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Method and system to generate steam in a digester plant of a chemical pulp mill

US8512514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2010
Grant dateAug 20, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C11/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for generating steam in a digester plant of a chemical pulp mill including: producing black liquor in the digester plant, extracting a first stream of black liquor from the digester; generating vapor by evaporating the first stream of black liquor by heating the first stream with fresh steam; heating fibrous material in the digester with the generated vapor from the evaporated first stream of black liquor; extracting a second stream of black liquor from the digester; flashing the second stream of black liquor to generate flashed black liquor and flashed black liquor vapor; introducing the flashed black liquor vapor to at least one heat exchanger to indirectly heat a clean evaporable liquid to produce clean steam from the clean evaporable liquid; and steaming, with the clean steam produced in the at least one heat ex-changer, cellulosic feed material before feeding the cellulosic feed material to the digester plant.

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