Calcinator - IDCO

Recycling sludges into lightweight aggregates, calcination,

CALCINATOR line, issued from 8 years development and several patents, was especially designed for recycling mineral sludges into lightweight aggregates.

The IDCO microwave technhology is the only technology allowing recycling washing quarry sludge siliceous as well as calcareous. Expanded clay balls are actually manufactured from green clays specifically extracted in a quarry.

Lightweight aggregates markets are hydroponics (above-ground cultivation), decoration (garden) and especially lightweight concrete and light prefabricated because lightweight aggregates (expanded clay) are an answer for the new RT2012 regulation.

IDCO microwave technology is also the only one that allows the industrial synthesis of lightweight geopolymer balls from aluminous sludge (red sludge).
	Partnership for red sludge recycling
IDCO has developed a UNIQUE expertise in these applications and supports its clients *from* *the* *feasibility* *study* *(expert software,* *laboratory* *tests) to the* *delivery* *of a* *complete* *line*.

They trust us (except our customers under confidentiality)

Calcinator 200

Batch weight : 200g to 1kg- 2kW MW

36.000 €HT

The CALCINATOR 200, developed by IDCO, has 14 years of experience in high temperature microwave treatment

It is equipped with adjustable mixing IDCO Technology (tilt and rotation speed) for a very homogeneous heat.

CALCINATOR 200 equipment :

temperature monitoring using infrared pyrometer
reflected power measurement
thermal insulation of the cavity (double skin)
inside stainless steel bowl
manually adjustable tilt with angular indexing
adjusting the speed of rotation of the inner bowl (1 to 60 t / min)
viewing tube lighting bowl
control panel

CE Standard

Lenght = 1200mm
height = 1300mm
width = 800mm
Mass : 150kg
Three-phase 380V (network power 4kW)

Microwaves :

2kW/2450MHz with switch power supply.
Adjustable power of 300W to 1950W
Air cooling

Calcinator 600 to 2000

Equipments :

Water cooled magnetron
Tuner
Reflected power measurement
Thermal insulation of the cavity (double skin)
Refractory stainless steel rotary tank
Temperature monitoring using infrared pyrometer
Mixing optimization by the adjusting the tilt of the tank and
the rotation speed of the rotary tank

LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES UNIT

Unit : 20 000 T/year

Modular design 10.000T/an : 1 module = 2 Calcinators+ 1 preheater + 1 air cooler
upstream and downstream equipments (silo, mixer, pelletizer, spheronizer/heater...)
hot gaz generator for preheater (gas or fuel or wood pellet)
heat exchanger: preheater and cooler (counter-flow air)
Automation (power control with temperature)
Supervision (recipe, remote control,...)
Water cooled magnetron
Tuner
Reflected power measurement
Thermal insulation of the cavity (double skin)
Refractory stainless steel rotary tank
Temperature monitoring using infrared pyrometer
Mixing optimization by the adjusting the tilt of the tank and the rotation speed of the rotary tank

Batch weight :
800kg to 1T - power = 2x75kW 915MHz each Calcinator (2 modules including 2 Calcinators each)

Price : about 1M€HT per module and 3 to 4M€HT for a complete unit (depending options)

Correspondences

Correspondences : sizes (tank diameter mm) / volume (liters)

CAPACITY	Angle (tank tilt)
Liters	0°	20°	30°	40°
C200	6	5	4	3
C600	110	98	66	47
C1000	577	438	354	254
C1700	3015	2335	1925	1420
C2000	4950	3850	3180	2360

Correspondences : Sizes (tank diameter mm) / power MO (kW)

	MICROWAVE
	Power kW	Frequency MHz	Power kW	Frequency MHz
C200	2	2450
C600	6 or 12	2450
C1000			30	915
C1700			75 or 150	915
C2000			75, 100, 150 or 200	915