This kind of installation is used to be able to operate with residues as alternative fuels, since their arrival to the cement plant to the entry inside the kiln. To process this material are needed installations in which there will have to have storing systems, dosing systems, separating systems and conveying systems to the kiln, according to the alternative fuel characteristics, although there are always common basic premises.

With the aim to reduce the consumption of no renewable fossil fuels and giving an efficient and safety answer to the society in the residues treatment, the European cement sector has bet to diversify the energy sources using alternative fuels as refuse derived fuel.