| 摘要 |
A process for producing a fibre plant/lime product comprises a step of providing a fibre plant starting material having a water content of at least 50% (w/w), admixing the starting material with calcium oxide to form a reaction mixture, and allowing the calcium oxide react with embodied biological water in the starting material to form the fibre plant/lime product in which embodied biological free water in the fibre plant material has been converted to slaked lime. The fibre plant starting material is generally non-dessicated fibre plant material or ensiled fibre plant material. The ratio of fibre plant starting material to calcium oxide in the reaction mixture is between 10:20 and 10:1 (w/w). The fibre plant starting material is pulverised prior to reaction with the calcium oxide to produce particles having a mean length of between 1 and 100mm. The reaction mixture is processed to ensure - intimate contact between the fibre plant starting material and the calcium oxide. Fibre plant/lime products, and secondary products including building and masonry, are also described. |
