MLchartDataset catalogue

Calciner

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003966

1. Unit in which the moisture and organic matter of phosphate rock is reduced within a combustion chamber.

2. Equipment used to remove combined (chemically bound) water and/or gases from mineral material through direct or indirect heating. This definition includes expansion furnaces and multiple hearth furnaces.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003966
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 60.401 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 60.731 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003966",
  "term": "Calciner",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Unit in which the moisture and organic matter of phosphate rock is reduced within a combustion chamber.\n\n2. Equipment used to remove combined (chemically bound) water and/or gases from mineral material through direct or indirect heating. This definition includes expansion furnaces and multiple hearth furnaces.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.401 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 60.731 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/calciner/"
}

Record 3,966 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.