Abstract:
Sulphite waste liquor is concentrated in a plural effect evaporator; the so-removed vent steam containing SO2 is cooled at low pressure and the condensate discharged; and the resulting gas rich in SO2 is compressed to atmospheric pressure in a vacuum pump requiring little or no sealing water.
Abstract:
In washing paper pulp or similar fibrous suspension the suspension is moved intermittently vertically through a column. In the dwell periods, washing liquid is forced through the fibrous suspension, and the resulting ''''extract'''' removed, in a generally horizontal direction through perforate screening members forming portions of the column.