• A_A@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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 …

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      1 year 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.