Heat recovery from vacuum blowers on a paper machine
US11891759B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A papermaking process including the steps of forming a wet paper web on a papermaking machine, pulling vacuum through the web to remove water from the web and thereby generate discharge air, and diverting at least a portion of the discharge air through a control loop to a hot air drying system within the papermaking process to aid in drying the web, wherein the vacuum is generated by centrifugal blowers.
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