Klockner-humboldt-deutz Ag

Walter Kohler

Martin Schmidt

Andris Abelitis

Hans-Ulrich Loch

Albrecht Weber

A method and apparatus for calcining lime, dolomite or similar materials in which the raw material to be calcined is preheated in a preheating zone by exhaust gases from a calcining zone, cooled by means of combustion air in a cooling zone, the combustion air passing from said cooling zone into said calcining zone and then into the preheating zone. A specific improvement of the invention resides in adding fuel in the calcining zone at a plurality of spaced locations along the calcining zone in the direction of flow of the combustion air therethrough.

Method and apparatus for calcining lime

A method and apparatus for calcining minerals, particularly limestone, in a shaft kiln having at least two vertically spaced levels including cooled hollow supports through which a solid fuel is introduced into the kiln. One feature of the present invention resides in employing a granular coal as the fuel while other features are involved with the distribution of fuel between various inlet points, suspension of the fuel in an airstream, and the mechanical construction of the fuel conduits and their support located within the shaft kiln.

Growing community of inventors

Bochum, Germany

Walter Kohler