Method of producing hydrated lime
OwnerGregory S. Hein, Sun Yong Kiminventors
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Abstract
A method of producing a hydrated lime. The process hydrates quicklime in conjunction with standard means of hydrating lime. The resulting hydrated lime has highly reduced contents of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide. The hydrated lime has little to no remaining reactivity when placed in contact with water after the process. The hydrated lime can is with stoichiometric volumes of water as required to fully hydrate the quicklime and water mixture as well as with volumes beyond the calculated stoichiometry with some potential for remaining water left after the process without the potential for lime putty or a wet hydrate as the result.
Claims20
A method of forming super hydrated lime comprising the steps of:
- adding a quantity of quicklime to a mixer;
- adding a quantity of surfactant that contains no water to the mixer;
- mixing the quicklime and surfactant in the mixer until the surface area of the quicklime is coated with surfactant to form a mixture that contains no water;
- adding a quantity of water to the mixture to bond the surfactant to the quicklime to form a super hydrated lime material.
A method of forming super hydrated lime comprising the steps of:
- conveying quicklime to a first measuring mechanism;
- measuring a known quantity of quicklime;
- adding the measured quicklime to a mixer;
- conveying a liquid surfactant that contains no water and having an enzyme from a first storage tank to a second measuring mechanism;
- measuring a known quantity of liquid surfactant;
- adding the measured liquid surfactant to the mixer through a dispensing device;
- mixing the quicklime and liquid surfactant in the mixer until the surface area of the quicklime is coated with liquid surfactant to form a mixture that contains no water;
- conveying the mixture to a third measuring mechanism;
- measuring a known quantity of the mixture;
- adding the measured mixture to a hydrator;
- conveying a hydrating liquid from a second storage tank to a fourth measuring mechanism;
- measuring a known quantity of hydrating liquid;
- adding the measured hydrated liquid to the hydrator through a dispensing device;
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- hydrating the mixture within the hydrator to bond the liquid surfactant and quicklime to create a super hydrated lime;
- wherein the super hydrated lime is a hydrophobic powder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.