System and method for making cement and cement derived therefrom

Abstract

Integrated cement production systems and methods implementing the systems are disclosed, where the integrated cement production systems include a burnable fuel supply subsystem, a cement raw material supply subsystem, a kiln subsystem and a cement clinker composition storage subsystem. The burnable fuel supply subsystem is adapted to receive one or a plurality of used and/or unused healthcare materials. The burnable fuel supply subsystem can feed the materials directly into the kiln subsystem, can convert the materials into different form and feed the different form to the kiln subsystem or feed a combination of the materials, different forms and optionally conventional fuels to the kiln subsystem.

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         23 . A system for making a cement comprising:
 a burnable fuel supply subsystem adapted to receive one or a plurality of used healthcare materials to form a burnable fuel, where each used healthcare material comprises a complex mixture of components;   a kiln subsystem; and   a cement clinker storage and distribution subsystem.   
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the burnable fuel supply subsystem further includes:
 a packaging or containerizing unit adapted to product a containerized burnable fuel.   
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the burnable fuel supply subsystem includes:
 a sizing unit adapted to produce a particulate burnable fuel.   
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the sizing unit comprises a shredding unit, chopping unit, or a milling unit. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the burnable fuel supply subsystem includes:
 a sizing unit adapted to produce a particulate burnable fuel, and   packaging or containerizing unit adapted to produce a containerized particulate burnable fuel.   
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the burnable fuel supply subsystem further includes:
 a shaping unit adapted to produce a shaped burnable fuel from the particulate burnable fuel.   
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 23 , further comprising:
 a shaping unit adapted to produce a shaped burnable fuel from the particulate burnable fuel; and   a packaging or containerizing unit adapted to produce a containerized shaped burnable fuel.   
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the metal materials are selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, iron, iron alloys, nickel, nickel alloys, tin, tin alloys, copper, copper alloys, etc. and/or mixtures of combinations thereof. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the used or waste material includes from about 20 wt. % to about 100 wt. % polymer materials, from about 0 wt. % to about 100 wt. % of pulp materials, and from about 0 wt. % to about 10 wt. % metal materials. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the used or waste material includes from about 20 wt. % to about 100 wt. % polymer materials, from about 0 wt. % to about 100 wt. % of pulp materials, from about 0 wt. % to about 10 wt. % metal materials, and from about 0 wt. % to about 50 wt. % other materials. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the used or waste material includes from about 0 wt. % to about 100 wt. % polymer materials, from about 10 wt. % to about 100 wt. % of pulp materials, from about 0 wt. % to about 10 wt. % metal materials, from about 5 wt. % to about 100 wt. % other materials, and from about 0 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of a binding agent. 
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the particles have a smallest dimension of between about 1.00 mm and about 100 mm. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the particles have a smallest dimension between about 19.05 mm and about 25.4 mm. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 29 , where the shape is an elongate shape having a diameter between about 5 mm and about 20 mm and length of about 2 cm to about 10 cm. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the elongate shape is a cylindrical shape or substantially cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the shape is an elongate shape having a diameter between about 10 mm and about 20 mm and a length between 3 cm and about 5 cm. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the shape is an elongate shape having a diameter between about 10 mm and about 15 mm and a length between 3 cm and about 5 cm. 
     
     
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