US3445328A - Method for continuous cellulose digestion utilizing two temperature zones - Google Patents

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US3445328A
US3445328A US427420A US3445328DA US3445328A US 3445328 A US3445328 A US 3445328A US 427420 A US427420 A US 427420A US 3445328D A US3445328D A US 3445328DA US 3445328 A US3445328 A US 3445328A
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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuously digesting cellulosic material. More particularly, the invention relates to certain improvements in cellulose digestion wherein cellulosic fibrous material is charged continuously in known manner into one end of a longitudinal cylindrical digester, fed together with a digesting liquid, such as sulphate liquor, in the longitudinal direction of the digester through a digesting zone, and possibly a Washing zone, and then discharged at the opposite end of the digester.
  • a digesting liquid such as sulphate liquor
  • the invention is based upon the fact that at certain moderate temperatures, penetration of digesting liquor into the interior of the fibrous material due to diffusion, etc., is relatively rapid in comparison to the rate of the digesting reaction whereas, at higher temperatures, the digesting reaction is much more rapid in comparison to penetration of the digesting liquor with the result that the digestion or chemical attack is concentrated upon the surface layers of the fibrous material.
  • the latter is disadvantageous because it may cause overdigestion to give an unevenly digested pulp and a decrease in the yield of cellulose.
  • the principal object of the present invention is to provide a digestion process and apparatus of the type indicated which make it possible to eliminate the abovementioned disadvantages while at the same time using a temperature sufficiently high to effect rapid digestion.
  • Other objects will also be hereinafter apparent.
  • the objects of the invention are realized by preforming the digestion in two stages using the same digesting liquor but different temperatures in these stages, the digesting temperature of the latter stage being reduced in comparison to that of the former.
  • the fibrous material In the first stage, the high temperature stage, the fibrous material is in a condition thoroughly impregnated with digesting liquor and the reaction starts at once in full force.
  • the diffusion of digesting liquor into the interior of the fibrous material cannot follow step. Consequently in the interior of the fibrous material, the content of digesting liquor is depleted and the content of dissolved substances increases considerably more rapidly than in the surface layer of the chip particles.
  • the second stage the lower temperature stage, the digesting reaction takes place less rapidly and there the diffusion has comparatively more time to be effective. Consequently, the concentrations of digesting liquor and dissolved substances are better equalized over the surface layers and the interior of the fibrous material with the result that the material is more uniformly digested.
  • the invention also relates to a continuous cellulose digester adapted for carrying out the two-temperature digestion referred to above.
  • An essential feature of this apparatus is the provision of cooling means in a circulation conduit or system located externally of the digester and connecting appropriate separating means, e.g. a sieve located in the digester shell, for separating digesting liquor from fibrous material, with an inlet for digesting liquor.
  • the numeral 11 represents an upright cylindrical digester of an essentially uniform cross-sectional area and a length of the order of 10 times the diameter.
  • charging devices 13 Provided at the upper end of the digester are charging devices 13, the detailed construction of which is not described or necessary because they are known from earlier patents.
  • a comminuted cellulosic fibrous material such as wood chips, is charged into the digester fully continuously or as small successive batches.
  • the material moves vertically downwards through the digester and is discharged at the lower end thereof into a conduit 15 by means of discharging devices which are also known and therefore not shown.
  • the direction of motion of material is indicated by double arrows 17.
  • the fibrous material is subjected to various treatments which are connected each to a separate zone a, b, c, d and e, respectively.
  • the digesting liquor consists of sulphate liquor comprising grams active alkali (counted as Na O) per liter.
  • the alkali penetrates into the interior of the chip particles mainly by diffusion, with the result that the concentration of the chemicals becomes practically uniform throughout.
  • the fibrous material thus thoroughly impregnated with digesting liquor moves downward through the digester, it arrives opposite to a sieve girdle 23 inserted in the digester shell.
  • heat is applied by withdrawing digesting liquor through the sieve girdle 23 by means of a pump 25, the withdrawn liquor being circulated through an exterior conduit including a heating device 27.
  • the conduit is connected to a tube 29 positioned within the digester and extending along the axis thereof with an orifice located approximately at the level of the sieve girdle 23.
  • the withdrawn liquor heated in the heating device 27 by means of steam 31 supplied thereto is discharged from the orifice of the tube 29 radially outwards and causes the chips column to assume digesting temperature.
  • the heating may take place by injection of the steam into the circulation conduit or directly into the digester at essentially the same point in the digester.
  • the first stage of delignifying digestion takes place in the zone b. Due to the heating just described, the temperature of chips and liquor is raised from about 105-'110 C. to 185 C., preferably approximately 181 C. This temperature is maintained during the time interval of -45 minutes, preferably about 30 minutes, required for the chips column to pass through the zone 12. Of course, the temperature may be affected to some extent by heat losses to the surrounding and in the other direction by the reaction heat. At the high temperature, the digesting liquor is highly active for the dissolution of lignin out of the fibrous material. Spent liquor within the fibrous material is only partly replaced by fresh liquor due to the fact that the diffusion rate in said temperature range is not sufficiently high in comparison to the reaction rate.
  • the strength of the liquor within the chip particles may have dropped to 16 grams Na O per liter, whereas the liquor contained in the spaces between the chip particles may contain 55 grams Na O per liter.
  • the reaction would be too heavily concentrated upon the surface layers with the result that the interior of the chip particles would be insufiiciently digested or the surface layers would be overdigested.
  • digesting liquor of a lower temperature than the above-mentioned temperature of zone b is charged into the digester and is spread over its cross-sectional area.
  • This digesting liquor of lower temperature is of the same chemical content as the liquor of zone 12 and preferably consists of the digesting liquor that has already been used in the first stage and that is extracted, cooled and returned to the digester.
  • the digesting liquor of lower temperature is intro symbolized through an interior conduit 31 extending along the axis of the digester and having an orifice located at the level of a second sieve girdle 33 inserted in the digester shell, or somewhat above said level.
  • an exterior circulation conduit in which are inserted a pump 35 and a heat exchanger 37, the latter serving as a cooler for the circulating digesting liquor.
  • the cooled digesting liquor is spread from the orifice of the tube 31 radially outwards while displacing the warmer digesting liquid towards and out through the sieve girdle 33, so that the temperature of the entire cross-section of the chips column is lowered when it passes this level.
  • the cooling effect is such that the temperature is lowered to 155 to 170 C., preferably to about 160 C.
  • This lower temperature is substantially maintained during the time period of 60 to 120 minutes, preferably about 90 minutes, required for the chips column to pass through the zone c, the low temperature digesting zone.
  • the diffusion rate is somewhat reduced as compared to the diffusion rate at the high-temperature range, but the digestion reaction rate is even more greatly reduced. As a result, a better balance is obtained between reaction and diffusion, so that fresh liquor to the required extent can penetrate into the interior of the fibrous material and react there to give a thorough and uniform digestion.
  • the digesting liquor moves cocurrently to the fibrous material and might be discharged together with digested material through the outlet 15 at the lower end of the digester immediately after the completed digestion.
  • the cellulosic pulp be prewashed in the digester and this particular embodiment is shown in the drawing.
  • the spent digesting liquor is withdrawn through a third sieve gridle 41 located at a considerable distance from the lower end of the digester, and the part of the digester situated below the sieve girdle 41 is used for washing the completely digested pulp.
  • the washing liquid used may consist either of water or of filtrate emanating from a following wash filter and containing residues of digesting liquor.
  • This washing liquid is supplied at a comparatively low temperature through nozzles 57 distributed around the pulp outlet 59 of the digester. A certain portion of this liquid which performs a final cooling of the pulp to approximately to C. and also a dilution thereof, accompanies the same out through the outlet 59, whereas another portion is forced upwards through the pulp column countercurrently to the direction of its feed, as indicated by the arrows 61.
  • a fourth sieve girdle 45 which divides the lower end part of the digester provided for washing, into two zones d and e.
  • This washing liquid is extracted through the sieve girdle 45 by a pump 51 and is circulated in an exterior circulation conduit connected to an interior conduit 49 which extends axially in the digester and has an orifice located approximately at the level of the sieve girdle 45.
  • the heat exchanger 37 Inserted in the circulation conduit is the heat exchanger 37 wherein the wash liquid is heated by heat-exchange with the digesting liquor which is cooled in the above-described manner.
  • the wash liquid supplied through the conduit 49 is spread radially outwards and displaces the colder wash liquid towards and out through the sieve girdle 45. In this manner, the temperature of the wash liquid is raised so that the average temperature of the high temperature Wash zone d is maintained at about C.
  • the wash liquid together with liquor washed out of the pulp moves upwardly and departs through the sieve girdle 41 together with undiluted spent digesting liquor coming from above.
  • the mixture flows to a container 63, which may be a cyclone separator in which a pressure is maintained which is considerably reduced in comparison to the pressure of the digester.
  • container 63 released steam and gas are led off through the conduit 65 for recovery of heat content While the spent liquor is carried through the conduit 67 to an appropriate chemical recovery plant.
  • digesting liquors may be used which require other temperatures and/or temperature differentials for the two digesting stages than those mentioned above.
  • the heat obtained by cooling the digesting liquor may be used for some other purpose than the above mentioned, e.g., for a first heating of the liquor supplied at the top of the digester. If desired, the cooling may also be obtained by supplying cool fresh liquor or possibly cool spent liquor to the circulation loop having its inlet at 31.
  • the invention may also be used in the case where impregnation of the fibrous material with digesting liquor takes place in a separate vessel outside the digester.
  • the method of claim 1 including: introducing into the digesting zone intermediate the first and second stages digesting liquor having lower temperature than the digesting temperature of the first stage and spreading out the digesting liquor over the cross section of the digesting zone for providing reduction of the digesting temperature of the second stage respecting the digesting temperature of the first stage.
  • the method of claim 1 including removing the digesting liquor used in the first stage from the digester; cooling the removed digesting liquor; and returning the cooled digesting liquor to the digester as digesting liquor for said second stage.

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US4780181A (en) * 1984-02-22 1988-10-25 Billerud Aktiebolag Method of washing delignified pulp in a continuous pulp cooking pressure vessel
US4849052A (en) * 1983-08-24 1989-07-18 Beloit Corporation Batch digester multi-stage pulping process
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US4849052A (en) * 1983-08-24 1989-07-18 Beloit Corporation Batch digester multi-stage pulping process
US4780181A (en) * 1984-02-22 1988-10-25 Billerud Aktiebolag Method of washing delignified pulp in a continuous pulp cooking pressure vessel
US4944840A (en) * 1988-01-14 1990-07-31 Ahlstromforetagen Svenska Ab Method and apparatus for evaporating waste liquor produced when cooking fibrous material containing cellulose
US5985096A (en) * 1997-09-23 1999-11-16 Ahlstrom Machinery Inc. Vertical pulping digester having substantially constant diameter
US20110005696A1 (en) * 2008-03-31 2011-01-13 Magnus Danielsson Device and method for dilution of cellulose pulp

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