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Low‐Temperature Liquid Lime Slaking at Howard Bend Treatment Plant
Author(s) -
Schworm William B.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1960.tb00596.x
Subject(s) - lime , heat exchanger , tap water , environmental science , water flow , engineering , waste management , environmental engineering , materials science , metallurgy , mechanical engineering
This paper begins by providing a brief overview of the development of lime slakers and the importance of water temperature to the speed and efficiency to the slaking process. The paper then discusses tests that were conducted at Howard Bend Station, Chesterfield, Missouri, to determine whether lime could be slaked efficiently at low temperatures without the use of heat exchangers, with cold water and with the temperature of the slaker controlled by the rate of flow of tap water to the tank.