TW201406450A - Processing method of black liquor in papermaking and processing equipment thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A processing method of black liquor in papermaking comprises steps: withdrawing the black liquor to a treatment tank, depositing an opening type circular flat membrane unit having no pipe shell into the treatment tank to perform membranes' separation and filtration, and, through the three approaches of aeration disturbance, washing shear force during membrane rotation, and timing membrane scraping, reducing the solids accumulated and adsorbed on the membrane surface so that the filtering membrane may not be easily blocked to extend the service cycle of the filtering membrane and to reduce the cost. Furthermore, the subsequent secondary filtering treatment can be carried out smoothly to recover many valuable organic substances, thereby satisfying the environmental protection and recovery benefits.

Description

Papermaking black liquor treatment method and processing equipment thereof

The invention relates to a method and a device for treating papermaking wastewater, and particularly relates to a membrane separation technology for recovering alkali water and concentrating black liquor for reuse, and can prevent the membrane pores from being clogged, thereby effectively reducing operating costs. Processing method of papermaking black liquor and processing equipment thereof.

In the paper pulping process, after the raw materials are added with a drug such as lime or caustic soda, only the useful fibers are taken to make a slurry, and the remaining lignin, hemicellulose and caustic soda form a color depth. The odorous waste liquid is discarded, and the cooking waste liquid produced by this chemical pulping is "black liquor".

Black liquor is one of the main sources of pollution in the paper industry wastewater. The COD and BOD produced account for more than 90% of the total pollutants in the pulping process, while 70% of the solids in the black liquor are organic, including lignin and polysaccharides. , humic acid and cellulose degradation products, etc., and 30% of the solid matter is an inorganic substance, including a free sodium salt (base) and a ruthenium-containing compound.

In the past, the treatment of papermaking black liquor mainly includes an alkali recovery method, an acid precipitation method, a membrane separation method, a flocculation precipitation method, and a biological treatment method.

The alkali recovery method is to dehydrate the black liquor through the evaporator to produce a concentrated black liquor. Since a high proportion of lignin and hemicellulose still exist in the concentrated black liquor, it can only be incinerated by an alkali furnace to The combustibles such as the mass are burned off. The main component of the ash produced by this is the alkali-containing sodium carbonate (Na ₂ Co ₃ ), and then dissolved in water to form a green liquid containing a small amount of iron ions, followed by the addition of hydrated lime to cause causticization to generate Alkaline water (NaOH) is finally used in the production process of pulp cooking.

Since the alkali recovery method must first be dehydrated by an evaporator, and the evaporator is powered by burning coal, an average of one ton of black liquor needs at least 120 kg of coal for dehydration treatment, so the operation cost is high, Small and medium-sized pulp mills are difficult to apply, and the combustion process also burns many valuable organic substances (such as lignin, turpentine, and saponification), which is obviously not a cost-effective treatment.

The principle of the acid precipitation method is to add acid to the black liquor for acidogenic fermentation to precipitate the lignin. According to the principle that lignin can be precipitated from black liquor under acidic conditions, it is neutralized by CO ₂ or hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid in black liquor to adjust the pH of black liquor to below 5 to precipitate lignin and make lignin The lignin can be separated by de-sanding, and then by precipitation and mechanical dehydration. The acid precipitation method is used to remove the lignin in the black liquor of the papermaking. Although the organic pollutants in the black liquor can be effectively removed and the pollutant load is reduced, this method requires a large amount of acid to be consumed, and relatively requires the use of acid-resistant equipment. There will also be secondary pollution problems, so there are still certain restrictions on the use.

In addition to the precipitation of lignin by acid precipitation, the separation of lignin can also be achieved by adding various chemicals for precipitation, flocculation, and biological treatment techniques such as activated sludge aeration or anaerobic fermentation. The technology investment is also large, and the floor space is large, the processing time is long, the operating cost is high, and the pollution control effect is not very satisfactory.

In addition, membrane separation (Membrane Separation) is used to recover lignin in papermaking black liquor by removing the lignin and solids in the black liquor through a filter membrane under a certain operating pressure. Reduce the COD and BOD values in the discharge liquid, so the membrane separation method has high separation efficiency, relatively low cost, and small footprint. Advantages, however, because the solid content of the black liquor is high and the viscosity is high, if there is no good pretreatment or operating conditions, the filtrate flux will be rapidly attenuated and the concentration polarization will occur, causing severe fouling on the surface of the membrane. Even clogging, when it is serious, it has to stop to clean, and even only replace the new filter membrane. As a result, the lignin recovery efficiency is reduced, and the cost is increased, which affects the production. The problem of clogging has been studied and improved, but it is only through the backwashing of the membrane, the improvement of the operating pressure, the use of different concentrations of black liquor or membrane materials to try to reduce the fouling of the membrane, but the effect is still very limited, Therefore, there is still no domestic membrane processing method to treat papermaking black liquor.

Therefore, the problem of easy fouling of membranes derived from membrane separation technology for papermaking black liquor, how to find effective membrane cleaning methods to prolong membrane service life and reduce production costs has been the urgent goal of related industries.

Therefore, the method for treating a papermaking black liquor provided by the present invention reduces the solid content of the filter surface by performing aeration separation and filtration, a brushing shear force when the film is rotated, and a timing wiper film. The accumulation and adsorption make the filter membrane less likely to cause clogging, so as to prolong the life cycle of the filter membrane, reduce the cost, and enable the subsequent fine filtration treatment to proceed smoothly, which is in line with environmental protection and recycling benefits.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor which is capable of effectively reducing film clogging to prolong membrane operation life and which can increase processing efficiency.

The method for treating papermaking black liquor proposed by the invention comprises the following steps: step (A): waste discharged after chemical cooking The black liquor is drawn into a treatment tank in which at least one rotary circular flat membrane unit is disposed. Step (B): aerating and floating treatment of the black liquor introduced into the treatment tank to remove short fibers and solid matter of larger molecules in the black liquor. Step (C): using a vacuum pressure difference as a driving force to cause black liquor to pass through the ultrafiltration membrane of the circular flat membrane unit for solid-liquid separation, so that the organic solid matter in the black liquor is trapped in the treatment tank, and passed The permeate of the ultrafiltration membrane becomes treated water. Step (D): while the circular flat membrane rotates, the adhesive layer on the surface of the filter membrane is periodically scraped to reduce the accumulation and adsorption of solids and colloids on the surface of the filter membrane, thereby preventing the surface of the filter membrane from being generated. Fouling. Step (E): The treated water passing through the ultrafiltration membrane is further subjected to a concentration treatment of a nanofiltration membrane to obtain an alkali water for re-use of the retort pulp and a recyclable concentrated black liquor containing a high concentration of lignin.

According to the above method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to the present invention, in the step (B), the circular flat membrane unit in the treatment tank is synchronously rotated, and the rotary shear flow is used to provide a pair Brushing shear of the ultrafiltration membrane.

According to the above method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to the present invention, after the step (E), the filtrate filtered by the nanofiltration is subjected to a reverse membrane treatment, so that the filtrate of the dialyzed reverse osmosis membrane can be Emission water that meets emission standards.

According to the above method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to the present invention, before the reverse filtration treatment of the filtrate, the filtrate is subjected to a heat exchange treatment to reduce the influence of the liquid temperature on the reverse membrane.

According to the above method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to the present invention, in the step (B), a total of two ultrafiltration membrane separation treatment procedures are provided, and the ultrafiltration membrane disposed in the front section is a vacuum pressure difference as a driving force. ,and The ultrafiltration membrane disposed in the latter stage is a membrane filtration process that drives the water body with a positive pressure.

The invention relates to a papermaking black liquor treatment device, which comprises a treatment tank, at least one rotary circular flat membrane unit, an ultrafiltration water production tank, a scraping membrane unit and a nanofiltration membrane unit. The treatment tank is an open tank for containing the pulp waste black liquor. The rotary circular flat membrane unit is immersed in the treatment tank in a horizontal structure, and has a plurality of circular flat ultrafiltration membranes arranged at equal intervals, and the central axis of the ultrafiltration membranes is watertightly connected. There is a production water pipe which is driven by a power unit to rotate, and the water pressure in the black liquor is transmitted through the ultrafiltration membrane by the vacuum pressure difference as a driving force, and the treatment water is pumped into the water production pipe. The ultrafiltration water production tank is connected behind the circular flat membrane unit and communicates with the production water pipe to collect the treated water that has been dialyzed through the ultrafiltration membrane. The squeegee unit comprises a plurality of rotating disks pivotally disposed between the ultrafiltration membranes, a plurality of brush bodies disposed on the rotating disks, and a plurality of blocking bars corresponding to the brush bodies, and the brush body is super The surface of the filter membrane forms a micro-contact. When the ultrafiltration membrane rotates with the water-producing pipe, the brush body is blocked by the stopper rod, and forms a surface scraping effect on the ultrafiltration membrane. The nanofiltration membrane unit is connected to the rear of the ultrafiltration water production tank to further separate the treated water passing through the ultrafiltration membrane into recovered alkali water and concentrated black liquor.

The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to the above invention further comprises a positive pressure type ultrafiltration membrane unit. The rear ultrafiltration membrane unit is connected between the circular flat membrane unit and the ultrafiltration production tank to purify the lignin in the black liquor.

The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to the above invention further comprises a reverse osmosis membrane unit connected to the nanofiltration membrane After the unit.

The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to the above invention further comprises a heat exchanger which is connected before the reverse osmosis membrane unit.

According to the processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor of the present invention, the bottom of the treatment tank is further provided with an aeration unit, and the aeration unit can spray pressurized fine bubbles to the black liquor.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the method for treating a papermaking black liquor of the present invention and a processing apparatus thereof include the following steps:

Step (A): taking the waste black liquor discharged after chemical cooking into a treatment tank 10, the treatment tank 10 is a top open tank body, and at least one rotary circular flat plate is arranged therein The membrane unit 20, and an aeration unit 30 located at the bottom of the treatment tank 10. The circular flat membrane unit 20 is a horizontal horizontal structure (open circular flat membrane) without a shell, and is immersed and settled in the treatment tank 10, and has a plurality of equally spaced circles thereon. A flat-shaped ultrafiltration membrane 21 (UF Membrane) having a water-producing water pipe 22 centrally connected to the ultrafiltration membrane 21 is axially connected.

Step (B): performing aeration floating treatment on the introduced black liquor by using the aeration unit 30 located at the bottom of the treatment tank 10, and using the pressurized fine bubbles sprayed by the aeration unit 30 to remove the black liquor. Larger molecules of short fibers and solids have an effect of aerating disturbance to the ultrafiltration membrane 21. In addition, at the same time as the aeration treatment, the ultrafiltration membrane 21 of the circular flat membrane unit 20 is rotated, and the driving mode is The power unit 23 (motor) at one end of the water production pipe 22 drives the water production pipe 22 and the ultrafiltration membrane 21 to rotate concentrically, and the shear flow formed by the rotation of the membrane is used to form a brushing shear force on the ultrafiltration membrane 21 to reduce The growth of the gel layer (filter cake) on the surface of the membrane maintains the water flux of the membrane.

Step (C): performing ultrafiltration membrane filtration on the black liquor in the treatment tank 10. In this step, a two-stage ultrafiltration membrane separation process is adopted, wherein the separation method of the ultrafiltration membrane in the front section is set. The ultrafiltration membrane 21 in the treatment tank 10 is carried out by vacuuming the water production pipe 22 with a vacuum pump 40 to form a vacuum pressure difference, and the black liquor is passed through the ultrafiltration membrane 21. The solid-liquid separation allows the organic solid matter (lignin, free enthalpy) in the black liquor to be trapped in the treatment tank 10, and the permeate passing through the membrane becomes the treated water that flows into the production water pipe 22, and by pumping The water pump 40 continues to be pushed to a rear stage ultrafiltration membrane unit 50 located outside the treatment tank 10, and the secondary membrane separation and concentration of the treated water is performed by the positive pressure thrust of the pump 40, and finally, the treatment by the post-stage ultrafiltration membrane unit 50 is performed. The water is sent to an ultrafiltration water tank 60 for collection.

Step (D): while the ultrafiltration membrane 21 of the circular flat membrane unit 20 is rotated, the adhesive layer on the surface of the membrane is periodically scraped to reduce the accumulation and adsorption of solids and colloids on the surface of the membrane. Further, the surface of the filter film is prevented from being fouled; as shown in FIG. 3, the film surface is scraped by a doctor film unit 70, and the doctor film unit 70 includes a plurality of screws disposed on the ultrafiltration film 21. a rotating disk 71, a plurality of brush bodies 72 radially mounted on the rotating disk, and a plurality of blocking bars 73 corresponding to the brush body 72. The brush body 72 can be made of soft rubber or sponge. Or made of staple fiber material and in micro contact with the surface of the ultrafiltration membrane 21, and the stopper 73 is pivotally disposed above the treatment tank 10. The body 80 can actually drive the bar 73 to perform a pendulum motion through the control of an external PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). Thus, when the ultrafiltration membrane 21 rotates along the water production pipe 22, and the brush body 72 strikes the bar At 73 o'clock, the stopper 73 forms an intermittent block on the brush body 72, and the brush body 72 applies a scratching and sweeping action to the surface of the ultrafiltration membrane 21, and also has a spoiler effect, which naturally prevents the filter film. Produces fouling.

Referring to Fig. 4, further, in order to extend the life cycle of the rear-stage ultrafiltration membrane 51, the rear-stage ultrafiltration membrane 51 is a structure similar to the anterior-stage ultrafiltration membrane, but the outer portion is encapsulated by a membrane tube 52, and the membrane tube is A spray cleaning unit 53 is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the 52. A spray pipe 531 of the spray cleaning unit 53 corresponds to the rear ultrafiltration membrane 51. When an air pump 532 is activated, high pressure air passes through the water spray pipe 531. The aeration port is driven into the inside of the membrane tube 52 to clean the surface of the ultrafiltration membrane bag with rapid impact. Since the related operation mode is the same as the invention patent No. I348389 of the applicant name, this will not be further explained.

Incidentally, since the filtration of the front-stage ultrafiltration membrane 21 has trapped 80% of the solid matter in the black liquor, the filtration of the latter-stage ultrafiltration membrane 51 is rather low, so that the treatment of the wiper film is not required.

Step (E): the treated water passing through the ultrafiltration membrane 51 is passed through a nanofiltration membrane unit 90 (refer to FIG. 5), and the treated water is concentrated by using a nanofiltration membrane (NF Membrane) to obtain an available water. Alkaline water reused by cooking and pulping, and recyclable concentrated black liquor containing high concentration of lignin, wherein the concentrated black liquor can be mixed with the solid matter formed by filtration through the ultrafiltration membrane to extract lignin In this embodiment, the alkaline water may be temporarily stored in a nanofiltration water tank 91.

Therefore, the processing method and equipment used in the present invention are not only applicable The black liquor in the paper industry is concentrated, and the alkali water can be separated from the black liquor and returned to the boiled pulp process for reuse, and by-products such as lignin can be obtained for subsequent purification and decomposition, and more importantly, black. When the liquid is subjected to ultrafiltration concentration treatment, the aeration disturbance, the membrane surface shearing force of the rotating membrane, and the three special methods of regularly sweeping the scraping membrane are used to reduce the accumulation and adsorption of the solid matter on the surface of the membrane. To prevent the formation of filter fouling, and because the film is not easy to scale, the turbidity resistance of the filter to black liquor is greatly increased, which provides a good pretreatment for the subsequent secondary and nanofiltration processes. It is possible to maintain the flux of the filtrate, which is different from the conventional method in which the membrane can only be treated by backwashing, and the membrane is easily clogged.

Moreover, the processing apparatus used in the present invention also adopts an open-ended diaphragm structure without a shell in the filtration of the ultrafiltration membrane, so that the membrane can be directly washed by the water column, and can also be directly hit by the above three methods. The membrane surface, so the filter membrane is not easy to block, can be applied to the black liquor with extremely high turbidity, and also effectively prolongs the service life of the membrane and reduces the processing cost of the black liquor.

It is worth mentioning that, as shown in FIG. 5, after the step (E), the present invention can also perform a reverse membrane treatment on the filtrate concentrated by nanofiltration by using a reverse osmosis membrane unit. 100 is used for solid-liquid separation, and the reverse osmosis membrane unit is connected to the nanofiltration water tank 91 of the nanofiltration membrane unit 90 to remove organic salt alkali and chromaticity in the filtrate, and, in order to reduce the liquid temperature The reverse osmosis membrane unit 100 is further provided with a heat exchanger 110 for heat exchange of the filtrate; thereby, the filtrate dialysis through the reverse osmosis membrane can be discharged according to the discharge standard. Or the washing water that is recycled into the spray filter, and the sugar blocked by the reverse osmosis membrane can be further reused (for example, as Fermenting raw materials to produce alcohol) to achieve the benefits of environmentally friendly recycling.

The above is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention should be It is still within the scope of the invention patent.

10‧‧‧Processing tank

20‧‧‧ Round flat membrane unit

21‧‧‧Ultrafiltration membrane

22‧‧‧Water pipes

23‧‧‧Power unit

30‧‧‧Aeration unit

40‧‧‧Negative pressure pump

50‧‧‧After-stage ultrafiltration membrane unit

51‧‧‧After-stage ultrafiltration membrane

52‧‧‧film tube

60‧‧‧Ultrafiltration sink

70‧‧‧Scratch unit

71‧‧‧ rotating disk

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73‧‧ ‧bar

80‧‧‧ ‧ frame

90‧‧‧ nanofiltration membrane unit

91‧‧‧Nat filter trough

100‧‧‧ reverse osmosis membrane unit

110‧‧‧ heat exchanger

Fig. 1 is a block flow diagram of a method for treating papermaking black liquor of the present invention and a processing apparatus therefor.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a structural view of the apparatus for scraping the ultrafiltration membrane by the wiper unit.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the inside of the rear stage ultrafiltration membrane with a spray unit.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Processing tank

20‧‧‧ Round flat membrane unit

21‧‧‧Ultrafiltration membrane

22‧‧‧Water pipes

23‧‧‧Power unit

30‧‧‧Aeration unit

40‧‧‧Negative pressure pump

50‧‧‧After-stage ultrafiltration membrane unit

60‧‧‧Ultrafiltration sink

90‧‧‧ nanofiltration membrane unit

Claims (10)

A method for treating black liquor of papermaking comprises the following steps: Step (A): taking the waste black liquor discharged after chemical cooking into a treatment tank, wherein the treatment tank is provided with at least one rotary circular plate Membrane unit; step (B): aerating and floating treatment of the black liquor introduced into the treatment tank to intercept the short fibers and solid matter of the larger molecules in the black liquor; step (C): taking the vacuum pressure difference as The driving force causes the black liquor to pass through the ultrafiltration membrane of the circular flat membrane unit for solid-liquid separation, so that the organic solid matter in the black liquor is trapped in the treatment tank, and the permeate passing through the ultrafiltration membrane becomes the treated water. Step (D): while the circular flat membrane is rotated, the adhesive layer on the surface of the filter membrane is periodically scraped to reduce the accumulation and adsorption of solids and colloids on the surface of the filter membrane, thereby preventing the surface of the membrane Producing scale; and step (E): concentrating the treated water passing through the ultrafiltration membrane through a nanofiltration membrane to obtain alkaline water for re-use of the cooking pulp, and recoverable with high concentration of lignin Concentrate the black liquor. The method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to claim 1, wherein in the step (B), the circular flat membrane unit in the treatment tank is synchronously rotated, and the rotary shear flow is utilized. To provide a brushing shear to the ultrafiltration membrane. The method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to claim 1, wherein after the step (E), the filtrate filtered by the nanofiltration is subjected to a reverse membrane treatment to filter the dialyzed reverse osmosis membrane. The liquid can be discharged water that meets the discharge standards. The method for treating a papermaking black liquor according to claim 3, wherein the filtrate is subjected to heat exchange treatment to reduce the influence of the liquid temperature on the reverse membrane before the reverse filtration treatment of the filtrate. . The method for treating papermaking black liquor according to claim 1, wherein in the step (B), there is a total of two ultrafiltration membrane separation treatment procedures, and the ultrafiltration membrane disposed in the front section is a vacuum pressure difference. For the driving force, the ultrafiltration membrane disposed in the rear section is a membrane filtration process that drives the water body with a positive pressure. The invention relates to a processing device for papermaking black liquor, comprising: a treatment tank, which is an open tank body for containing pulp waste black liquor; at least one rotary circular flat membrane unit, which is immersed in a horizontal structure In the treatment tank, there are a plurality of circular flat ultrafiltration membranes arranged at equal intervals, and the water filtration pipes of the ultrafiltration membranes are connected to the water production pipe, and the water production pipes are driven by a power unit. And driving the water in the black liquor through the ultrafiltration membrane by the vacuum pressure difference as the driving force, and the formed treatment water is pumped into the production water pipe; an ultrafiltration water production tank is connected behind the circular flat membrane unit And communicating with the water production pipe to collect the treated water of the ultrafiltration membrane; a scraping unit comprising a plurality of rotating disks pivoted between the ultrafiltration membranes and a plurality of brushes disposed on the rotating disk a body and a plurality of blocking bars corresponding to the brush body, and the brush body forms a micro contact with the surface of the ultrafiltration membrane. When the ultrafiltration membrane rotates with the water production pipe, the brush body is blocked by the blocking rod, and forms a pair The effect of the surface of the ultrafiltration membrane; A nanofiltration membrane unit is connected to the rear of the ultrafiltration water production tank to further separate the treated water passing through the ultrafiltration membrane into recovered alkali water and concentrated black liquor. The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to claim 6, further comprising a positive pressure type ultra-filtration membrane unit, the rear-stage ultrafiltration membrane unit being connected to the circular flat membrane unit and the ultrafiltration Between the water production tanks, to purify the lignin in the black liquor. The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to claim 6, further comprising a reverse osmosis membrane unit connected behind the nanofiltration membrane unit. The processing apparatus for papermaking black liquor according to claim 8, further comprising a heat exchanger connected before the reverse osmosis membrane unit. The processing apparatus of the papermaking black liquor according to the sixth aspect of the invention, wherein the bottom of the treatment tank is further provided with an aeration unit, and the aeration unit can spray pressurized fine bubbles on the black liquor.