A modern-type preheater kiln, consuming 3.0 million Btu per short ton clinker, should be oper-ated at a thermal efficiency between 64% and 68%,ifwell adjusted. A long dry kiln, consuming 4.0 million Btu per short ton, should run between 68% and 72%; and a wet-type kiln, consuming 5.0 million Btu per short ton, between 70% and 75%.Web