Alumina Miniplant Operations: Calcination of Kaolin in a Direct-Fired Rotary Kiln [RI 8736]

Details

• Personal Author:
  Amey EB III ; Hunter, Don B. ; Sawyer DL Jr. ; Turner, Theodore L.
• Description:
  This Bureau of Mines report describes calcination of kaolinitic clay in a direct-fired 2 1/2- by 24-ft rotary kiln at 750 deg and 775 deg c. Methods for preparing kaolin feed materials and characterization of calcined products are discussed. Approximately 99 pct of the alumina in a typical eastern Georgia kaolin was soluble in hcl after calcination at either 750 deg or 775 deg c. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  BCEL - Boulder City Engineering Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002643
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB83/178731; :1-24
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/236656/cdc_236656_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]