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Education and Training Programme 2024/25

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VDZ's Education and Training Programme 2024/25 ranges from teaching technical basics and technical expertise to further training for managers. We offer individual, tailor-made seminars on the topics of clinker and cement production, maintenance, quality assurance, environmental protection, and concrete technology. In this new brochure you will find two new seminar topics reflecting current developments in the cement and concrete industry.

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Informations- und Qualifizierungsplattform geht an den Start

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Ab sofort stellt der BTB sein innovatives Qualifizierungstool online. Damit wird Mitarbeitenden der Betonindustrie aus fachfremden Berufen oder auch ohne Ausbildung der berufsbegleitende Weg zum qualifizierten Berufsabschluss „Verfahrensmechaniker in der Steine- und Erdenindustrie (m/w/d)“ eröffnet.

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Bevölkerungsbewegung und Wirtschaft

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VDZ-endowed professorship at Duesseldorf University of Applied Science: Dr Philipp M. Fleiger takes over the faculty of "Cement Process Technology"

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Cement International 17 (2019) 2, S.11

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The 2019 Cement Chemistry Symposium of the German Cement Works Association (VDZ): Duesseldorf, Germany (28.03.2019)

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Cement International 17 (2019) 4, S.18-25

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Process operator training in demand

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Cement International 17 (2019) 6, S.14

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Cement production


Industry publication

Education and Training Programme 2024/25

Available in English

VDZ's Education and Training Programme 2024/25 ranges from teaching technical basics and technical expertise to further training for managers. We offer individual, tailor-made seminars on the topics of clinker and cement production, maintenance, quality assurance, environmental protection, and concrete technology. In this new brochure you will find two new seminar topics reflecting current developments in the cement and concrete industry.

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Specialist articles

Germany's net zero ambitions

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In: International Cement Review, 10, 2023: 16-21.

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Reports

Forschungsergebnisse: Untersuchung der Robustheit von KI-Anwendungen zur Prozessoptimierung bei der Zementherstellung

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Forschungsergebnisse: Rohmehl-Siebung: Energieoptimierte Feinstabsiebung von Zement-Rohmehl zur Bewertung prozessrelevanter Kennwerte

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Specialist articles

Shaft kiln for calcining raw meal for clinker production in the cement industry - an efficient technology for concentrating CO₂ in the flue gas

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The capture of CO₂ and its subsequent use and storage are essential elements of the cement industry's decarbonisation strategy. The capture of CO₂ from the flue gas is energy-intensive and complex. It can be carried out more easily and efficiently by maximising the CO₂ concentration in the flue gas. The separation of the calcination of the limestone in the raw meal from the burning process to produce clinker phases simplifies the accumulation of CO₂ in the flue gas significantly.

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Reports

Results: Method for rapid testing of the quality of flyable alternative fuels for use in the clinker burning process [In German]

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Cement industry


Studies

Naturschutz und Zementindustrie - Projektteil 2: Literaturstudie

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In der Studie wird neben einschlägiger Fachliteratur auch unveröffentlichtes Material erstmals systematisch ausgewertet. Insgesamt wird auf rund 600 Literaturstellen Bezug genommen. Eine zusammenfassende naturschutzfachliche Bewertung zeigt, dass nicht nur ehemalige, sondern auch betriebene Abbaustätten zum Artenschutz beitragen. Das Vorkommen seltener bzw. gefährdeter Tier- und Pflanzenarten ist vor allem auf die Strukturvielfalt und die Refugialfunktion der Abbauareale zurückzuführen.

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Studies

Naturschutz und Zementindustrie - Projektteil 3: Management-Empfehlungen

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In der Broschüre werden Empfehlungen zur Optimierung des Naturschutzmanagements in Abbaustätten zusammengefasst. Dabei wird zwischen Maßnahmen nach Abschluss der Rohstoffgewinnung und während der Betriebsphase unterschieden. Neben Renaturierungsverfahren gehen die Verfasser auf "Wanderbiotope" und die Zusammenarbeit mit Naturschützern ein. Die Broschüre ist ein Beitrag der deutschen Zementindustrie zur Aktion "biologischevielfalt.de".

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Studies

Amendment to the European Directive on Emission Trading: Impact on the German Cement Industry

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McKinsey-Studies, Final Report, 31 S.

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Studies

Naturschutz und Zementindustrie - Projektteil 1: Auswertung einer Umfrage

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Die Umfrage bezieht sich auf alle integrierten Zementwerke in Deutschland. Die Auswertung zeigt u. a., dass auf rund 54 % der ehemaligen Abbauflächen die Folgenutzung "Naturschutz" umgesetzt wird. Demgegenüber dominiert bei der Vornutzung der Ackerbau, d. h. eine intensive Form der Landwirtschaft. Neben weiteren Daten zum Verhältnis von Rohstoffgewinnung und Naturschutz enthält die Broschüre auch Angaben zu Abbaumengen, zum Flächenbedarf und zur räumlichen Verteilung der Abbaustätten.

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Competitive electricity costs – prerequisite for the production of cement in Germany

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In Germany, the costs of supporting renewable energies are spread out by means of reallocation to the power consumer in accordance with the renewable energies act (EEG). Firms with high electricity consumption can be partly relieved of this if they fulfil the strict quantitative and qualitative requirements of the EEG‘s special equalisation scheme. The aim of the scheme is to protect companies that use a lot of power due to the nature of their processes from losing their competitiveness vis-à-vis competing locations in other countries inside and outside of Europe. Recently there has been much heated discussion on the amount and distribution of costs under the EEG. Alongside the promotion of renewable energies, the relief of power-intensive firms has been subject to criticism. The present study by EEFA-Forschungsinstitut GmbH & Co. KG, Münster empirically investigates the international competition situation of the German cement industry in this context. The focus of the analysis is on the intensity of power costs for cement manufacture, the exposure of cement companies to international competition – both inside and outside of Europe – and the significance of EEG relief for the preservation of cement production and employment in Germany. The latter is evaluated in view of the expected effects of a potential increase in power costs on the sector and the German economy as a whole.

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Dissertationen

Assessing the autogenous shrinkage cracking propensity of concrete by means of the restrained ring test

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Schriftenreihe der Zementindustrie, 77/2011, 175 pp.

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Concrete technology


Specialist articles

Die Verwendbarkeit der hydraulischen Bindemittel im Kalibergbau

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Kali 10 (1916) 22, 11 S.

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Schiffe aus Eisenbeton

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Stahl und Eisen (1918) 27, S.

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Über die Verwendung von Beton im Stellungskrieg

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Zement 8 (1919) 15, S.122-125

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Über die Verwendung von Beton im Stellungskrieg

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Zement 8 (1919) 38, S.450-451

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Schlacken als Beton-Zuschläge

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Zement 8 (1919) 38, S.441-445

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Prüfungen verschiedener Wandkonstruktionen auf ihr Wärmeschutz-Vermögen

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Zement 8 (1919) 24 ; 26, S.246-250 ; S.286-290

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Chemistry and mineralogy


Reports

Die Prüfung der Mahlfeinheit mit dem Gerät von Blaine

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Research report: Use of X-ray fluorescence analysis to determine trace element contents in cements [in German]

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Results (German): Analysis concept for the determination of trace elements in the eluate of cement-bound building materials (IGF No. 16989 N)

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The aim of the AiF research project was to identify the causes of the sometimes greater scatter rates in the analysis results in the case of comparison trials for the long-term tank test.

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Results (German): Interactions between cements with several main constituents and methyl cellulose and their performance in dry mortarderen Leistungsfähigkeit in modernen, mineralischen Trockenmörteln

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Interactions between different structured or modified methyl hydroxyethyl celluloses and cements blended with limestone, blastfurnace slag or fly ash were determined.

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Results (German): Assessment of Portland cement clinker by means of microscopic and mineralogical analysis methods for the evaluation of the clinker burning process

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The aim of the project was to investigate the suitability of the Ono method for evaluation of burning conditions even on clinker burnt with alternative fuels. Furthermore the focus of the project was the development of a methodology for correlations between microscopically and mineralogically analysed clinker properties and burning conditions.

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Results (German): Investigations on the suitability of dolomitic carbonate rocks as cement main constituent

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The aim of the research project was to investigate the suitability or usefulness of dolomitic carbonate rocks as a main cement constituent and to define requirements for dolomitic carbonate rocks as required for the production of high-performance dolomitic cements and concretes of high durability.

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Quality assurance


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Britische Norm : Portland-Zement (normal und schnell erhärtend) und Portland-Hochofen-Zement

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Dissertationen

Assessing the autogenous shrinkage cracking propensity of concrete by means of the restrained ring test

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Schriftenreihe der Zementindustrie, 77/2011, 175 pp.

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Specialist articles

Die Erfindung der Qualität: Ein Gespräch

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Beton Prisma (2013) 97

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Die europäische Zementnorm und ihre Auswirkungen in Deutschland: Teil 1

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Beton 51 (2001) 4, S.231-235

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Zur Statistik der Kalibriergeraden

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GIT Fachzeitschrift für das Laboratorium 34 (1990) 9, S.1087-1097

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EN 206 - die zukünftige europäische Betonnorm

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Betonbau in Europa (Darmstäder Massivbau-Seminar; Bd.15), S.IV,1-IV,11

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Environmental protection


Industry publication

Education and Training Programme 2024/25

Available in English

VDZ's Education and Training Programme 2024/25 ranges from teaching technical basics and technical expertise to further training for managers. We offer individual, tailor-made seminars on the topics of clinker and cement production, maintenance, quality assurance, environmental protection, and concrete technology. In this new brochure you will find two new seminar topics reflecting current developments in the cement and concrete industry.

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Specialist articles

Germany's net zero ambitions

Available in English

In: International Cement Review, 10, 2023: 16-21.

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Specialist articles

Shaft kiln for calcining raw meal for clinker production in the cement industry - an efficient technology for concentrating CO₂ in the flue gas

Available in German and English

The capture of CO₂ and its subsequent use and storage are essential elements of the cement industry's decarbonisation strategy. The capture of CO₂ from the flue gas is energy-intensive and complex. It can be carried out more easily and efficiently by maximising the CO₂ concentration in the flue gas. The separation of the calcination of the limestone in the raw meal from the burning process to produce clinker phases simplifies the accumulation of CO₂ in the flue gas significantly.

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Industry publication

Environmental Data of the German Cement Industry 2021

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In keeping with our time-honoured tradition, this year's edition of the "Environmental data of the German cement industry" again provides an in-depth insight into the use of raw materials, energy input and the various emissions produced by German cement manufacturers. This encompasses not only the dust and dust bound constituents, but also the inorganic and organic exhaust gas compounds. A further aspect of our environmental data is information on carbon dioxide emissions, the reduction of which is a particular focal point in connection with the decarbonisation of cement production.

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Reports

Forschungsergebnisse: Optimierung der sorbensunterstützten Staubausschleusung zur weiteren Minimierung der Hg-Frachten von Zementdrehrohrofenanlagen

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Forschungsbericht zum IGF-Projekt 20514N, in dem die technisch-wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen einer Minderung der Quecksilberfrachten im Abgasweg von Zementdrehrohrofenanlagen durch eine sorbensunterstützte Staubausschleusung sowie Möglichkeiten der Optimierung untersucht werden sollten.

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Industry publication

Environmental Data of the German Cement Industry 2020

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The "Environmental data of the German cement industry 2020" prove that cement manufacturers are facing up to the environmental challenges of our time and informing the public about them in a transparent way. The focus is on the topics of climate neutrality by 2050, saving primary raw materials, and air pollution control.

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