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Process for treating sulphur-containing spent liquor using multi-stage carbonization

US5759345A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 1995
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C11/127
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To recover the sodium-sulphur compounds following sodium-based pulp processing, e.g. the ASAM process or basic or acidic sodium sulphite processes, the waste liquor is burnt in a lye burning vat (1) with liquid slag extraction and the exhaust gases are subjected to multi-stage purification with dry fly-ash recovery and the gaseous sulphur compounds are also separated in a multi-stage washing process. The water-soluble components of the fly-ash are taken to the waste liquor to be burnt and thus the sulphur to be recovered in the slag is increased. The slag is dissolved in water and the dissolved sodium compounds are converted by multi-stage carbonisation with a part of the purified flue gas into sodium bicarbonate and H.sub.2 S. The H.sub.2 S is burnt and finally converted into sodium sulphite so that the desired lye for pulping cellulose can be made up from sodium sulphite and carbonate.

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