CPC B07B 13/04 (2013.01) [B07B 7/00 (2013.01); C04B 2/10 (2013.01); B02C 23/14 (2013.01); B02C 23/38 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for separating soft-burned quicklime from hard-burned quicklime, the method comprising:
providing a quicklime particulate with a particle size smaller than 100 mesh, the quicklime particulate having a size distribution with two peaks in a bimodal distribution; and
running said quicklime particles through a classifier to separate said quicklime particles into a soft burned and a hard burned fraction separated by a dividing point, said soft burned fraction being particles smaller than said dividing point and said hard burned fraction being particles larger than said dividing point;
wherein said dividing point is between said two peaks in said bimodal distribution.
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