
Chenkumbi Lime
Fuel-efficient high quality production
Published: 1992
Pages: 44
eBook: 9781780443973
Paperback: 9781853391446
INTRODUCTION 1 | |||
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The case for lime | |||
1. Raw Materials, applications and production 4 | |||
Raw materials; Applications; Theory of calcination and factors | |||
affecting kiln design and operation; Kiln technology and choice | |||
2. Background 10 | |||
Project location and environment; Social and economic survey; | |||
Mineral resources; Fuel resources; Market for lime; | |||
Preliminary investigations | |||
3. Traditional production 13 | |||
Production cycle and technology; Input/output; Quality; Fuel | |||
consumption and efficiency; Project implementation strategy | |||
4. Natural draught vertical shaft kiln 17 | |||
Quarrying; Kiln firing; Slaking; Screening, milling and | |||
bagging; Input/output; Quality; Fuel consumption and | |||
thermal efficiency | |||
5. Experimental forced-air kiln—Chenkumbi 20 | |||
Forced air technology; Chenkumbi Hills—experimental forced | |||
air system; Kiln operation; Results; Input/output; Product | |||
quality; Fuel consumption and thermal efficiency | |||
6. Balaka forced-air system 25 | |||
Quarrying; Kiln design: operation and performance, Kiln | |||
charging; Kiln operation; Forced air unit; Kiln discharge; | |||
Input/output; Quality; Fuel consumption and thermal | |||
efficiency; Experimental hydrator, milling and classification | |||
plant | |||
APPENDIX 1 32 | |||
Uses of lime and lime hydrate | |||
APPENDIX 2: 33 | |||
Experimental forced-draught kiln trials | |||
TABLES 34 | |||
1. Forced draught experimentation results; | |||
2. Fuel consumption and efficiency; | |||
3. Comparative capital costs; | |||
4. Comparative incomes statement; | |||
5. Comparative economic analysis | |||
References 39 |
John Spiropoulos
John Spiropoulos is a graduate in the fields of building science and project management. He was instrumental in the establishment of a small scale building materials and minerals development company in Kanye, Botswana and was responsible for the project investigation and implementation of several building materials production projects including a small limeworks and a fired clay brickworks.
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