Cement Manufacturing
Cement Plant Operations
Energy Efficiency Saving in Cement Industry
Finding and capturing energy savings in a cement plant, thermal and electrical, with the numbers to prove them.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
Energy is the largest controllable cost in cement and most plants know roughly where it goes without knowing precisely. This week starts with measurement: an energy balance that closes, benchmarking against comparable plants, and a loss register ranked by recoverable value. It then works through the measures, from combustion and false air through to waste heat recovery and drive efficiency, with capital and realistic savings attached. Monitoring and targeting closes it, because savings decay without it.
Who should attend
Energy managers, process and plant engineers, production and maintenance managers, and finance staff assessing energy investment.
What you will be able to do
- Build thermal and electrical energy balances that close.
- Benchmark consumption and set realistic targets.
- Rank measures by cost and recoverable saving.
- Evaluate waste heat recovery honestly.
- Install monitoring and targeting that holds the saving.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Measurement
- Thermal energy balance
- Electrical consumption by section
- Data quality and metering gaps
Day 2
Thermal measures
- Combustion efficiency and burner setting
- False air elimination
- Cooler efficiency and recuperation
- Insulation and radiation loss
Day 3
Electrical measures
- Fan and drive efficiency
- Grinding specific energy
- Compressed air and auxiliaries
Day 4
Recovery and substitution
- Waste heat recovery power generation
- Alternative fuels as an energy strategy
- Renewable supply options
Day 5
Holding the gain
- Monitoring and targeting
- Operator influence on consumption
- Reporting and accountability
What you leave with
- Energy balances for one plant.
- A ranked measures register with payback.
- A monitoring and targeting scheme.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Cairo, Egypt | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.