Tire and TDF Use in Portland Cement Kilns
Waste tires have been tried as a supplemental fuel in well over 30 cement kilns and in at least one rotary lime manufacturing kiln. Currently, tires are in use, either on a trial or permanent basis, in 11 cement kilns and one lime kiln. ... 112 cement plants were operational in the United States.2 Annual U.S. production of clinker in 1990 was ...