EP1115945B1 - Method and apparatus for washing fibre pulp mixture - Google Patents
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
- D21D—TREATMENT OF THE MATERIALS BEFORE PASSING TO THE PAPER-MAKING MACHINE
- D21D1/00—Methods of beating or refining; Beaters of the Hollander type
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- D21C—PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- D21C9/00—After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters ; Treatment of dilute or dewatered pulp or process improvement taking place after obtaining the raw cellulosic material and not provided for elsewhere
- D21C9/02—Washing ; Displacing cooking or pulp-treating liquors contained in the pulp by fluids, e.g. wash water or other pulp-treating agents
- D21C9/06—Washing ; Displacing cooking or pulp-treating liquors contained in the pulp by fluids, e.g. wash water or other pulp-treating agents in filters ; Washing of concentrated pulp, e.g. pulp mats, on filtering surfaces
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- the invention relates to a method for washing fibre pulp, in which method fibre pulp is fed into a dewatering section and water and, with it, ash and/or other impurities are removed through a wire running in the same direction as the fibre pulp in the dewatering section, wherein the fibre pulp being washed is fed into a dewatering section formed between two wires and the wires are arranged to run in such a way that the dewatering section converges from the feed end to the outlet end, whereby water and, with it, impurities are removed in the dewatering section through both wires, and after the dewatering section, the wires and the pulp between them are led to run along a curving surface in such a way that pressure caused by the tightness of the wires and the centrifugal force produced by the curved movement cause the removal of any extra water from the pulp.
- the invention further relates to an apparatus for washing a fibre pulp mixture, which apparatus comprises a dewatering section which is restricted by a wire moving longitudinally along it and to the other end of which the fibre pulp mixture is fed and correspondingly removed at the other end, and water and, with it, ash and/or other impurities are removed from the fibre pulp mixture through the wire in the dewatering section, the apparatus comprising a first wire and a second wire, whereby the dewatering section formed between the wires and water and, with it, impurities are removed through both wires, the wires are arranged to run in such a manner that the dewatering section converges from the feed end of the fibre pulp mixture to the outlet end of the dewatering section, and the apparatus comprises a curved surface located after the dewatering section, along which both wires and the fibre pulp mixture between them is led to turn to remove any extra water from the fibre pulp by means of pressure caused by the tightness of the wires and the centrifugal force produced by the curving movement
- Fibre pulp such as recycled fibre
- water is removed from it in a manner that aims at removing particle-type material, such as ash, with the water while useful fibres are retained in the fibre pulp.
- Apparatuses like this were presented in the Tappi Conference 15 to 19 June 1998, for instance, and according to a presentation given in the conference, a good washing result is achieved by two wire-type apparatuses only.
- One apparatus comprises two separate large-diameter rolls around which runs a wire.
- the other apparatus comprises only one large-diameter roll and a separate wire section with associated apparatuses.
- the fibre matter is fed into a gap between the roll and the wire.
- both apparatuses a majority of the water is removed through one wire.
- a problem with both apparatuses is the small fibre matter washing capacity per width meter of apparatus.
- a further problem with both apparatuses is a poor wire durability, because, in both solutions, the finer side of the wire is against the roll.
- neither solution provides the possibility of substantially adjusting the level of dewatering or thereby the quantity of fines lost during washing by other means than changing wires.
- a yet further problem with both apparatuses is that the dry stuff content of the washed fibre material exiting the apparatus is relatively low and thus usually requires a separate concentration prior to further processing.
- a yet another problem with both apparatuses is that they require a high wire speed which is , disadvantageous with respect to both energy consumption and wire durability.
- DE 42 18 174 A1 discloses an equipment to extract fluid from a mixture of solids in suspension, particularly fibre in suspension, which utilises revolving press rollers having inner and outer endless filter bands.
- the input tube by which a suspension of fibre in water, which may be washing water, is formed across and between the two filter bands.
- the outer filter band is separated from the inner band by means of two rollers. Both bands surround the roller which may be perforated, and have an extraction system in the interior. It revolves in the direction by means of the bands, which both surround the following roller, which is driven by an electric motor.
- the filter bands may be made from plastic, felt, or perforated steel with the outer band being made to allow the fluid to flow rapidly, and the other band forming pressure, or a rearrangement to suit the circumstances. Between the two filter bands coming from the drive roller is the receptacle for the solid material. It may be necessary to have a blade to separate the material from the band.
- the scroll drive in the receptacle transfers the solid material from the
- US 4 491 521 A discloses a method and an apparatus for dewatering fibre suspensions wherein the fibre pulp is fed into a dewatering section formed between two wires.
- the method of the invention is characterized by the features of claim 1.
- the pulp being washed is fed into a dewatering section in which at least one of the wires is led to run in the dewatering section along a convex path making the dewatering substantially more efficient at the forward end of the dewatering section than at the tail end.
- the apparatus of the invention is characterized by the features of claim 10. At least one of the wires is arranged to run in the dewatering section along a convex path.
- the essential idea of the invention is that the fibre pulp is fed between two wires, whereby dewatering and thus also washing occurs in both directions in the dewatering section.
- a further essential idea of the invention is that the fibre pulp coming out of the dewatering section between the wires is led together with both wires to run along a curved surface, preferably a turning roll, whereby the removal of any extra water is achieved by means of pressure caused by the tightness of the wires and the centrifugal force produced by the curved movement.
- the fibre pulp is preferably fed to a closed dewatering chamber through which the wires run in such a manner that produces a convergent dewatering section between the wires.
- One preferred embodiment of the invention is based on the idea that turbulence is caused in the fibre pulp before it is fed into the dewatering section, whereby dewatering and thus also washing is performed as efficiently as possible and as far as possible along the length of the dewatering section without causing layers of fibres on top of the wires.
- An essential idea of one preferred embodiment of the invention is that the dewatering in the beginning of the dewatering zone is performed in such a manner that the flow rate of the fibre pulp differs from the motion speed of the wires in the beginning of the dewatering section. This way, turbulence caused in the fibre pulp before it is fed into the section can be efficiently maintained for as long as possible.
- a yet another essential idea of the invention is that the dewatering section is made so as to curve towards the inside in such a manner that its cross-profile decreases quicker at the forward end than at the tail end.
- the invention provides the advantage that this way a very efficient dewatering is achieved, which combined with the dewatering performed by means of the turning roll results in preferably achieving a high enough dry stuff content in the washed fibre material for the purpose of further processing.
- a further advantage of the invention is that when washing the fibre pulp, ash and other particle-type material can very efficiently be removed from the fibre pulp along with water while the fibres of desired length remain efficiently in the fibre pulp mixture.
- a yet further advantage of the invention is that a sufficiently high concentration of the fibre pulp is achieved after washing without additional presses or corresponding mechanical apparatuses.
- dewatering and thus also the washing result can substantially be adjusted with control valves or other control elements in the area of the dewatering chamber, which also improves the washing result and fines loss.
- dewatering is adjusted in such a manner that more water per length of fibre pulp mixture in the motion direction is removed in the forward end than in the tail end of the dewatering zone.
- dewatering is adjusted in such a manner that approximately the same amount of water or less per length of fibre pulp mixture in the motion direction is removed in the forward end than in the tail end of the dewatering zone.
- the apparatus of the invention also enables additional dewatering by means of a curved surface, such as a turning roll, located after the dewatering section. No edge sealing is necessary after the actual dewatering section, because the clearance in the outlet end of the section is adjusted in such a manner that the dry stuff content of the fibre pulp mixture in the outlet end is already sufficiently high.
- the actual additional dewatering is done based on wire tightness and centrifugal force on the curved surface.
- the apparatus of the invention provides considerable advantages in comparison with other corresponding apparatuses.
- Dewatering and washing with the apparatus of the invention occurs in two directions, which provides a considerable capacity increase in comparison with the working width of the apparatuses described above.
- the apparatus also preferably contains a separate turbulence element. With the apparatus, the flow rate of the fibre pulp mixture in the dewatering section is kept suitable in relation to the wire speed. Both factors thus contribute to effectively preventing an earlier than necessary infiltration of the fibre pulp mixture on the surface of the wires, thus maintaining a good washing result.
- the washing result and fines loss can also effectively be adjusted by controlling the dewatering in different ways in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional side view of an embodiment of the apparatus of the invention.
- the apparatus comprises a first wire 1 and a second wire 2, between which a dewatering section 3 is formed.
- the first wire 1 runs as a closed loop around guide rolls 4a to 4d and the second wire 2 correspondingly around a turning roll 5 and guide rolls 6a and 6b.
- the number and location of guide rolls can be any suitable one, which fact is known per se and obvious to a person skilled in the art.
- the fibre pulp mixture to be washed is fed into a feeder chamber 7 from which it is preferably fed for instance through turbulence generator 8, known per se, to the dewatering section 3 formed between the first and second wire 1 and 2.
- the dewatering section 3 is preferably a closed chamber formed by sides and support structures between the sides, along which the wires 1 and 2 run inside the dewatering chamber.
- the dewatering boxes 9, 10 or the like are installed on the support structures in such a manner that the water draining through the wires runs through the support structures into the dewatering boxes or the like.
- a closed dewatering chamber refers specifically to a structure in which the fibre pulp and the water it contains cannot exit the dewatering section along other than the desired dewatering routes.
- the fibre pulp mixture has to flow from the dewatering section 3 onward in the same direction as the wires 1 and 2. Simultaneously, water is removed from it along the entire way. Dewatering occurs in the dewatering section for instance in such a manner that preferably more water per length of fibre pulp mixture in the motion direction is removed in the forward end of the dewatering section 3, i.e. the incoming end of the fibre pulp, than in the tail end of the dewatering section 3.
- Turbulence caused in the fibre pulp mixture in advance can also be maintained by adjusting the dewatering based on the speed ratio difference and the fibres stay suitably mixed without any significant infiltration on the surfaces of the wires 1 and 2.
- the fibre pulp mixture arrives at the turning roll 5, more water is removed from it by means of the centrifugal force and the tightness of the wires up through the wire 1 to a dewatering tray 11 resulting in a fibre pulp with a suitable dry stuff content. Since the concentration of the fibre pulp mixture when coming out of the dewatering section 3 is rather high, the fibre pulp mixture stays between the wires 1 and 2 without gushing out from the side. Thus, this apparatus does not need any separate sealing after the dewatering section.
- the dewatering distribution along the length of the dewatering section can be altered in many ways. If, in the forward end of the dewatering section, water is drained from the fibre pulp mixture faster than the speed with which the cross-sectional area of the dewatering section decreases, the flow speed of the fibre pulp decreases in this area. Another consequence is that closer to the outlet opening -of the dewatering section, water is drained slower than the speed with which the cross-sectional area of the dewatering section decreases, which results in a fibre pulp mixture speed at the outlet opening which equals the motion speed of the wires.
- the speed of the fibre pulp mixture becomes higher than the motion speed of the wires, and in this case dewatering closer to the outlet opening of the dewatering section must be greater in relation to the decrease in the cross-sectional area of the dewatering section so that the speed of the fibre pulp mixture at the outlet opening is the same as the motion speed of the wires 1 and 2.
- Both alternatives can be achieved for instance by constricting the dewatering channels and thus adjusting the outflow, or by various other generally known measures.
- the result is that a flow speed of fibre pulp mixture differing from the motion speed of wires maintains/causes turbulence and thus aids the operation of the apparatus in certain conditions.
- water can be fed into the fibre pulp mixture before the turning roll 5 from nozzles 13 below the wire 2, in which case water, while flowing through the fibre pulp mixture, transports these particle-type solids to the other side of the fibre pulp mixture and on through the wire 1, after which both water and particles are hurled into the dewatering tray 11.
- Figure 2a shows schematically a structure of the apparatus of the invention immediately after the outlet opening of the dewatering section before the wires and the fibre pulp arrive at the turning roll 5.
- the figure shows how the dewatering zone is everywhere surrounded by either the higher or the lower support structure, such as cover part 3a or 3b or sides 3c, and the wires 1 and 2 correspondingly press against the higher and the lower support structures.
- the fibre pulp mixture for its part, fills the space between the wires 1 and 2 and the dewatering section from the wires towards the edges.
- the first wire 1 higher in the figure is preferably slightly narrower than the lower second wire 2.
- Figure 3 shows a sectional side view of a second embodiment corresponding to the embodiment of the apparatus in Figure 1 , except that a separate dewatering shoe 15 has been added to it between the dewatering section and the turning roll 5, along which shoe the wires 1 and 2 run to remove water from the fibre pulp mixture.
- the dewatering shoe 15 has advantageously a curved surface, preferably so that its curve is smaller than the curve of the turning roll 5 following it, or of any other corresponding curved surface. This way, dry stuff content can be raised even further without.complex and expensive presses or other corresponding apparatuses.
- the figure shows pressure pulse elements, in this case separate strips 16, located in the dewatering section at the second wire 2.
- Figure 4 shows a third embodiment of the apparatus of the invention, in which the turning roll 5 is replaced by a curved shoe 17 around which the wires and the fibre pulp mixture turn.
- the shoe can have a surface with strips, or be implemented in any other manner known per se, whereby water can also be sucked through the wire 2, or strips can be used to produce suction to improve dewatering.
- Figure 5 shows schematically the effect of washing on the fibre distribution of a fibre pulp implemented by the apparatus and method of the invention.
- the distribution of fibres of different lengths is measured by a measuring method known per se and the figure illustrates the proportion of the fibres of different lengths in the fibre pulp used in the test before and after washing.
- I represents the proportion of the longest fibres
- V the proportion of the fines and ash in the pulp.
- a significant amount of parts in the V group i.e. ash and fines
- the proportion of other fibre contents in the washed pulp is correspondingly higher.
- the figure shows clearly that washing removes the part of the pulp being washed that it is supposed to, and other fibres remain well in the pulp being washed.
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FI981974A FI114812B (fi) | 1998-09-14 | 1998-09-14 | Menetelmä ja laite kuitumassaseoksen pesemiseksi |
PCT/FI1999/000751 WO2000015900A1 (en) | 1998-09-14 | 1999-09-14 | Method and apparatus for washing fibre pulp mixture |
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CN (1) | CN1156629C (fi) |
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CA (1) | CA2343957A1 (fi) |
DE (1) | DE69941984D1 (fi) |
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DE69941984D1 (de) | 2010-03-18 |
WO2000015900A1 (en) | 2000-03-23 |
CN1156629C (zh) | 2004-07-07 |
ATE456700T1 (de) | 2010-02-15 |
FI114812B (fi) | 2004-12-31 |
FI981974A (fi) | 2000-03-15 |
EP1115945A1 (en) | 2001-07-18 |
KR20010075065A (ko) | 2001-08-09 |
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