Lime Production: A traditional kiln at Bounoura, Algeria
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Information at a glance
Type of kiln
Capital costs
Mode of production
Running costs
Type and quality of limestone
Type and quantity of fuel
Fuel efficiency
Hydration
Sieving/classification
Milling
Quality of lime produced
Principal market
Number of persons employed (including
quarrying)
References and further reading
Traditional, open topped
Low
One batch per 15 days; 20 batches a year;
25 tonnes quicklime output per batch
Medium
Calcium, approximately 95% CaCo3
Light fuel-oil, 8000 litres/batch, 3072
Kcal/kg
32%
Manual, on construction site
Manual
Diesel powered hammer mill
Good (average 80% available lime)
Building construction
9 full time
Lime - An Introduction Practical Action Technical Brief
Hydraulic Lime - An Introduction Practical Action Technical Brief
Methods for testing lime in the field Practical Action Technical Brief
How to calculate the Energy Efficiency of Lime Burning Practical Action Technical
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Testing methods for pozzolanas Practical Action Technical Brief
Lime Kiln Designs: Small & Medium Scale Oil Fired Lime Kilns Practical Action
Technical Brief
A Small Lime Kiln for Batch and Continuous Firing Practical Action Technical Brief
The Small Scale Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln: A practical guide to design, construction
and operation, Kelvin Mason, Practical Action Publishing, ISBN 9781853394652
Small-scale Lime-burning: A practical introduction Michael Wingate, Practical Action
Publishing, ISBN 9780946688012
A Case Study in Lime Production No2 Improved Techniques at Chenkumbi, Malawi.
Practical Action Technical Brief
Lime and Alternative Binders in East Africa Elijah Agevi et al, Practical Action /ODA,
1995
Lime and Other Alternative Cements Neville Hill et al, Practical Action Publishing,
1992
Building with Lime: A practical introduction. Revised Edition Stafford Holmes &
Michael Wingate, Practical Action Publishing, 2002/3 ISBN 9781853395475
Guide for Manufacture of Lime in Vertical Mixed-feed type lime kiln: Part 1 From
lime-stone, Indian Standard IS 1861 Part 1 – 1990, Bureau of Indian Standards,
New Delhi, India
How to Build a Small Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln Practical Action Technical Brief
Pozzolanas - An Introduction Practical Action Technical Brief
Pozzolanas - Calcined Clays & Shales, and Volcanic Ash Practical Action Technical
Brief
Pozzolanas - Rice Husk Ash and Pulverised Fuel Ash Practical Action Technical Brief
Small Scale Production of Lime for Building John Spiropoulos, GTZ,1985
Gypsum Plaster: Its Manufacture and Use, A. Coburn, E. Dudley and R.Spence,
Practical Action Publishing, 1989
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