• openAccess   Energy saving in ceramic tile kilns: Cooling gas heat recovery 

      Mezquita, Ana; Boix, Juan; Monfort, Eliseo; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo Elsevier (2014-04)
      A great quantity of thermal energy is consumed in ceramic tile manufacture, mainly in the firing stage. The most widely used facilities are roller kilns, fuelled by natural gas, in which more than 50% of the energy input ...