Method for treating liquid flows at a chemical pulp mill

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PATENT NO 8632656
APP PUB NO 20100243184A1
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12664685

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A method for treating liquid flows at a chemical pulp mill including at least an alkaline cooking process for producing pulp, brown stock treatment with essentially closed liquid cycles, a pulp bleaching plant using ECF-bleaching, a chemical recovery plant comprising a chemical recovery boiler, and effluent purification. Chloride-containing bleaching plant effluents are led to the effluent purification, where they are treated in order to decrease the organic matter content thereof. At least 20% of the purified effluent is returned to a pulp mill process and purified effluent is used in a last washing stage included in brown stock treatment. In the brown stock treatment the liquid flow is passed counter-currently to evaporation, wherefrom it is led for treatment to a recovery boiler process, wherein a separation process for chlorides is arranged for controlling the chloride level of the liquor cycle.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pikka, Olavi Kotka, FI 23 144
Tervola, Pekka Espoo, FI 14 40
Vehmaa, Janne Siltakylä, FI 15 40

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