Free heat-balance worksheet: the Excel download linked near the end of this article is free. Jump to the free spreadsheet. The optional paid Excel toolkit is clearly identified separately below.

Complete Heat Balance Excel Sheet

Heat Balance

Heat Input = Heat Output

Heat Input

Q1
Combustion heat of Fuel.
Q2
Sensible heat of Raw Meal.
Q3
Sensible heat of Fuel.
Q4
Sensible heat of Air.
i. Primary air.
ii. Secondary air.
iii. Tertiary air.
iv. ByPass Quench air.
Q5
Sensible heat of Cooing Water.
i. ByPass Cond. Tower.
ii. Clinker Crusher.
iii. Cooler.

Heat Output

Q6
Clinker heat of formation.
Q7
Heat loss with preheater exit gas.
i. Exit gas.
ii. Evaporation of water.
iii. Dust.
iv. CO.
Heat loss with bypass exit gas.
Q8
i. Bypass gas.
Q9
ii. Evaporation of water from cond. Tower.
Q10
Heat loss with bypass dust.
Q11
Heat loss with clinker crusher water.
Q12
Heat loss with clinker.
Heat loss with cooler exit gas.
Q13
i. Cooler exit gas.
Q14
ii. Evaporation of water.
Heat loss due to radiation & convection.
Q15
i. Radiation from kiln.
Q16
ii. Radiation from cooler.
Q17
iii. Radiation from preheater.

Free Excel worksheet: Download the existing Heat Balance Calculations.xlsx file (external MediaFire link). No purchase is required for this free resource.

Need a broader set of cement plant workbooks? The optional 54-file Cement Plant Excel Toolkit — $49 one-time lists the included filenames before checkout and is delivered by instant download after successful payment. It is separate from the free worksheet above.

Engineering check: verify units, fuel and raw-meal analyses, moisture, gas flows, reference temperatures and heat-loss assumptions against plant measurements before using any workbook result for operational decisions.