Rotary kilns in cement work have been evaluated for a wide variety of organic wastes such as
wood, used tyres, plastic waste, etc. Therefore, although ASR has some chlorine, its use as fuel in
rotary kilns has been recognized as an effective method for ASR treatment to recover energy
resources. The aim of this paper is to present the results of computational fluid dynamic (CFD)
modeling applied to a cement works precalciner for ASR use as an alternative fuel. The work was
done using the commercial CFD code FLUENT which was used to solve the steady state, three
dimensional, fully viscous Navier Stokes equations. The effects of the mutual interactions between
ASR chips and coal were simulated by discrete phase modeling approach, while ASR and coal
combustion was simulated by the finite rate devolatilization models. The pseudo calcination reaction
of CaCO3 was also used in this work.