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NLA Member Feature: Trinity Consultants “In the Limelight”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Terminology and Specifications Handling and Transport Soil-related & Agricultural Applications Lime Suppliers Other Topics If you have a question concerning lime, please email us or contact us at (703) 243-5463 ext. 226. -
NLA Member Feature with Martin Marietta
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NLA Carbon Neutrality Roadmap
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Greer Lime Video in Collaboration with NLA
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FAQs
Terminology & Specifications Q: What is lime? What are the differences between quicklime and hydrated lime, high calcium lime, and dolomitic lime? A: Although “lime” is sometimes used as a generic term for various materials, it should properly be used only to refer to the manufactured products quicklime and hydrated lime (click here for a short […] -
How Lime is Made
The word “lime” refers to products derived from heating (calcining) limestone. In the Beginning Limestone is a naturally occurring and abundant sedimentary rock consisting of high levels of calcium and/or magnesium carbonate and/or dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonate), along with minerals. Lime production begins by extracting limestone from quarries and mines. Sizing . . . […] -
FLM Guidance on PM Speciation
J. Richards July 2004 -
Review of Park Service PM Speciation
J. Richards Dec. 2005 -
NLA Recommendation to NPS, Cover Memo Rotary Kiln with ESP Rotary Kiln with Scrubber Gas-Fired Calcimatic Kiln with Scrubber Oil-Fired Calcimatic Kiln with Scrubber
NLA Feb.2006 -
National Park Service Guidance for PM Speciation , NPS website
D. Shepherd, NPS Feb. 2006 -
NLA Member PM Test Results Using Improved Condensable Test Methods
NLA Mar. 2008 -
PM Testing Primer (Slides)
L Kinner June 2013 -
Compliance Assurance & Periodic Monitoring (slides)
J. Peeler Mar. 1999 -
NLA Protocol for Solids-Sampling & Stack Testing
Emissions Monitoring Inc. June 2011 -
Mercury Testing at Western Lime’s Eden Plant
Platt Environmental June 2011 -
NLA Mercury Project
A. Seeger & M. Ochs June 2011 -
Mercury Solids Sampling Project & Next Steps
A. Seeger & L. Kinner (Emissions Monitoring) Nov. 2011 -
Mercury MACT Floor, September 2013
J. De’Ath (NLA) Sept. 2013 -
NLA-PCA Bench-Scale Study
L. Kinner Oct. 1999 -
Validation Testing of Draft Method at Chemical Lime, St. Genevieve
L. Kinner Nov. 2000 -
Validation Testing of Draft Method at Mississippi Lime
L. Kinner Nov. 2000 -
NLA Generic HCl Test Plan
L. Kinner (Emission Monitoring) Aug. 2022 -
HCl Emissions Data by Kiln Type (not adjusted)
E. Males May 2003 -
Summary of 1996-98 Dioxin/Furan Testing at Lime Plants
J De’Ath August 2013 -
CAA Stack Testing Guidance
EPA Nov. 2009 -
Emissions Inventory
J. Padgett (Carmeuse Lime) Nov. 2010 -
CEMS Task Force Update
M. Ochs (Western Lime) Nov. 2010 -
PM CEMS Alternatives
J. Peeler Nov. 2010 -
PM CEMS
J. Peeler (Emission Monitoring Nov. 2010 -
Stack Testing Using Method 2G/2H
S. Johnson (Lhoist) June 2011 -
Strategic Issues in Monitoring & Sampling: EPA Stack Testing Guidance
J. Peeler (Emission Monitoring) Nov. 2011 -
Other Uses
The chemical industry uses lime in the production of a variety of chemicals including sodium alkalis, calcium carbide, cyanimide, citric acid, petrochemicals, propylene glycol glycerin, magnesia, calcium hypochlorite, and many others. These chemicals, in turn, are used in virtually every product in the United States. A growing use for lime is the production of precipitated calcium […] -
Metallurgical
The largest use of lime is in steel manufacturing, where it serves as a flux to remove impurities (silica, phosphorus, and sulfur). Lime is used in basic oxygen furnaces and electric arc furnaces as well as in secondary refining. High calcium and dolomitic lime used in the steel industry must meet exacting physical and chemical […] -
Enviromental
Municipalities, industrial facilities, utilities, and mining operations rely on lime to help comply with environmental regulations. Lime is used to treat stack gases from power plants, industrial facilities, and medical and hazardous waste incinerators. Lime absorbs and neutralizes sulfur oxides from these gases, helping to prevent acid rain and reducing emissions of hazardous air pollutants, including […] -
Construction
The dominant construction-related use of lime is soil stabilization for roads, building foundations, and earthen dams. Lime is added to low-quality soils to produce a usable base and sub-base. Hydrated lime has long been acknowledged to be a superior anti-stripping additive for asphalt pavements. It also helps resist rutting and fracture growth at low temperatures, reduces age […] -
Uses of Lime
Lime’s Myriad Uses Lime is the versatile mineral. Various forms of lime are used in environmental, metallurgical, construction, and chemical/industrial applications, and more. The fastest growing use of lime is in environmental applications, where lime is used to comply with air, drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste regulations. However, the largest single use of lime remains steel […] -
How Lime is Made
The word “lime” refers to products derived from heating (calcining) limestone. In the Beginning Limestone is a naturally occurring and abundant sedimentary rock consisting of high levels of calcium and/or magnesium carbonate and/or dolomite (calcium and magnesium carbonate), along with minerals. Lime production begins by extracting limestone from quarries and mines. Sizing . . . […] -
Why is lime still important?
What do you think of when you hear the word “lime?” Do you think of little green fruit, used in margaritas? Or maybe an illness transported by mosquitos? That’s not the kind of lime we’re talking about. We’re talking about the versatile mineral, the building block of construction and human progress that is a fundamental […]