WO2016037972A1 - Process for manufacturing a milk of slaked lime of great fineness and milk of lime of great fineness thereby obtained - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a milk of lime of great fineness.
- Lime is a calcium-magnesium based compound herein after called calcium based compound.
- Calcium based compounds such as CaO and Ca(OH) 2 have many practical uses. For instance, these substances are used in treating drinking water, waste water and sewage, in the flue gases treatment, as soil neutralizing agents and nutrients, for ground stabilization for construction, and as components of building materials.
- Calcium oxide, CaO is often referred to as “quicklime”, while calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, is referred to as “hyd rated lime”, both sometimes being informally referred to as “lime”.
- Quicklime is usually in the form of lumps or pebbles but it can also be a powder.
- Dry hydrated lime is usually a powder.
- dry CaO or dry Ca(OH ⁇ 2 may be mixed with water to form an aqueous suspension, i.e., a slurry, also called milk of lime, which is a fluid suspension of slaked lime, also referred to as hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide--Ca ⁇ OH) 2 ), which can obviously include impurities, in particular silica, alumina, unburnt limestone (CaCOs), magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide to the extent of a few percent.
- a slurry also called milk of lime
- hydrated lime calcium hydroxide--Ca ⁇ OH 2
- Such a suspension is obtained either by slaking quicklime (calcium oxide--CaO) with a large excess of water, or by mixing hydrated lime with water.
- the resulting aqueous suspensions are characterized by the concentration of the mass of the solid matter (% solids), the chemical reactivity of the slurry to neutralize an acid and the distribution of the sizes of the particles in suspension (controlling in part viscosity).
- a milk of lime When a milk of lime is obtained from hydrated lime, hyd rated lime particles are suspended in water.
- the hydrated lime is produced by common atmospheric hydrators which may or may not have size classifying systems where quicklime is added to water in a pre-mixer, at a specific mass ratio and allowed to mix together with said water in what is termed a seasoning chamber.
- the temperature in the hydrator is less than 100°C (212°F).
- the particle size distribution will vary depending upon the nature of the quicklime starting material used, as well as the particular manufacturing process employed (presence of a size classifying system or not, screening or milling system). Milk of lime made from hydrated lime will have a particle size distribution similar to that of the hydrate from which it is produced and the solids content can vary from 5 to 20 w%.
- Milk of lime made from quicklime, in a commercial, continuous process, is typically produced by common paste, detention, or ball mill slakers (Boyton, 1980).
- quicklime is added to an excess amount of water and mixed together, to produce slurry with a solid content ranging from 5 to 30 w .
- the water reacts with the quicklime particles during the slaking operation in an exothermic reaction to form slaked lime.
- the temperature of hydration is below 100°C (212°F).
- the particle size distribution of the milk of lime is a function of both the nature of the quicklime and the coarse fraction removal systems, which include screening, settling and milling.
- Lime slurries can be made either in batches or in a continuous process.
- viscosity it is meant in the present application, dynamic or absolute viscosity measured in the centipoise (cP) unit or in the millipascal- second (mPa-s) unit.
- centipoise is equal to one millipascal-second (mPa-s) in the International system of Units.
- mPa-s millipascal-second
- viscosity is also controlled by particle size.
- An aqueous suspension with the same solid content but with different particle size distribution will have different viscosity value. The finer the particle size, the higher the viscosity.
- Particle size of milk of lime is an important characteristic in considering the relative neutralization or flocculation capacity in waste water treatment. This is referred to as reactivity of a milk of lime which can notably be measured by conductivity measurement of a solution made by diluting a small amount of said milk of lime in a large volume of demineralized water. This technique is disclosed in the European standard EN 12485. It is known that the dissolution rate of the particles of lime in demineralized water is more rapid when the particle size is smaller, in other words, the reactivity of the milk of lime is usually higher when its constitutive particles are smaller.
- Particle size of milk of lime is also an important characteristic in considering the settling rate or sedimentation rate of the solid phase of the suspension. The coarser the particles the faster the milk of lime will settle and the faster it settles the more probably intermittent or continuous mixing will be required to maintain a consistent solid content. Settling or sedimentation can also generate a hard-packed sediment that is not easily suspended even with vigorous agitation.
- Fine milk of lime with high solids content, relatively low viscosity and high reactivity is particularly preferred in some industrial applications, for example, in industrial water treatment applications.
- Existing production technologies for producing milks of lime may or may not meet the requirements for such specialized applications.
- Some of the known commercial technologies for producing lime slurries include the following:
- the commercial product "NeutralacTM SLS45” is a 45 w% solids slurry, with a viscosity of less than 600 mPa.s and a particle size distribution with the following value d 50 of 2,5-3,5 ⁇ and di ⁇ of less than 90 ⁇ .
- Equipment and processes as notably disclosed in US patent US5507572 are another common approach to milk of lime production. Quicklime is added to water in a batch tank which is equipped with horizontal paddles for mixing. The resulting milks of lime have a particle size distribution, d 50 value, of around 10 to 20 ⁇ . Gypsum may be added to increase the particle size in order to reduce the initial viscosity of the milk of lime. The solid content achieved is generally in the range of 30-40 w%. While this type of process can be used to produce a milk of lime from quicklime which is excellent for soil stabilization type applications, the coarse nature of the slurry and the addition of gypsum generally make it unsuitable for water treatment and other particularly specialized type applications
- milks of lime made from quicklime are typically, such slurries have a coarse fraction that is unsuitable for pumping and that reduces the milk of lime reactivity.
- Quicklime temperature rise reactivity also called in short herein after quicklime reactivity can be measured according to European Standard EN 459-2 or to the American Standard ASTM C110.
- ASTM C110 the quicklime reactivity is defined by the temperature rise generated in 30 seconds when adding 100 g of quicklime into 400 mL of water at 25°C (usually called ⁇ 30).
- the quicklime reactivity is defined by the t 6 o temperature rise, which corresponds to the time needed to bring 600 ml of water from 20°C to 60°C, adding 150 g of ground quicklime (0- 1 mm).
- t 30 value corresponds to the time needed to bring 600 ml of water from 20°C to 30°C, adding 150 g of ground quicklime (0-1 mm).
- slow reactive quicklime with a ⁇ ⁇ between 3 min and 20 min dissolves and hydrates more slowly thereby producing a coarser milk of lime.
- highly reactive quicklime with a t 6 o lower than 2,5 min, preferably lower than 1 min produces finer milk of lime.
- a milk of lime can also be wet milled in order to reduce the size of the particles; however, such approach requires an additional energy consuming step complex to implement.
- the present invention provides a process for manufacturing a milk of lime of great fineness as aforementioned by using a specific manufacturing process of a milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- the process for manufacturing a milk of lime of great fineness according to the invention comprises at least the steps of
- the milk of slaked lime obtained according to the invention presents therefore a high reactivity, due to its great fineness, not necessarily linked to the reactivity of the quicklime initially used.
- the particles of prehydrated lime introduced during the step of forming the milk of slaked lime are prehydrated particles and are further slaked with a predetermined volume of water for forming the milk of slaked lime.
- the volume of water can be added to the prehydrated lime particles or in the contrary, prehydrated lime can be added to the volume of water.
- milk of slaked lime of great fineness is formed from a paste of lime obtained by addition of water to quicklime instead of addition of quicklime to water, prehydrated lime is formed as intermediate product during the addition of water, which intermediate product progressively disappears more or less along water addition until the paste of lime is formed.
- the paste of lime thereby obtained already shows very fine particles since a high temperature is obtained during water addition to form the paste of lime.
- the paste of lime is then further diluted for forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness either by addition of water to the paste of lime or by addition of the paste of lime to water.
- the lime compound is a prehydrated lime
- Prehydrated lime is made by particles which are made of a core of quicklime (CaO) and a coating of hydrated lime Ca(OH) 2 which is forming a temporarily protective layer or film covering the CaO core.
- Such prehydrated lime has been inter alia disclosed in EP 1 154 958 and FR 2 841 895.
- the presence of the hydrated lime coating around the quicklime core is especially useful for delaying slaking reaction of the CaO core of the particles, for example in sludge or water treatment.
- quicklime when in contact with water or an aqueous phase undergoes an explosive slaking reaction, being very fast and exothermic.
- the protective layer or film made of hydrated lime delays the contact between the aqueous phase and the quicklime forming the core of the particle.
- prehydrated lime to form a suspension
- quicklime which has been prehydrated is used to produce a suspension of lime with the aim to have the slaking reaction occurring on a surface to be treated for disinfection or deodorization purposes.
- Use is therefore made of prehydrated lime particles with a delay in temperature rise reactivity of at least 5 minutes, preferably 20 minutes and more particularly about 60 minutes. This delay is intended to allow the user to project the suspension of lime on the surface to treat before the slaking reaction occurs, thereby allowing the energy of said slaking reaction in terms of heat generation for disinfection or deodorization to occur on said surface to be treated.
- a milk of slaked lime in the meaning of the invention is however never disclosed, since the present invention is able to provide a milk of slaked lime with particles of great fineness.
- the prehydrated lime which presents a decreased/delayed temperature rise reactivity allows for CaO present therein to react with water after a certain lag time.
- One way to measure such lag time is by the t 30 reactivity value of said prehydrated lime, as illustrated in " Figure 1". It was found that despite its delayed/slow temperature rise reactivity, prehydrated quicklime results in milk of lime with a fineness greater than the one that would have been obtained in similar wet slaking condition with the original quicklime.
- the process of manufacturing a milk of lime of great fineness according to the present invention is particularly useful in that a milk of slaked lime of great fineness is easily obtained at competitive costs since either not necessarily requiring high energy consumption steps like milling or not requiring very reactive quicklime while using mainly conventional equipment.
- the milk of lime of great fineness has been advantageously obtained by providing a specific selection of a lime compound chosen in the group consisting of prehydrated lime and a paste of lime obtained by addition of water to quicklime instead of addition of quicklime to water and their mixture to a step of forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness either by a subsequent slaking step or by a subsequent dilution step.
- said paste of lime is obtained by progressive addition of water to quicklime under agitation condition.
- the addition of water to lime can be made progressively under agitation. This yields to the fact that during the progressive addition of water, a first intermediate compound is formed being prehydrated lime which progressively disappears with completion of the progressive addition of water. This progressive addition of water allows to reach a high temperature during the hydration step forming very small particles.
- said progressive addition of water to quicklime is presenting a pattern of addition of water for controlling water taken up by the quicklime when forming the paste of lime.
- pattern of addition of water it is meant according to the present invention that the water addition should be controlled with respect to, for instance, its flow rate, the duration of the water addition or even the distance along which water is added to lime if the paste of lime is made in a continuous step.
- the key factor will be the amount of water taken up by a predetermined amount of lime, optionally containing additives and /or the spreading of the water upon/within the quicklime in the batch process and/or the agitation parameters.
- said progressive addition to form the paste of lime is a continuous process during which progressive hydration of quicklime is performed by adjusting quicklime feeding rate into a hydrator wherein a predetermined atmosphere is fed containing a limited amount of water for addition of water to quicklime.
- the quicklime is transported within a hydrator or hydrator-like vessel and therefore has a residence time.
- the flow rate of water taking into account the speed of lime introduction during the transport into the hydrator or hydrator- like vessel, the size of at least water droplets and/or the distance along which water is added.
- said progressive addition to form the paste of lime is performed by spraying a mist of water into a hydrator.
- said mist of water is a controlled size of droplets of addition of water.
- the size of the water droplets also allows the control of the hydration reaction for forming the paste of lime and therefore the quality of the resulting lime compound provided to the step of the process of forming the milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- the size of the water droplets may prove of relevant impact since those latter should have a size big enough to not be evaporated before reaching the quicklime and allowing the hydration reaction to occur but at the same time not too big to avoid local non homogeneous hydration of particles which would undesirably lead to non-homogeneous lime compound.
- the water added to form said paste of lime comprises an additive chosen in the group consisting of carbohydrates, sugars, alcohoi sugars, in particular sorbitol, carbon dioxide, phosphates, sulfates, bicarbonates, silicates, phosphonates, polyacrylates, polycarboxylic acids, low molecular weight organic acids, mixtures and derivatives thereof.
- the milk of lime of great fineness is obtained from prehydrated lime obtained by a partial hydration of quicklime under required controlled conditions in order to reach prehydrated lime with homogeneous water uptake.
- the required controlled conditions allow for control of the degree of hydration (water uptake of the prehydrated lime) but also the temperature rise reactivity towards water of the resulting prehydrated lime particles for the further slaking step.
- This reaction is influenced by the temperature rise reactivity t 6 o of the quicklime, the speed of agitation of the lime undergoing the hydration process, the size of the particles since the molecules in the core of the particles are less accessible to water, the temperature, the condition of addition of water (continuous, in batch, amount of water, flow rate, pattern of addition, duration of addition, size of droplets during addition of water).
- the required controlled conditions according to the variant of the process are the following:
- the temperature rise reactivity t 6 o of quicklime shall be higher than 1 min.
- the t 30 reactivity of the prehydrated lime provided to the slaking step is generally increased compared to the quicklime initially used, leading to a delay of the slaking reaction which is enough to ensure dispersion of prehydrated lime particles which on its turn accelerates kinetic of solubility and therefore fineness while reducing together the risk of local overheating, boiling points leading to agglomerates.
- the total amount of water added to quicklime to produce the prehydrated lime for forming the milk of lime of great fineness should be also controlled in such a way that the total amount of water is sub- stoichiometric and limited to reach at most a water uptake of 16 weight% with respect to prehydrated lime to control the maximum temperature rise and dust generation during partial hydration.
- the amount of water used for obtaining the prehydrated lime allows for a control of the temperature which limits the heat generated during manufacturing the prehydrated lime.
- the addition of the amount of water may be a progressive addition of water to lime presenting a pattern of addition of water as explained more in details herein after for controlling water uptaking by the quicklime when forming the prehydrated lime.
- particle size of the quicklime used shall presents a dioo of at most 2 mm.
- the water addition should be controlled with respect to, for instance, its flow rate, the duration of the water addition or even the distance along which water is added to lime if the prehydrated lime is made in a continuous step.
- the key factor will be the amount of water taken up by a predetermined amount of lime, optionally containing additives and /or the spreading of the water upon/within the quicklime in the batch process and/or the agitation parameters.
- said progressive addition to form the prehydrated lime is a continuous process during which progressive hydration of quicklime is performed by adjusting quicklime feeding rate into a hydrator wherein a predetermined atmosphere is fed containing a limited amount of water for addition of water to quicklime.
- the quicklime is transported within a hydrator or hydrator-like vessel and therefore has a residence time.
- the flow rate of water taking into account the speed of lime introduction during the transport into the hydrator or hydrator-like vessel, the size of water droplets and/or the distance along which water is added.
- the progressive addition to form the prehydrated lime is performed by spraying a mist of water into a hydrator under sub- stoichiometric conditions compared to quicklime.
- said mist of water is a controlled size of droplets of addition of water.
- the size of the water droplets also allows the control of the partial hydration reaction and therefore the quality of the resulting prehydrated lime provided to the slaking step of the process.
- the size of the water droplets may prove relevant impact since those latter should have a size big enough to not be evaporated before reaching the quicklime and allowing the partial hydration reaction to occur but at the same time not too big to avoid local non-homogeneous hydration of particles which would undesirably lead to non-homogeneous prehydrated lime resulting in an uneven coating.
- the prehydrated lime is obtained by a partial hydration of quicklime in the presence of an additive chosen in the group consisting of carbohydrates, sugars, alcohol sugars, carbon dioxide, phosphates, sulfates, bicarbonates, silicates, phosphonates, polyacrylates, polycarboxylic acids, low molecular weight organic acids, mixtures and derivates thereof.
- an additive chosen in the group consisting of carbohydrates, sugars, alcohol sugars, carbon dioxide, phosphates, sulfates, bicarbonates, silicates, phosphonates, polyacrylates, polycarboxylic acids, low molecular weight organic acids, mixtures and derivates thereof.
- said step of forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness with said lime compound is a slaking step of said prehydrated lime.
- said prehydrated lime comprises particles of prehydrated lime and agglomerates of said particles
- said process further comprises desagglomeration of the agglomerates of particles during and by the step of slaking of said prehydrated lime when forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- prehydrated lime particles agglomerate together and the particle size of the prehydrated quicklime increases due to the hydrate coating of the quicklime particles. This is attributed to the fact that hydrate volume is larger than quicklime due to the pores created by the explosive character of the surface hydration of the quicklime particles.
- the slaked lime particles in the final milk of lime present however a very small particles size. Therefore, the increase of particle size of the prehydrated lime after the slaking step supports the production of finer milk of slaked lime.
- the partial hydration of quicklime might lead to more severe chemical crushing, because of the more intense mechanical stresses during hydration leading to finer particles.
- the t 30 value of the prehydrated lime is increased compared to the initial quicklime.
- This delays the slaking reaction offering therefore the time necessary to disperse/wet the quicklime particles on one hand and on the other hand, after this delay (to be considered as an homogenization period), a steep temperature rise reactivity curve is obtained. This leads to finer particles.
- the step of forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness with said lime compound is a step of adding water to the lime compound.
- the step of forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness with said lime compound is a step of adding the lime compound to water.
- the step of forming the milk of slaked lime of great fineness is a batch step by addition of a predetermined amount of said lime compound into a predetermined amount of water or by addition of a predetermined amount of water into a predetermined amount of said lime compound to produce said milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- the step of forming the milk of slaked lime of great fineness is a continuous step preceded by a feeding of said lime compound into a vessel provided with an exit of milk of slaked lime of great fineness and containing an aqueous suspension of lime and fed with water and is followed by an exit of said milk of slaked lime of great fineness thereby obtained.
- either prehydrated lime or paste of lime as lime compound can be reached by a progressive addition of water to quicklime.
- said progressive addition of water is pursued during the step of forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness until said milk of slaked lime of great fineness is reached.
- said progressive addition of water is pursued by increasing the amount of water addition until said predetermined amount of water of the step of forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness is added, meaning that for example the flow rate of water addition may be increased while staying continuous or progressive.
- the concentration of typical industrially produced milk of slaked lime is often close to 20 w% based on the total weight of the slurry, and when a lower concentration is desired, it is a common practice then to dilute such milk of slaked lime to the concentration needed for the application.
- the prehydration step releases end users from stretching the process at maximum feasible concentration while trying to get finest milk of slaked lime as possible.
- part of the heat generated during wet slaking has already been removed during the prehydration step.
- solid content of the milk of lime can be raised.
- said prehydrated lime comprises a quicklime content comprised between 40 and 96 w with respect to said total weight of said prehydrated lime and a hyd rated lime content comprised between 60 and 4 w% with respect to said total weight of said prehydrated lime.
- the present invention also relates to a milk of slaked lime of great fineness comprising slaked lime particles in suspension into an aqueous phase, wherein the slaked lime particles presents a d 50 greater than or equal to 2 ⁇ , in particular greater than or equal 2,5 ⁇ , and lower than or equal to 6 ⁇ , in particular lower than or equal to 5,5 ⁇ .
- the notation d x represents a diameter, expressed in ⁇ , relative to which X% of the particles or grains measured are smaller.
- the milk of slaked lime of great fineness is therefore a milk of lime wherein not only dso is reduced compared to conventional milk of lime of great fineness but also the presence of coarse fraction agglomerates is avoided.
- Those latters might be present in the prehydrated lime initially provided but disappear during the slaking step forming the milk of slaked lime or, when starting with a paste of lime, are removed by simple screening step, thereby avoiding the use of grinding step typically required according to the prior art.
- the milk of lime according to the invention therefore can be used in multiple applications, such as in waste water and sludge treatment, but as well as in flue gas treatment requesting high performance such as fineness and consequently highly reactive milk of lime.
- the milk of slaked lime according to the present invention allows therefore to get higher performance at lower cost with respect to common industrial milk of lime manufacturing process since for example, a conveying screw located where prehydrated lime is produced according to the invention may give same results in terms of milk of lime performance as wet milling the common milks of lime, this latter process step being energy consuming and complex to implement.
- said aqueous phase comprises an additive chosen in the group consisting of carbohydrates, sugars, alcohol sugars, in particular sorbitol, carbon dioxide, phosphates, sulfates, bicarbonates, silicates, phosphonates, polyacrylates, polycarboxylic acids, low molecular weight organic acids, mixtures and derivatives thereof.
- the milk of slaked lime presents a slaked lime particle content greater than 25 w%, preferably greater than 30 w , more preferably greater than 35 w%, and most preferably greater than 40 w%, with respect to the total weight of the milk of lime, said slaked lime particle content being lower than or equal to 55 w , preferably lower than or equal to 50 w%, in particular lower than or equal to 45 w% with respect to said total weight of the milk of slaked lime.
- stabilizing additives/viscosity reducer/ viscosity stabilizer can be added to adjust the viscosity of the milk of slaked lime.
- the milk of slaked lime according the present invention has a viscosity lower than 1500 mPa.s, preferabiy lower than 1200 mPa.s, in particular lower than 1000 mPa.s, particularly lower than 900 mPa.s, more particularly lower than 800 mPa.s, even lower than 600 mPa.s, particularly lower than 450 mPa.s and more preferably lower than 300 mPa.s.
- Dynamic viscosity or absolute viscosity designate viscosity that is either measured in the centipoise (cP) or in the millipascal-second (mPa-s) units.
- the milk of slaked lime of great fineness present a settling rate comprised between about 1 and 2 vol.% after 24 hours as measured according to ASTM CllO-11.14.
- Figure 1 shows the lag time and the t 30 temperature rise reactivity value of a prehydrated lime compared to initial quicklime.
- Figure 2 is a graph showing the temperature evolution during slaking reaction of either quicklime or prehydrated lime for manufacturing milks of slaked lime according to example 2.
- Figure 3 is a graph showing the temperature evolution during slaking reaction of quicklime for manufacturing milk of lime at different solid matter concentrations according to example 3.
- Figure 4 is a graph showing the temperature evolution during slaking reaction of prehydrated lime for manufacturing milk of slaked lime of the present invention at different solid matter concentrations according to example 3.
- Figure 5 is a graph showing the temperature rise reactivity curves of the lime samples according to example 4 during wet slaking, measured according to EN 459-2 depending on the amount of water present in the prehydrated lime.
- Figure 6 is a graph showing the temperature evolution during the wet slaking of the samples according to example 6.
- Figure 7 is a graph showing the temperature evolution during the wet slaking of the samples according to example 9.
- Figure 8 is a graph showing the particle size distribution of a milk of slaked lime made according to the principles of the present invention.
- Figure 9 is a graph illustrating the viscosity change over time for a milk of slaked lime of the invention.
- Figure 10 is a graph illustrating the temperature profile obtained during the manufacturing of milk of slaked lime according to one embodiment of the invention, showing the maximum temperature of reaction achieved.
- Figure 11 is a graph comparing the temperature profile obtained during the manufacturing of milk of slaked lime according to one embodiment of the invention, with the temperature profile obtained during the manufacturing of milk of slaked lime according to the prior art.
- Figure 12 is a graph which compares the particle size distribution of two milks of slaked lime made according to one embodiment of the invention with two prior art milks of slaked lime.
- Figure 13 is a graph comparing the viscosity change over time for two milks of slaked lime made according to one embodiment of the invention versus a prior art milk of slaked lime.
- the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a milk of slaked lime of great fineness comprising a step of providing a lime compound chosen in the group consisting of prehydrated lime or a paste of lime obtained by the addition of water to quicklime to a step of forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness by adding water to lime compound or lime compound to water.
- lime can encompass quicklime (calcium oxide-CaO), hyd rated lime (calcium hydroxide-Ca(OH) 2 ) or milk of lime.
- Quicklime is manufactured by chemically converting limestone (calcium carbonate-CaCC ⁇ ) into calcium oxide in a high temperature kiln.
- Hyd rated lime is created when quicklime chemically reacts with water and is generally in a powdered form.
- Milk of slaked lime is a suspension of hyd rated lime in water and can be formed from either hydrated lime or quicklime; however, preferred milk of slaked lime used herein is produced from prehydrated quicklime or paste of lime obtained by the addition of water to lime rather than lime to water.
- the quicklime used for the purposes discussed herein may be "high calcium" lime, which contains no more than about 5 percent magnesium oxide or hydroxide.
- the preferred milk of slaked lime used herein will contain about 20-55% by weight of soiids, preferably about 40-50% by weight of solids, and most preferably about 45% by weight of solids, based upon the total weight of the milk of slaked lime.
- This invention's goal is to produce milk of slaked lime with fine particle size distribution.
- This property is achieved by the batch or continuous process according to the invention comprising a first step of providing a lime compound chosen in the restricted group consisting of prehydrated lime and a paste of lime obtained by the addition of water to quicklime, followed by a step of forming said milk of slaked lime of great fineness which in its preferred form presents a particle size distribution d 50 comprised between 2-5 ⁇ or even between 2.5-3.5 ⁇ , showing a slaked lime content of 42-45% by weight of solids.
- the particle sizes distributions are measured by means of a laser granulometer in methanol; these distributions are characterized in terms of, for example, d 50/ dgo and d 98 , interpolated values of the particle size distribution curves.
- the dimensions d 50 , d 90 and d 98 correspond to the dimensions for which respectively 50%, 90% and 98% of the particles are less than a given value.
- the viscosity of these milks of lime is measured according to standard industry practice, as by the use of a "Brookfield DV III Rheometer” viscometer, with spindle N° 3 at 100 rpm. The measurement was taken on the 30th second, once the viscometer motor was turned on.
- the milk of slaked lime of great fineness according to the present invention can be obtained either from prehydrated lime or from a paste of lime obtained by addition of water to quicklime instead of addition of quicklime to water.
- the particles of prehydrated lime introduced during the step of forming the milk of slaked lime are prehydrated particles and are further slaked with a predetermined volume of water for forming the milk of slaked lime.
- the volume of water can be added to the prehydrated lime particles or in the contrary, prehydrated lime can be added to the volume of water.
- milk of slaked lime of great fineness is formed from a paste of lime obtained by addition of water to quicklime instead of addition of quicklime to water, prehydrated lime is formed as intermediate product during the addition of water, which intermediate product progressively disappears more or less along water addition until the paste of lime is formed.
- First preferred way for embodying the invention forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime.
- the milk of slaked lime of great fineness is obtained from prehydrated lime which may be freshly produced or commercially available.
- the prehydrated lime is then fed to the step of forming the milk of slaked lime of great fineness for adding water to the prehydrated lime or prehydrated lime to water.
- the step of forming the milk of slaked lime of great fineness is a slaking step which may be a batch step or a continuous or progressive step.
- the partial hydration step can be done in an existing equipment such as a screw conveying the quicklime to storage tank.
- prehydration step is done in an appropriate equipment such as an hydrator, hydrator-iike vessel, blugers, or pug-mill.
- a cooling can be done within the screw of the hydrator or separately after the partial hydration step in a paddle cooler.
- the prehydrated lime is added into the front of the hydrator.
- the trough is oriented at a small angle of inclination.
- the paddles do not have a transport function; they are designed for maximum heat transfer, in this case for cooling without requiring introduction of cooling air.
- This equipment as well as the embodiment of the process according to the invention has shown to be optimized since due to the slowly-turning paddle shaft, the dust generation is limited.
- the temperature control by cooling down the prehydrated lime before slaking allows avoiding formation of agglomerates.
- the prehydration step has to be carefully controlled so that quicklime will effectively be coated by a regular layer of hydrated lime around the quicklime core.
- the prehydrated lime can be obtained by submitting quicklime under gas containing steam, eventually C0 2 at various temperatures in order to better control the thickness of the coating by agitating quicklime in a stream of gas.
- the coating of the quicklime core is not restricted to Ca(OH) 2 eventually comprising further CaC0 3 but to any kind of chemicals that would delay temperature rise reactivity and show steeper temperature rise reactivity curve after a lag period, such as soluble phosphates, sulfates, bicarbonates, silicates or organic molecules adsorbed on lime particles such as sugars, phosphonates, polyacrylates, polycarboxylic acids, low molecular weight organic acids.
- the prehydrated lime may be obtained by a partial hydration step which is pursued continuously until the milk of slaked lime is produced, with the addition of at least water (water with or without additives) pursued under the same condition or increased in terms of flow rate.
- the fine particle size distribution and high percent solids properties of the milk of slaked lime are achieved by slaking quicklime to, for example, a 45 w% solids slurry, by utilizing a continuous hydration process, with water being added continuously in a controlled manner to the quicklime, rather than adding quicklime to a body of water in a vessel or container and agitating the mixture, as was done in the batch processes of the past.
- the prehydrated lime may be obtained by a continuous process where a fine spray mist of at least water can be provided initially, which step is followed by a stage in which at least water is added as a steady flow of water.
- a fine spray mist of at least water can be provided initially, which step is followed by a stage in which at least water is added as a steady flow of water.
- there is an initial stage which comprises a continuous controlled spray of a fine mist of at least water which is achieved, for example, with a full cone spray nozzle.
- a viscosity reducer or viscosity stabilizer can also be utilized.
- the controlled addition of at least water within the scope of the present invention can be achieved by utilizing a fine spray mist of at least water onto the quicklime or even on prehydrated lime.
- prehydrated lime may be obtained by a steady addition of water on quicklime in a hydrator under high agitation conditions.
- the prehydrated lime thereby obtained is then fed to a slaking step into which water is added to prehydrated lime or prehydrated lime is added to water in a batch or continuous step to form the milk of lime of great fineness.
- Second preferred waw for embodying the invention forming a milk of slaked lime of great fineness from a paste of lime.
- a paste of lime is obtained from quicklime before being diluted with water to form the milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- water is added to quicklime in a progressive way, preferably in the form of a mist of at least water (with or without additives) in order to reach a high hydration temperature for reaching fine particles of lime.
- prehydrated lime is formed as an intermediate product and undergoes hydration until a paste of lime is reached by pursuing the hydration process.
- the addition of water is controlled in such a way that lime is progressively hydrated and does not undergo directly full slaking, but merely with a ratio of hydration increasing along water addition and therefore along time. This may be done in a continuous process or in a batch process. In both case, the hydration is controlled to reach a progressive hydration of the quicklime. This is done by opposition of lime added to water yielding to full slaked lime particles and sometimes to a non homogeneous mixture of slaked lime and quicklime if no water remains for the further quicklime added.
- the paste of lime thereby obtained is further used to form the milk of slaked lime particles by adding water to the paste of lime or the paste of lime to water.
- the paste of lime is obtained by a controlled hydration step which is pursued continuously until a milk of lime is produced, with the addition of at least water (water with or without additives) pursued under the same condition or increased in terms of flow rate.
- the fine particle size distribution and high percent solids properties of the milk of slaked lime are achieved by slaking quicklime to, for example, a 45 w solids slurry, by utilizing a continuous hydration process, with water being added continuously in a controlled manner to the quicklime, rather than adding quicklime to a body of water in a vessel or container and agitating the mixture, as was done in the batch processes of the past.
- the paste of lime may be obtained by a continuous process where a fine spray mist of at least water can be provided initially, which step is followed by a stage in which at least water is added as a steady flow of water.
- a fine spray mist of at least water can be provided initially, which step is followed by a stage in which at least water is added as a steady flow of water.
- there is an initial stage which comprises a continuous controlled spray of a fine mist of at least water which is achieved, for example, with a full cone spray nozzle.
- a viscosity reducer or viscosity stabilizer can also be utilized.
- a paste of lime may be obtained by a steady addition of water on quicklime in a hydrator under high agitation conditions. The paste of lime thereby obtained is then fed to a dilution step into which water is added to paste of lime or the paste of lime is added to water in a batch or continuous step to form the milk of lime of great fineness.
- the new process is a continuous or progressive process in which quicklime is slaked, by exposing the quicklime to a fine mist of at least water in a continuous or progressive process.
- Particle size and viscosity of the slurry are best controlled if the water which is used for the misting operation also contains sugar or a sucrose material, such as, sorbitol, a sugar alcohol.
- the slaking temperature of the quicklime is preferably monitored, and is preferably maintained in the range from about 200°C (about 400°F) to about 350°C (about 650°F), before cooling down as water continues to be added to form the final milk of lime of great fineness.
- An important aspect of this embodiment is the fact that water is being continuously added to dry quicklime, preferably in the form of a fine mist, forming the paste of lime by passing via a prehydrated lime under controlled conditions; rather than dry quicklime being introduced into a body of water in a mixing tank. Also, there is no necessity for the intermediary steps of producing the final milk of lime of great fineness.
- the product which results from the practice of the method of the present invention is a milk of lime which is high in solids, for example 40 to 45 w% solids, which has a particle size, or granulometric dimension, d 50 , in the 2 to-5 micron size range, with a viscosity less than 400 mPa.s, preferably even less than 250 mPa.s, all very desirable characteristics from an industrial viewpoint. Examples. -
- Example 1 Impact of the prehydration on the prehydrated lime granulometry.
- Three batches of quicklime (crushed to reach d 90 ⁇ 90 ⁇ ) are submitted to a batch prehydration in a conveying screw by spraying 4w% water (based on the quicklime weight) in order to determine the influence of quicklime prehydration on prehydrated lime granulometry.
- the granulometry curves of quicklime and prehydrated quicklime are measured with a laser granulometer Beckman Coulter LS 13320. The results of the granulometry measurements are shown in Table 1.
- Ca(OH) 2 and CaC0 3 contents are measured by weight losses at respectively 550°C (1022°F) and 950°C (1742°F) which are assumed to be water and C0 2 respectively. These values are used to calculate the Ca(OH) 2 and CaC0 3 contents in the prehydrated lime according to the invention. The results are shown in Table 1.
- prehydrated lime results in coarser particle size distribution compared to the starting quicklime. This is notably explained by an agglomeration of the Ca(OH) 2 particles during prehydration.
- Example 2 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehyd rated lime in batch.-
- the samples of quicklime and prehydrated lime obtained from Example 1 have been respectively slaked on laboratory scale to obtain a milk of slaked lime with a solid content of slaked lime of 30w% with respect to the total weight of the milk of lime.
- the granuiometry of the milk of slaked lime obtained according to the present invention is compared to the granuiometry of milk of lime slaked under similar condition, but from quicklime, meaning without prehydration.
- Granuiometry measurements are made as in Example 1.
- the dry content of slaked lime in the milk of slaked lime is measured by drying a sample of around 10 g of milk of lime at 150T (300"F) on a thermobalance (accuracy 0,01% dry content) until reaching a constant weight.
- the results of those measures are given in Table 2.-
- the prehydration of quicklime according to the invention results in a milk of slaked lime in which the d 50 is reduced from 9-13 ⁇ to about 7 ⁇ and agglomerates of slaked lime particles are nearly absent as the d 95 , d 98 and dioo values are dramatically reduced.
- the viscosity of the samples was also measured at 20°C (68°F) with a Brookfield DV Ml Ultra rheometer while using LV mobiles n°61, 62 and 63 turning at 100 rpm- over a period of 3 weeks.
- the viscosity of the milk of slaked lime from the prehydrated quicklime have a higher viscosity value than the milk of slaked lime from fresh quicklime. This is a reflection of particle size reduction.
- Mobile n°61 is used for a viscosity up to 60 mPa.s; the mobile n°62 for viscosities between 60 and 300 mPa.s; the mobile n°63 for viscosities up to 1200 mPa.s.
- the results of the measures are given in table 3 (in mPa.s).
- the conductivity reactivity of the so-formed milks of slaked lime was also determined through the measurement of the dissolution kinetic in water of the milk of slaked lime samples, following the teaching the European Standard EN 12485
- the temperature evolution during the slaking reaction of the prehydrated lime for manufacturing milk of slaked lime according to the invention was also monitored and compared to the temperature evolution measured during the slaking reaction of quicklime for manufacturing milk of slaked lime of the prior art.
- the measurements were performed by using the same protocol as the one given into EN 459-2 except that quicklime/water ratio or prehydrated lime/water ratio were adapted to obtain 30 w of Ca(OH) 2 in the resulting milk of lime.
- the results are given in Figure 2.
- Example 3 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime in batch. -
- the evolution of the temperature during wet slaking for manufacturing milk of slaked lime shows different profiles depending on the milk of lime concentration. More precisely, higher concentrations of solid matter in the milk of lime lead to higher temperatures reached during its manufacturing. For example, when milk of lime is produced from prehydrated lime, the maximum temperature reached for a 30 w% Ca(OH) 2 milk of slaked lime is 75 0 C(167°F) while it is only 27°C (80.6°F) for a 5 w% Ca(OH) 2 milk of slaked lime.
- prehydrated lime requires longer time to reach 30°C (86°F) compared to quicklime at a same solid matter concentration. Moreover, prehydrated lime further exhibits steeper curves for all concentrations of milk of slaked lime compared to quicklime.
- prehydrated lime not only reduces the granulometry of a milk of slaked lime at 30 w% Ca(OH) 2 with respect to the total weight of the milk of slaked lime but also at far lower concentration such as 5 w% Ca(OH) 2 with respect to the total weight of the milk of slaked lime.
- the mean value of d 50 is 2 ⁇ smaller all through the concentration range and the d 100 is also rather low: around 50 ⁇ all through the concentration range for the milk of slaked lime obtained from prehydrated lime. This shows the less tendency of this process to produce agglomerates.
- the temperature rise is so marginal at 5% dry content that the slaking facility will not face dust as well as reagglomeration problems that are commonly experienced with standard quicklime during manufacturing of a fine milk of slaked lime.
- Quicklime has been prehydrated with different amounts of water from 0 to 16 w% with respect to the amount of quicklime in order to reach prehydrated lime with different amounts of Ca(OH) 2 in the coating around the quicklime core.
- the different samples of prehydrated lime thereby obtained were further slaked to produce milks of slaked lime.
- Quicklime is placed in a 4L laboratory mixer consisting of a fixed bowl fitted with a single paddle-like mixing blade. A plastic film is covering the bowl after filling the quicklime. Small holes are made in the film in order to spray the water. The water is sprayed quickly on the quicklime. Mixing is done during the time necessary for the partial hydration reaction to be completed.
- the prehydrated lime is taken out from the mixer and let cooled down until room temperature is reached in a confined container before slaking to milk of slaked lime. Slaking can be done either quickly after partial hydration, in continuation of such step or days after partial hydration.
- Milk of slaked lime is finer when the amount of water added during the prehydration is higher than the minimum amount of water necessary to build a coating of slaked lime.
- the partial hydration of quicklime with 16 w% water while reaching 55 w% Ca(OH) 2 as mentioned further allows to produce, after slaking, a milk of slaked lime containing 45 w% solid particles of slaked lime with a slaking temperature reaching max. 88°C (190°F).
- the process used in this example not only increases milk of slaked lime concentration but reduces the d 50 from 7,8 ⁇ to 4,1 ⁇ and di 00 from 194 ⁇ to 16 ⁇ .
- Example 5 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime in a batch.
- the first quicklime (A) is the quicklime used in Batch Process Example 1, crushed to reach d go ⁇ 90 ⁇ and showing a t 6 o of 192 sec according to EN 459-2.
- the second quicklime (B) has a temperature rise reactivity t 60 of 133 sec according to the same standard and has a mean particle size between 0-2 mm, sieved to reach a maximum particle size of 500 ⁇ while the latter (C) also crushed to reach d 90 ⁇ 90 ⁇ shows a temperature rise reactivity t 6 o of 58 sec.
- the efficiency of the partial hydration appears to be correlated with quicklime temperature rise reactivity. Indeed, fineness of the particles in milk of slaked lime is increasing with the increasing starting quicklime reactivity, e.g. lower t M value, (higher temperature rise reactivity meaning less time to reach 60°C in water).
- the impact of the partial hydration is less relevant for highly reactive quicklime since such compound is already known to produce fine milk of lime.
- the impact of partial hydration is particularly surprising, since it allows reaching fine milk of slaked lime, even if the initial quicklime has a limited temperature rise reactivity teo.
- Example 6 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime in a batch process.
- Quicklime sample as in Example 1 was prehydrated with respectively 12 and 16 w% water.
- the resulting prehydrated limes were both slaked to produce milks of slaked lime containing respectively 40 and 34 w% solid particles of slaked lime.
- the procedure has been reproduced but this time 1 and 2 w% of saccharose with respect to the weight of quicklime, were respectively added into the predetermined amount of water added for slaking.
- the granulometry of the slaked lime particles in the milks of slaked lime has been measured as explained in Example 1. The results are given in Table 11.
- Example 7 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime in a batch.
- a first portion of each sample was commonly wet slaked to produce milk of slaked lime containing 30 w% solid particles of slaked lime according to the prior art.
- a second portion of each sample was prehydrated in a conveying screw with 4 w% water with respect to the quicklime weight. After partial hydration, the prehydrated lime was subjected to wet slaking for producing milk of slaked lime according to the invention.
- this natural partial hydration does not produce fine milk of lime with no agglomerates.
- a controlled post addition of 2 w% water by spraying i.e a controlled prehydration
- Example 9 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from prehydrated lime in batch.
- Example 2 The same quicklime as the one used in Example 1 is submitted during 1 hour to a gas stream containing 10 % V/V water steam at 150°C (302°F) until around 4% weight gain is obtained. Same is done with a gas at 200°C (392°F) containing 10% V/V water steam and 15% V/V C0 2 . Mi!k of slaked lime containing 30 w% solid particles was then produced by slaking with water the prehydrated lime sample thereby obtained. The temperature evolution was measured during the slaking of the samples and the granulometry of the slaked lime particles in the milk of slaked lime was measured as explained in Example 1. The results are shown in Table 14 and Figure 7.
- both treatments allow producing fine 30% solid particles milk of lime of same granulometry as obtained by pulverizing water as in Example 2.
- both treatments generate a lag time in the temperature evolution.
- Example 10 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from paste of lime: batch process.- Twenty-one hundred grams of Quicklime fines ( ⁇ 6mm) are introduced into a 4L laboratory mixer. Although the initial experiments used quicklime fines, pebble product or other size lime could also be used. The mixer's motor should be powerful enough to turn the dry quicklime as well as the moistened prehydrated/quicklime clumps that form during the process. The total slaking time from quicklime to slurry was set for 15 minutes.
- the flow rate of water mixture (water with or without additives) for the examples which follow was set to 4.79 cm 3 /s (0.076 gpm) which was theoretically calculated for a batch that would slake 2100 grams of quicklime in order to form subsequently a prehydrated lime, a paste of lime and the milk of lime of great fineness along addition of water mixture under the form of a mist.
- the water and a viscosity reducer mixture were introduced from the top of the mixer, enabling ail the quicklime in the mixer to equally interact with water, thereby forming the intermediate prehydrated lime before paste of lime and finally said milk of slaked lime of great fineness.
- Towels were placed about the mixer bowl opening to control dust and steam emission.
- the water and viscosity reducer mixture should be in fine mist form which can also be referred as cone shaped mist. This condition is achieved by installing nozzles to mist the liquid mixture over the quicklime.
- a thermocouple with a data logger was installed on the mixer literally touching the quicklime, the paste of lime and milk of slaked lime in the mixing bowl in order to track the temperature rise during the slaking process.
- the slaking should start simultaneously and is continuous/progressive.
- the water mixture initially reacts with the quicklime, thereby forming intermediate prehydrated lime. After prehydrated lime forms, due to the excess water in the mix, particles will start clumping together.
- the prehydrated lime particles then form a mud that dissolutes rapidly with the continued addition of at least water mixture forming firstly a paste of slaked lime and finally, upon addition of water mixture, diluting until a slaked milk of lime of a 45w% solid content is reached.
- Example 11 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from a paste of lime: continuous process.
- Three hundred and forty four pounds (156 kg) of crushed high calcium quicklime less than 1/2" or 1.27 cm) was placed in a 20 cubic foot (566 dm 3 ) paddle mixer.
- a spray bar with six conical spray nozzles was placed on the mixer to deliver the 654 pounds (296.7 kg) of water containing 4.91 pounds (2.23 kg) of sorbitol at a rate of 4.75 gallons per minute (18 dm 3 /min.).
- the mixer was set for 37.5 rotations per minute and the batch was completed at 16.5 minutes.
- the reaction temperature reached 435"F (224 °C) creating very fine hydrate particles.
- the resulting slurry had the characteristics shown in Table 15. Table 15.-
- Example 13 forming a milk of lime of great fineness from a paste of lime : continuous process.- The procedure according to example 10 has been followed. The amount and ratios of material used for Example 13 are shown in Table 18.
- Table 19 is a comparison of various milk of lime products produced by the invention as compared to commercial slurries of the prior art.
- the rate of settlement was measured in a 100 cm 3 graduated cylinder according to the standard ASTM CllO-11.14. In this method, we measure the height (expressed in cm 3 ) of supernatant present in the cylinder. Since the cylinder have a capacity of 100 cm 3 , those heights correspond also to a volumetric percentage.
- the resulting milk of lime met the general criteria set for the project.
- the Plant A and the Plant B quicklimes were slaked according to the method steps previously described in Example 13 with respect to the method of the invention. In Table 16, they are compared to the existing NeutralacTM SLS45 commercial product and to a "Plant A Commercial" which was a Portabatch type batch slaking operation where quicklime is added to water without prehydration step.
- % solids range from 42-44 % by weight, based upon the weight of slurry
- Figures 8 and 9 show the particle size distribution and viscosity change with time for a slurry made according to the method of the invention described in Example 13. These parameters are both within acceptable limits for the purpose of the experiments outlined above.
- examples 10-13 The most critical points in examples 10-13 are the introduction of the fine mist over the quicklime, maintaining an equal distribution of water mixture through the use of the fine spray mist, and the achievement of targeted temperatures through exothermic reaction of the quicklime with the water, i.e., a maximum temperature of reaction in the range from about 260 o C-350°C (about 500-600°F), as compared to a Portabatch ® slaking system where the quicklime is added to the water once and maximum temperature of about 100°C (212°F) is reached.
- Figure 10 shows the slaking temperature profile for a milk of slaked lime prepared according to the principles of the invention as illustrated in Example 13, showing the maximum temperature of reaction in the desired range from about 260X-350T (about 500-600°F), before rapidly cooling down with the continued addition of water.
- Figure 11 shows the slaking temperature profile of a milk of slaked lime made according to the invention as illustrated in example 13, as compared to the prior art milk of lime produced from "regularly slaked” quicklime.
- the prior art milk of slaked lime made for example in a Portabatch ® apparatus, peaks out at about 100°C (212°F).
- Figure 12 is a graph showing a comparison of the particle size distribution for two milks of slaked lime made according to the principles of the invention as disclosed in example 13, as compared to two milks of slaked lime made by prior art methods.
- the milks of slaked lime of the invention are designated as the "Plant A Quicklime slurry” and "Plant B Quicklime slurry”. These are compared to the NeutralacTM SLS45TM milk of lime and the "Plant A Commercial Slurry” which is a batch slaking operation where quicklime is added to water, as previously described.
- the results show more fine particles in the milks of slaked lime of the invention, but also a larger coarse fraction, which latter may be left in for a high quality regular slurry or screened out.
- Figure 13 is a graph of viscosity over time for two slurries of the invention as illustrated in example 13, designated as the "Plant A Quicklime Slurry” and the “Plant B Quicklime Slurry", as compared to a prior art Neutralac SLS45TM slurry.
- the milks of slaked lime made according to the principles of the invention illustrated in Example 13 exhibit a viscosity below 200 mPa.s after one month.
- Example 13 An invention has been provided with several advantages.
- the product made according to the continuous/progressive hydration process of the invention as illustrated in Example 13 has a relatively high solids content, high reactivity, fine particle size distribution and relatively lower viscosity, as compared to lime slurries made by the prior art processes. .
- the method of the invention would also be less expensive than certain of the existing commercial processes to practice.
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