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Lime production: improved techniques in Malawi

Practical Action

Another lower cost continuously operated kiln that did not incorporate a steel shell or electric

fan was built at the Chenkumbi Hills. This operated for a number of years but was forced to

close due to economic problems and a shrinking market for lime in Malawi as well as

production difficulties.

References and further reading

 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 Brief

 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

 Supplementary Cementing Materials for Use in Blended Cements, R.J. Detwiler, J.I.

Bhatty, S. Bhattacharja, Research and Development Bulletin RD112T, Portland Cement

Association, Skokie, Illinois, USA, 1996

 Lime and Lime Mortars, A.D. Cowper, Building Research Special Report No.9, His

Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1927 (republished 1998 by Donhead Publishing,

Shaftesbury, Dorset, England).

 Lime Production: A traditional kiln at Bou Noura, Algeria, Practical Action Technical

Brief

 Lime Production: Traditional batch techniques in Pattará, Costa Rica, Practical Action

Technical Brief

 A Case Study in Lime Production: Improved design of a lime kiln in Sri Lanka, Practical

Action Technical Brief

 Lime Production: Traditional batch techniques in Chenkumbi, Practical Action Technical

Brief

 Lime in Industrial Development -a UNIDO guide to its uses and manufacture in

developing countries, Sectoral Studies Series No. 18, UNIDO, Vienna, 1985.

 Appropriate Vertical Shaft Lime Kilns in Indonesia, UNDP / UNIDO Building Materials

Project in Indonesia, Bandung, 1983.

 'Oil Firing Sparks Vertical Kiln Comeback', I.E. Kimberley: Rock Products, July 1973, pp

56,60,61,84,85.