BASF to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Costs at Kaolin Facility
BASF is implementing a broad array of energy-saving projects at the company’s kaolin clay mine and processing facility in McIntyre, GA.
Phase two projects will focus on process improvements to centrifugation, spray drying and calcining operations, kaolin yield improvements, improvement of burner firing systems, as well as additional heat-recovery efforts. BASF expects the additional improvements to reduce energy consumption by roughly 740 BTUs per year, equivalent to the combustion of roughly 6.5 million gallons of gasoline.