Dr B N Mohapatra, Director General, NCB participated in the CMA conference CONSERVE GREEN & SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES held in New Delhi from 30th September 1st October 2019 and was panelist in the session on Technology and Innovations for Sustainability. During the session, DG NCB presented the current status of thermal substitution in Indian cement industry and future potential of waste availability. He also highlighted the challenges faced by cement plants and modifications required for increasing Alternate Fuel utilization. He showcased NCBs contribution towards utilizing alternate raw materials, reducing clinker factor by increasing usage of supplementary cementitious materials and development of new clinker. He also shown the efforts made by cement plants in increasing AF utilization in India. For the problems faced by cement plants while using AF, DG NCB highlighted the futuristic technologies like gasification of RDF, torrefaction of MSW/biomass, new technology by CEMEX to tackle the problem of chlorine evaporation.
