REFRATECHNIK
Report No. 44
REFRACOAT
Refratochnik Cement GmbH
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REFRACOAT - a heat-resistant protection for reducing corrosion of rotary
cement kilns
As a result of the increasing use of bumable residues as fuel, there has been a consi-
erable increase in the chemical load on rotary cement kilns through alkalis, sulphate
and chloride compounds. This adversely influences the service life of the refractory
lining, and also results in intensified thermo-chemical corrosion (“scaling") of the steel
shell of the kiln,
A diagrammatic representation of the reactions occurring during corrosion of the kiln
shell is given in Fig. 1.
Schematic mechanism of shell corrosion
KO + SOySO, + HO + Cl + (CVE) 0,
+ 4 1 L t L
Cr and v5" +O, _ from kiln gas
as O, donors + OH" in the form of
or catalysts water vapour
4+CP from hydrolysis of KCI
FeO
Fe,0, «Fe (Op
203
Feo, Fe(OH),
+S" _ from $0,/S0y/S0, (redox)
+ OH (hydrolysis)
FeSp (FeSO,, Fer(SO,),
L
Corrosion of shell,
covering with scale (during operation) and rust (when inoperative)
(Scaling= Oxidation by dry gases at elevated temperature (S, Gil)
Rusting = Oxidation by moist air or water of condensation at low
temperatures (KCI!)
Fig. 1: Diagrammatic scheme of the reactions occurring during corrosion of a kiln shell,
(E. Koiter and P. Bartha: Untersuchungen zum Problem der Ofenmantelkorrosion
Refratechnik Symposium 1986, Symposium Volume, Géttingen 1986, pages
105-123)
‘The products of the reaction are compounds according to the Fe-S-O ternary system
as shown in Fig. 2. Depending on the concentration, the resulting substances are
magnetite (Fe,0.), haematite (Fe,0.), pyrrhotite (FeS) and pyrites (FeS,). Corrosion is
additionally accelerated by the presence of KCI, NaCl and water vapour.
Existing methods of reducing kiln shell corrosion (coating with cement or phosphates)
have been successful only temporarily and under certain conditions.
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