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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by colechristensen on Thursday May 23, 2024 @05:19PM (#40460041)
You may be thinking of aluminum plants which can’t be shut down and restarted without significant damage, but they are indeed still throttled up and down. In that case it’s electrochemistry at high temperatures to strip the oxygen off of aluminum. If it gets cold the apparatus gets damaged, but it can be throttled down a significant percentage.
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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by kragen on Thursday May 23, 2024 @09:08PM (#40461828)
thank you, that is almost certainly what they were thinking of

how much do they get throttled up and down, and how frequently? i'd like to read more about this

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