Patent ID: 8182726

Claim:
A method of manufacturing lime pellets for use in asphalt manufacturing and/or soil conditioning, the method comprising: heating limestone (CaCO 3 ) to obtain quicklime (CaO); hydrating the quicklime with an aqueous solution to obtain hydrated lime (Ca(OH) 2 ) mixture that includes water; and pelletizing the hydrated lime mixture into pellets with a binder that includes the hydrated lime bound with the binder, wherein the hydrated lime is not dried or converted to a powder prior to the pelletizing with the binder, and wherein the binder comprises at least one of bitumens, tall oil pitch, asphalt cements, lignosulphonates, latexes, polysaccharide or derivative thereof, tannin liquor, collagen derivative, beet molasses derivative, plastomer polymers, rubber, grooved tire rubber, pre-reacted grooved tire rubber, or elastomer polymers.