Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods makes use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO.sub.2 emission associated with cement production.

A cement manufacturing plant can include at least one emission abatement mechanism. In some embodiments, the emission abatement mechanism can utilize a plurality of pulsed gases passed through a reactor to treat a solid particulate material passed through the reactor. The pulsed reactant gas can be pulsed through the reactor so that the pulsed gas passes from a middle portion of the reactor to a first end of the reactor at which the solid particulates can be fed into the reactor. In some embodiments, the reactant gas can be output from the first end to a down corner or other reactant gas conduit for transport to a treatment device.

A method and system for producing low-alkalinity sulphoaluminate cement with a new mineral system using steel slag. The method includes the following steps: evenly mixing and homogenizing ground steel slag with dry desulfurization gypsum, aluminum ash and carbide slag according to a set ratio; and conveying the homogenized raw meal to a rotary kiln for calcination to obtain cement clinker, where the calcination temperature is 1200° C.-1270° C., and the calcination time is 20-60 min; the alkalinity modulus of the homogenized cement raw meal is 0.81-0.9, and the Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 content is 8-13%. The method breaks through the requirements on contents of calcium, aluminum and iron in traditional sulphoaluminate cement production, and realizes application of a large amount of steel slag.

Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods makes use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO.sub.2 emission associated with cement production.

Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods makes use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO.sub.2 emission associated with cement production.

A method of producing a supplementary cementitious material, includes providing at least one waste material selected from quarry sludge, aggregate washing sludge and road cleaning sludge, removing excess water from said waste material so as to provide a dry waste material, and either: mixing the dry waste material with a source of calcium sulphate to obtain a raw material mixture, and calcining the raw material mixture at a temperature of 700-900 C. to obtain the supplementary cementitious material, or: calcining the dry waste material at a temperature of 700-900 C. to obtain a calcined waste material, and mixing the calcined waste material with a calcined source of calcium sulphate to obtain the supplementary cementitious material.

A method of producing a supplementary cementitious material, includes providing at least one waste material selected from quarry sludge, aggregate washing sludge and road cleaning sludge, removing excess water from said waste material so as to provide a dry waste material, and either: mixing the dry waste material with a source of calcium sulphate to obtain a raw material mixture, and calcining the raw material mixture at a temperature of 700-900 C. to obtain the supplementary cementitious material, or: calcining the dry waste material at a temperature of 700-900 C. to obtain a calcined waste material, and mixing the calcined waste material with a calcined source of calcium sulphate to obtain the supplementary cementitious material.

A method for producing a cementing material from the waste from the brick and ceramics industry is provided, the method being selecting the batches of waste from bricks and ceramics for a subsequent grinding, in which they should achieve a grain size of between 20 and 40 microns, and wherein this waste can be mixed together or used individually to be subsequently included in the cement in a proportion of up to 30%, wherein the mixtures can achieve designs of up to 4000 PSI.

A method for producing a cementing material from the waste from the brick and ceramics industry is provided, the method being selecting the batches of waste from bricks and ceramics for a subsequent grinding, in which they should achieve a grain size of between 20 and 40 microns, and wherein this waste can be mixed together or used individually to be subsequently included in the cement in a proportion of up to 30%, wherein the mixtures can achieve designs of up to 4000 PSI.

The present disclosure relates to a visible light-catalyzed translucent concrete, and a preparation method and use thereof. The preparation method includes: extracting an iron oxide from a copper slag, mixing the iron oxide with TiO.sub.2 to obtain a photocatalyst, and then mixing the photocatalyst with an additive to obtain a photocatalytic slurry; preparing a concrete slurry using the copper slag after iron extraction as an aggregate; and pouring the photocatalytic slurry, the concrete slurry, and the photocatalytic slurry in sequence into a mold pre-laid with an optical fiber, to obtain the visible light-catalyzed translucent concrete. In the visible light-catalyzed translucent concrete, iron in the copper slag is used as a part of raw materials of the photocatalyst, and the copper slag after iron extraction is used as an aggregate to replace natural sand and gravel. This solves environmental pollutions caused by the copper slag and realizes resource utilization.