Carbon footprint of calcium sulfoaluminate clinker production
Each year approximately 4 billion tonnes of Portland cement PC are produced globally Jewell and Kimball 2015 Due to the high demand for PC its production emits on average tonnes CO 2 e equivalent carbon dioxide per tonne of cement Damtoft et al 2008 and these emissions are a considerable fraction of the overall greenhouse gas GHG
Limestone calcined clay cement LC3 A sustainable solution
Similar to this it has been stated that upgrading a cement manufacturing plant s output to LC 3 is less expensive than installing a new clinker manufacturing line Nguyen et al 2020a This has been demonstrated to be highly advantageous in the case of nations where cement market is booming Dhandapani et al 2018 ; Emmanuel et al 2016