<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Calcium carbonate in the form of finely ground limestone is a material that has found its application in a wide range of industries, in the chemical, rubber, agricultural, and paper industries, is used for desulfurization of boilers and other. In civil engineering, ground limestone is used for the production of building materials, plaster and mortar mixtures, as a filler in concrete mixtures, in road construction, and as an essential component of mastic asphalt. This paper deals with examining the modification of the properties of finely ground limestone by the tumbling agglomeration method. It has been shown that the components of concrete with a round grain have a positive effect on the pumping of concrete in comparison with an elongated grain or the rough surface of crushed stone. The experiments will be carried out on a granulation plate using a variety of granulation liquid. The agglomerates and their properties were compared with untreated finely ground limestone, with a focus on detecting changes in compressibility, density and particle size. The output of this paper is a description and graphical representation of the changes in the properties of ground limestone before and after the agglomeration process.</p></abstract>

Calcium carbonate in the form of finely ground limestone is a material that has found its application in a wide range of industries, in the chemical, rubber, agricultural, and paper industries, is used for desulfurization of boilers and other. In civil engineering, ground limestone is used for the production of building materials, plaster and mortar mixtures, as a filler in concrete mixtures, in road construction, and as an essential component of mastic asphalt. This paper deals with examining the modification of the properties of finely ground limestone by the tumbling agglomeration method. It has been shown that the components of concrete with a round grain have a positive effect on the pumping of concrete in comparison with an elongated grain or the rough surface of crushed stone. The experiments will be carried out on a granulation plate using a variety of granulation liquid. The agglomerates and their properties were compared with untreated finely ground limestone, with a focus on detecting changes in compressibility, density and particle size. The output of this paper is a description and graphical representation of the changes in the properties of ground limestone before and after the agglomeration process.

Modifying the properties of finely ground limestone by tumbling granulation

Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Institute of Manufacturing Systems, Environmental Technology and Quality Management, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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Calcium carbonate in the form of finely ground limestone is a material that has found its application in a wide range of industries, in the chemical, rubber,...

Modifying the properties of finely ground limestone by tumbling granulation

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juli 2016

Seitenbereich: 41 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2016-0005

Schlüsselwörter
ground limestone, agglomeration, compressibility, flow properties

© 2016 Oliver Macho et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Modifying the properties of finely ground limestone by tumbling granulation

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juli 2016

Seitenbereich: 41 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2016-0005

Schlüsselwörterground limestone, agglomeration, compressibility, flow properties

© 2016 Oliver Macho et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
ground limestone, agglomeration, compressibility, flow properties