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Method and apparatus for pumping cellulose pulp

US5851350A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C7/08
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Pumping of medium consistency cellulose pulp is effected from stand pipes or like small sized pulp vessels to which pulp is normally discharged from storage towers, treatment towers, washers, filters, presses, thickeners, or the like, particularly pumping of high temperature pulps from said stand pipes. A pump inlet is attached to a discharge opening of a stand pipe, pressurizing cellulose pulp in said stand pipe by closing the stand pipe off from the atmosphere, maintaining a superatmospheric pressure in the stand pipe, allowing the cellulose pulp to flow into the pump through the pump inlet, and pumping the cellulose pulp further using the pump.

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