Abstract:
A process control method for adjusting chemical application in response to the pulp brightness and/or lignin content is realized by utilizing a coupled control feedforward, feedback or combination feedforward/feedback control system, wherein brightness measurements are made between successive lignin content measurements and adjustments made to the chemical application in response to a comparison value.
Abstract:
A process control for adjusting bleaching agent application in response to the pulp brightness and/or K number is realized by utilizing a coupled control feedforward and/or feedback control system or combination thereof wherein brightness measurements are made between successive K number measurements and adjustments made to the bleaching agent application in response to a comparison value.
Abstract:
A method for reducing or eliminating the formation of salt scale upon process equipment caused by precipitation of insoluble salts during the bleaching of pulp. The pulp is subjected to a bleaching sequence which includes a plurality of pulp treatment steps, wherein at least one pulp treatment step is conducted under alkaline conditions and at least one pulp treatment step is conducted under acidic conditions. A filtrate stream which contains dissolved insoluble salts therein is thus generated, and at least a portion of the filtrate stream (56) is combined with an alkaline stream (205, 210, 215, 220, 225) and pulp to cause the salts to associate with the pulp, thus removing the salts from the filtrate stream to reduce or eliminate the formation of salt scale upon process equipment during the bleaching of the pulp.
Abstract:
A process for delignifying and bleaching a lignocellulosic material (2) without the use of elemental chlorine or chlorine-containing compounds by forming (4) a pulp, oxygen delignifying (40) the pulp and thereafter further delignifying the oxygen delignified pulp by lifting, displacing and tossing the pulp in a radial direction while advancing it in an axial direction in a plug fow-like manner with an effective amount of ozone (88) for a sufficient time to obtain a substantially delignified pulp having a GE brightness of at least about 35 %. The substantially delignified pulp may then be brightened to a final product by treating the pulp with a brightening stage peroxide compound, followed by subsequently treating the pulp at low to medium consistency with ozone.