System and Method for Reclaiming Rejects in Sulfite Pulping
AssigneeUniversity of New Brunswick
InventorsYonghao Ni, Guojun Kang
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for refining and reclaiming rejects in a sulfite pulping process. Wood chips and sulfite cooking liquor are provided to a digester for delignification. The slurry obtained from the digester is screened to obtain a reject portion containing sulfite rejects. The sulfite rejects are disintegrated in a refiner, such that the rejects are refined to a freeness suitable for digestion in a subsequent re-cooking step. Refined rejects are then returned to the digester for re-cooking with wood chips.
Claims21
A method of refining sulfite rejects obtained during acid sulfite pulping or bisulfite pulping, the method comprising:
- providing wood chips and a sulfite cooking liquor to a digester and digesting the wood chips at a suitable temperature for obtaining delignification;
- screening a slurry obtained from the digester to separate a reject portion from an accept portion, the reject portion including sulfite rejects;
- providing the sulfite rejects to a refiner, wherein the refiner is adapted to disintegrate the sulfite rejects;
- refining the sulfite rejects to obtain refined sulfite rejects having a freeness suitable for digestion in a subsequent re-cooking step;
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- returning at least a portion of the refined sulfite rejects to the digester for re-cooking with the wood chips.
A system for sulfite pulping with recovery of sulfite rejects, comprising:
- a digester adapted to digest wood chips in the presence of a sulfite cooking liquor at a suitable temperature for obtaining delignification;
- a screening system adapted to screen a slurry obtained from the digester, such that a reject portion is separated from an accept portion, the reject portion including sulfite rejects;
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- a refiner adapted to disintegrate the sulfite rejects to a suitable freeness for subsequent re-cooking in the digester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.