Virtually no CO2 emissions
Celtic Cement Technology helps reduce green house gas emissions within the construction industry.
The manufacture of cement is one of the most significant producers of Greenhouse Gases on the planet. Manufacturing one tonne of Portland cement releases about 1 tonne of CO2 into the atmosphere. Using Celtic Cement technology Greenhouse Gas Emissions emissions are eliminated because the cement is manufactured from industrial by-products and by utilising renewable energy sources such as biogas and wind power CO2 emissions can be reduced to zero.
Celtic Cement Technology utilises a Low-heat treatment which dries the finely ground raw materials and is the only heat treatment required. Unlike the manufacture of Portland cement which requires 'Firing' the raw materials at extremely high temperatures, typically about 2,700 degrees F in huge cylindrical steel rotary kilns lined with a roaring blast of flame, produced by precisely controlled burning of powdered coal, oil or gas under forced draft.
Celtic Cement Technology promotes the use of combined heat and power units (CHP) which provide enough electrical power to drive the grinding mill and provides enough heat to dry the industrial by-products which make up the raw material.
Typically Celtic Cement Technology uses Pozzolanic materials which, although they do not have cementing properties in themselves, will combine chemically with Portland cement in the presence of water to form strong cementing material. Pozzolana materials include power-station fly ash, burnt clays, ash from burnt plant material and silicious earths. Intesive investigation and chemical analysis forms the basis of our technology and we are satisfied that the low heat process our technology requires limits any emissions which are driven off in the form of gases in traditional cement manufacturing process.
It is projected that the world currently uses 2.75 billion tonnes of Cement and will need up to 5 billon tonnes by 2025 adding a further 2 billion tons of carbon emissions to the atmosphere. We at Celtic Cement are pioneering vital sustainable low carbon alternatives.
Transportation
Celtic Cement Technology can be deployed in any location and can utilise LOCAL industrial by-products to manufacture a cement replacement wherever there is demand. The result is a cement replacement product which requires limited transportation to market thereby reducing the CO2 emissions from transportation of heavy raw materials for the construction industry.
Celtic Cement Technology can also be incorporated into a wider corporate emission reduction strategy when organisations take advantage of alternative fuels such as bio-diesel as a replacement for traditional petro-chemical fuels used in shipping and transportation.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is an important component of a company's environmental strategy. Celtic Cement Technology has low input energy needs and can therefore utilise renewable energy sources such as biogas and wind energy in energy efficient Combined Heat and Power units.
Latest news
Cenin Cement Moves to Stormy Down
Our sister company Cenin Cement has moved its research and production facilities to a new location on a recycled aerodrome site near Bridgend, where manufacturing of Cenin Cement, using Celtic Cement Technology has begun.
Cenin Cement 'Climate Change Impact Assessment' Report published
Read more about the environmental benefits of our cement replacements and how we are helping reduce the cabon footprint of cement manufacturing.
Cenin wins first prize:
Best Presentation at the Global Slag Conference
We are pleased to announce that our technical paper and presentation was awarded 'best presentation' at the recent Global Slag Conference in Istanbul Turkey. Papers were presented to an audience of 140 delegates from 31 countries and ours was singled out from 11 other technical papers.
Older News:
Global Slag Conference
November 2007
We presented a paper at the Global Slag Conference in Istanbul, Turkey 19 - 20 November. We demonstrated how Celtic Cement Technology can improve both the properties of slag cement and its environmental impact.
Patent Approval
August 2007
After fifteen years of detailed research and thorough testing the patent for our Celtic Cement Technology process was granted 29th August 2007, patent number GB2401104. The patent was applied for on 29th April 2003 and since that date we have been working on perfecting the process and applying it to a commercial scale enviromnent. Further testing on a diverse range of industrial waste materials has taken place in the meantime with fantastic cementatious properties being achieved.
Celtic Cement Technology Ltd.
The Research Centre
Unit 1, Former Stormydown Aerodrome
Stormydown , Bridgend, Wales, UK,
CF33 4RS
Telephone: 01656 789970
Contact Gary Hunt
