Systems and methods for monitoring reject streams from fiber processing units

Abstract

A fiber processing system includes a fiber processing unit having an inlet, accepts outlet, and solid discharge outlet and configured to remove solid contaminants from a fiber-containing stream to produce an accepts stream exiting the accepts outlet and a solid discharge stream exiting the solid discharge outlet. The fiber processing system includes an optical system having an imaging device and image processing system. The imaging device is configured to capture images of the solid discharge stream at or downstream of the solid discharge outlet, and the image processing system is configured to determine relative fiber content, a relative generation rate, types of materials in, or combinations thereof of the solid discharge stream from the captured images. The fiber content, generation rate, and/or types of materials of the solid discharge stream are used to control operation of the fiber processing system or other upstream pulp processing equipment.

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