• @Eheran
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    65 months ago

    This is spreading like cancer now, huh? Why would you even start to think that I am a bot?

    • @A_A
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      5 months ago

      i completely agree LLMs are great tools.
      " … rotary kiln simulation … "
      Long ago i visited a cement plant and there were no insulation on this huge metallic tube where they were cooking of calcium oxide (++) to produce clincher(klinker?) and i was thinking that there should be a lot of possible optimizations … like having a counter flow process to recuperate heat while the klinker(?) is cooling …

      • @Eheran
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        25 months ago

        The insulation is on the inside, the steel on the outside needs to be cold to bear the load. This is a limiting factor for indirectly fired rotary kilns.

        They do all of what you say, generally really well optimized, since even tiny improvements mean large savings.

        • @A_A
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          15 months ago

          Nice to know, keep on the good work 👍

          • @Eheran
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            5 months ago

            Will do, but cement plants are actually not really the stuff I work on, since there are only so many and they already know what rotary kiln they want :D Those things are used all over the place from tiny (few cm diameter, less than a meter long) to massive like for cement. From high tech catalysts or activated carbon to recycling processes and every step in-between.