City of Dayton Ohio
Selects Process Sensors
Corporation’s “Triple Play”
Of Infrared Instruments to
Satisfy Crucial Lime Kiln
Application Requirements
T
he Infrared Division
of Process Sensors
Corporation located
in Franklin Lakes, NJ
once again drew on its decades
of IR experience and the widest
range of innovative, non-contact
sensing products to successfully
supply the solutions needed by
the City of Dayton at its Regional
Lime Reclamation Facility.
The plant is engaged in the
production of a new type of
“burnt lime”. The lime is used
for treatment of drinking water.
To produce “burnt lime”, high
quality limestone is calcined in a
continuous process using a rotary
kiln at 1100°C, volatizing off the
carbon dioxide to leave calcium
oxide: CaCO3 + Heat CaO +
CO2. Dayton’s use of “burnt
lime” reduces