US 2024/0067563 A1

Apparatus and process for production of burnt lime or dolomite

(22) 28.08.2023

(43) 29.02.2024

(57) An apparatus for production of burnt lime or dolomite has: a shaft furnace having a preheating zone, a reaction zone, a separation zone and a cooling zone;a first feed apparatus for CO, at the boundary of the separation zone to the reaction zone;a first removal apparatus at the boundary of the cooling zone to the separation zone;a second removal apparatus for CO, at the start of the preheating zone; andat least one heating apparatus.The shaft furnace also has a third removal apparatus for CO, above the reaction zone;the third removal apparatus opens into the second removal apparatus outside the shaft furnace and upstream of the at least one heating apparatus;the second removal apparatus opens into the at least one heating apparatus; and the first feed apparatus is formed by the at least one heating apparatus for the shaft furnace.

(71) Fels-Werke GmbH, Goslar (DE)

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