Abstract:
A method of delignifying and bleaching a chemical or semichemical cellulose pulp with oxygen gas in an alkaline medium, preferably sodium hydroxide, and in the presence of a protector, the method being characterized in that the protector is selected from the group consisting of silica; an alkali metal silicate, such as sodium silicate; an alkaline earth metal silicate, such as magnesium silicate; an alkaline earth metal phosphate, such as magnesium phosphate; an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as magnesium oxide; an alkaline earth metal peroxide; an alkaline earth metal hydroxide or a material forming an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, such as magnesium hydroxide or a material forming magnesium hydroxide in situ; and a soluble salt of magnesium other than magnesium carbonate.
Abstract:
A method of dividing a stream of pulp into a series of layers comprising discrete batches and progressively transferring the batches from layer to layer in controlled fashion so that the height of each layer does not exceed a maximum value at which the pulp at the bottom of a layer has a predetermined minimum gaseous content, the pulp being contacted with oxygen gas under pressure while progressively transferring pulp from one layer to the next in the series. The method may occur in an apparatus comprising a cylindrical pressure vessel including axially spaced floors which define chambers between them, the chambers being subdivided into a plurality of compartments by dividing walls disposed axially to the pressure vessel and transversely to the floors, each floor having an aperture and the compartments and floors being relatively movable to allow pulp in the compartments sequentially to be transferred from one chamber to the next as relative movement occurs.