Method And Apparatus For Filling And Cleaning A Pulp Tower
AssigneeSulzer Pumpen AG
InventorJuha OTTELIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filling and cleaning a pulp tower. The invention is most suitable for filling and cleaning high-consistency pulp towers, bleaching towers, storage tanks and similar towers containing fiber suspensions, of the wood-processing industry. The apparatus and method according to the invention for filling and cleaning a pulp tower, in which method pulp is fed into the pulp tower either through its cover (10) or at least feed devices (24) arranged at its top, are characterized in that the space surrounding the feed device (24) is washable at the same time as the pulp is fed into the tower by means of washing devices (28, 30, 32) arranged in connection with the feed devices.
Claims21
A method for filling and cleaning a pulp tower, according to which pulp is fed into the pulp tower either through its cover (10), or at least through a rotating feed device (24) arranged at its top, characterized in that the space surrounding the feed device (24) is washable, while the pulp is fed into the tower.
An apparatus for filling and cleaning a pulp tower, characterized in that the apparatus consists of devices (16, 18, 22, 24, 26) for feeding pulp into the tower and devices (28, 30, 32) arranged in connection with said feed device (16, 18, 22, 24, 26) in order to wash the space surrounding said devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.