact on emissions, although often claimed to be positive, has Due to the difficulty on estimating the required investment for
little statistical significance. By simplifying the fuel to natural gas, a the changes in the cement production facility when switching from
common emissions basis can also consider the fuel economy of the PC to C$A, only the change of operational expenses (OPEX) is
kiln and remove the influence of the type of fuel in the results. evaluated. Results produced in this way may be read as relative cost
A special consideration must be given to the here-presented variation of C$A clinker manufacturing in a PC kiln with no major
option of burning a 100% excess of sulfur; while the amount of refurbishment to the installation. This methodology can be used to
fossil fuel required would obviously be lower, the excess SO2/SO3 estimate the real cost variation when capital cost changes are
produced in the gas stream has to be scrubbed with CaO in order to known. As basis for the calculations, the OPEX model is the same as
meet environmental legislation and produce calcium sulfate that that from IEA, 2008 for PC production. The cost balance was
can certainly be used as an inter-grinding additive in the final modified to include natural gas as the only fuel used, and the
cement product. Owing to the need for CaO production for the amount of raw materials for Portland cement is changed to those
scrubber that has inherent CO2 emissions, the stoichiometry of the reported by Chen et al. (2010) (same as the one used for the GHG
process requires that at least 1 mol of CO2 per mole of excess burnt balance). The cost of raw materials for C$A manufacture and other
sulfur is accounted for. In this case, an environmental burden from assumptions are shown in Table 5. All costs are updated using the
excess sulfur combustion must be added to the equation: Producer Price Index by commodity for input to the industry from
the U.S. government (Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED, 2016)
3. Results
All the assumptions and parameters used for the calculation,
including the carbon intensities of raw materials, are shown in 3.1. Carbon footprint of the analysed clinkers
Table 4 below. The relative importance of these assumptions is
tested in this work via a sensitivity analysis. GHG emissions, calculated using the methodology described
The carbon intensity for bauxite is calculated by considering the above, are shown in Fig. 2. All C$A formulations proposed easily
amount of bauxite that is supplied, on average, per transport mode achieve a 25e35% reduction in emissions with small variations
(rail, road and sea). The International Aluminium Institute (IAI), between gypsum and anhydrite sulfur sources, with slightly higher
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Table 5
Assumptions for raw materials costing in C$A manufacturing.
Fig. 2. Operational and supply chain emissions from C$A and PC clinker manufacturing. . The column labels have the following key: GY/AN/S correspond to Gypsum/Anhydrite/
Sulfur sources, numbers indicate ye'elimite fractions, and (exc) denotes 100% excess sulfur combustion.
emissions when using sulfur or excess sulfur in the raw feed. The compared to PC.
main reduction of emissions in the production of C$A is linked to When calcium sulfate is used as the sulfur source, higher ye'e-
the lower requirement for calcined limestone. In the case of limite contents lead to lower emissions mainly due to the lower
elemental sulfur, emissions are slightly higher due to the extra theoretical heat and the lower clinkering temperatures. This does
emissions burden from sulfur supply chain and those generated in not happen with sulfur combustion; the higher the ye'elimite
the SO2 capture process when feeding excess sulfur. In the case of content, the higher influence from the supply chain of sulfur,
using gypsum or anhydrite, the emissions from fuel consumption creating a trade-off which offsets the saving in emissions. Never-
are like those from PC. It is observed that the reduction of GHG theless, the variation of emissions from gypsum or anhydrite to
emissions from limestone calcination is not outweighed by the sulfur combustion is relatively low and it is expected that the un-
emissions brought about by the use of bauxite; thus, C$A clinker certainty in the raw data makes this variation unimportant.
manufacture easily achieves significant GHG emissions savings A sensitivity analysis of the most important assumptions is
produced: the Tornado chart in Fig. 3 shows the main results for the
scenario of stoichiometric sulfur added to produce 50% ye'elimite
clinker (644 kg CO2e/tonne of clinker). The Tornado chart repre-
sents the variation of emissions when a certain parameter is varied
by ±20% of its original value and the response from the emissions
model is evaluated and plotted, producing a tornado-like shape
when sorted. As shown in Fig. 3, the emissions from C$A clinker
manufacturing are highly influenced by the combustion of fuel,
while the emissions from the supply chain of materials have
varying minor influence due to various reasons: limestone, as a
matter of higher volume of use, and bauxite and sulfur, as a matter
of relatively high impact. The rest of assumed parameters have
negligible influence and have not been included in the chart.
Fig. 6. Cost per avoided tonne of CO2 from C$A cement manufacturing in relation to PC
Fig. 4. Costs of C$A clinker manufacturing in relation to PC, low-cost bauxite.
manufacturing when the lower cost estimate of bauxite is used.
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