HRL Technology Group Pty Ltd ABN 89 609 887 327 info@hrl.com.au hrl.com.au

Melbourne Level One Unit 4 677 Springvale Road Mulgrave VIC 3170 Phone +61 3 9565 9888 Fax +61 3 9565 9879

Victorian Regional OfficeGippsland Enterprise Centre 50 Northways RoadChurchill VIC 3842

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Background

Applying the knowledge and expertise of our staff inall aspects of fuel utilisation, HRL provides a wide range of technical services to thecementindustry:• Analyticalservices(chemical,thermal,physical,

mechanical);• Problemsolving,debottlenecking,efficiency

improvement,greenhousegasabatement,heatrecoveryandco-generationoptions

• Metallurgicalservices,failureanalysis,corrosionanderosioninvestigations,noiseandvibration

• Computermodelling–finiteelementanalysis(FEA),computationalfluiddynamics(CFD),processsimulation,plumedispersion

• GESandNPIreporting,energyaudits,policyreview,carbontrading(NGACandREC)

• Plantandenvironmentalsampling(temperature,flow,pressure,particulateandgassampling)

• Explosionriskassessments

Ourexperienceincludescombustionandheatrecoveryboilers,rotarykilns,calciners,fluid-beds,fans,dryingandmillingcircuits,co-generationplant,coolingtowers,cyclones,EDP,bagfilters.

FuelAssessmentandCharacterisation

HRL'sexpertiseincoalandfuelutilisationencompassesthecharacterisationandbehaviourofcoals,wasteoilsandcarbons,biomassandothermaterialsunderpyrolysis,gasificationandcombustionconditions.Withthisbackground,wehaveassistedourclientsevaluatealternativefuelsforuseincementkilns.• Routineanalysisofcoalandcoalderivedproducts,

carbons,biomass,oils,wastes,etc.• Proximateandultimateanalysis,calorificvalue• Elementalcomposition(C,H,N,S,Cl,F,majorandtrace

metals)• Thermalbehaviourofmaterialsto1500°C• Physicalproperties(size,density,porosity,rheologyof

oilsandslurryfuels)• Fuelreactivityandashbehaviour.

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HRL providesawiderangeofservicestothecementindustry

MaterialsPerformance

Ourmaterialsgroupprovidesplantconditionandlifeassessments,identificationofrootcausesofplantfailure,inspectionprograms,weldrepairandmetallurgicalservices.StraingaugingandFiniteElementAnalysismodellingisusedtoaddressproblemsofthermalandmechanicalstress.

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ProcessDesignandModelling

Ourprocessdesignandmodellingteamsundertakeprocesssimulation,feasibilityandcostingstudiesincludingflowsheetdevelopment(massandenergybalances).Wearealsoabletoevaluateoptionsforheatrecoveryandpowergenerationincludingco-generationcyclesintegratedintoyourprocessplant.Advancedcombustionandflowmodellingtechniquesareusedtooptimisethedesignofburners,improvecombustionandheattransfer,andreduceemissions.Planterosionordeposition,highpressuredrops,poorquenchgasmixingorotherproblemscausedbymal-distributionofflowscanbeaddressed.

PlantandEnvironmentalSampling

HRL performsmeasurementsandsamplingofstackdischargestotheenvironment.Wealsohavetheuniquecapabilityofperformingmeasurementswithindemandingprocessconditionsincludinghightemperature(combustion)andparticulateladenstreams.Usingpurpose-builtprobes,wecanprofiletemperature,pressuredrop,gasvelocityandflowbehaviour,andmeasureparticulateloadingandgascomposition.

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Contact AlexBlatchford

Telephone+61395659873Mobile+61408319842Emailablatchford@hrl.com.au

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