WO2020249992A1 - High alpha and high intrinsic viscosity pulp production apparatuses, methods and systems - Google Patents
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- the present innovations generally address pulp processing, and more particularly, include HIGH ALPHA AND HIGH INTRINSIC VISCOSITY PULP PRODUCTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS
- Cooking process may be conducted in batch or continuous installations. State of art installations are batch with most of current production of high purity pulp.
- Batch cooking plants implement PHKP in a very effective way, producing high quality product through long times (year or more) without necessity to stop for cleaning or convert to KP production.
- Continuous cooking PHKP has been historically tried in single vessel installations producing pulp of acceptable quality, but with fouling problems leading to short campaign times and the need to run KP campaigns or stop the unit for cleaning (typically measure in a few weeks’ time).
- Recently PHKP has been re-introduced in continuous cooking by means of a 2 vessel system separating the PH phase from KP phase. This system seems to have a better performance but still suffers from some fouling problems.
- Pulp from cooking will typically have Kappa Number (“KN”) in the range 7 to 13 and IV in the range 700 - 1100 depending on raw material and cooking conditions (P factor (PF) typically >200, H factor (HF) typically ⁇ 500, alkali charge typically 18 - 24 % Effective Alkali as NaOH on oven dry (OD) wood basis).
- KN Kappa Number
- CCE stage 123 After cooking, pulp is washed and cleaned to remove debris 122, uncooked material and other rejects, following to the CCE stage 123. [0014] The subsequent CCE stage will boost purity level up to 98% in alpha cellulose by application of alkali charge in the range of 300 - 600 kg NaOH/kg OD pulp and temperatures up to 50oC. [0015] As mentioned before CCE acts by solubilizing the low molecular weight substances present in the pulp fiber. With such action not only hemicellulose and degraded cellulose molecules are removed from the fibers, but also some degraded lignin is removed, resulting in a KN drop of up to 3 units.
- pulp is washed 124 to remove residual caustic content and also lignin, hemicellulose and low degree of polymerization (“dp”) cellulose in CCE process.
- the filtrate from this process is referred to as CCE filtrate or CCE liquor, and is recycled to cooking process. Excess filtrate can be exported for other areas (e.g., evaporation plant, hemicellulose recovery plant, lignin recovery plant, other pulp production line, etc.).
- pulp is chemically removed and brightness is increased in a multi stage setup with typically 2 to 5 stages.
- An ECF process may include Chlorine Dioxide (D) stage, Alkaline Extraction (E) stage, Oxygen (02) stage and Peroxide (P) stage. [00191 D-P being an instance of 2 stage sequence and D-E-D-E-D being an instance of 5- stage sequence, where E may or may not be reinforced by 02 or Peroxide. Other chemicals like Per Acetic Acid (PAA) or enzymes may be used.
- PPA Per Acetic Acid
- Total Chlorine Free (TCF) bleaching will be typically 2 or 3 stages with 02, Ozone (03) and P stages. PAA and enzymes may be also used.
- TCF bleaching in general is less selective leading to lower bleached pulp viscosity.
- Pulp bleaching is not a perfectly selective process and cellulose IV will be typically reduced by at least 100 mg/1, and more typically 200-300 mg/1, resulting in lower final product viscosity, lower overall process yield (conversion of wood to final goods) and sometimes lower pulp purity (as alpha-cellulose) due to cellulose degradation.
- the HIGH ALPHA AND HIGH INTRINSIC VISCOSITY PULP PRODUCTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter“High-A High-IV Pulp Production”) disclosed herein in various embodiments provide for pulp processing used in connection with Kraft Processes (“KP”) and Pre Hydrolysis Kraft Processes (“PHKP”), embodiments employing a Cold Caustic Extraction (“CCE”) stage and/or appropriate washing and bleaching stages, resulting in pulp with high Intrinsic Viscosity (“IV”) and high purity, such as may be as determined by alpha cellulose content, and adequate brightness for use downstream in applications such as high tensile regenerated cellulose and ether applications, or other applications employing high IV pulp with significant purity (e.g, alpha cellulose > 92%).
- KP Kraft Processes
- PHYP Pre Hydrolysis Kraft Processes
- IV Intrinsic Viscosity
- IV Intrinsic Viscosity
- high purity such as may be as determined by
- an improved method for generating high IV pulp with good purity and brightness levels by means of the combined used of cooking and CCE process, where filtrate from CCE stage may be used in cooking process without any previous purification treatment.
- a suitable bleaching process of high selectivity is indicated as a means to maximize final product IV.
- the method includes the use of non-purified CCE filtrate in the cooking step, while the aforementioned art states that purification by membrane separation like Nano or Ultra filtration is required.
- the performance of a CCE filtrate purification process is eliminated, in some embodiments, by the use of White Liquor Pad.
- the current application produces high Intrinsic Viscosity pulp, suitable for cellulose ether and high tensile regenerated cellulose, while in aforementioned art conditions are optimized to produce pulp suitable for Lyocell or Viscose application, that are low Intrinsic Viscosity products for textile market.
- H-factor is described as a control parameter combining reaction temperature and reaction time from cooking stage so as to reach a desired lignin content in the end of said stage.
- Lignin content may be indirectly determined, e.g , by KN (described in Tappi T-236) or similar test methods form other standards (e.g, as ISO, ASTM, NBR, JIS, and/or the like).
- Pulp purity may he indirectly determined, e.g., by alpha cellulose test (Tappi T-203) or alkali solubility methods (Tappi T-235) or similar from other standards.
- the dp of cellulose can be indirectly evaluated, e.g., by means of Intrinsic Viscosity test method (ISO 5351) or similar from other standards, were IV bears a direct correlation with cellulose dp.
- High IV values indicate high cellulose dp, and conversely low IV indicates low cellulose dp, typically resulting from extensive cellulose degradation.
- More accurate dp measurements can be performed, e.g., by gel permeation chromatography of dissolved cellulose polymer, but that method may not be practical in some instances for process control, so IV or other equivalent viscosity measurement may alternatively be adopted.
- Embodiments of the CCE stage use a low temperature high alkalinity environment to induce extensive pulp swelling, leading to diffusion of low molecular weight material such as hemicelluloses, degraded cellulose and degraded lignin, increasing the alpha cellulose content of the resulting pulp.
- FIG 1 presents an example of prior art process flow for pulp production.
- FIG 2 shows an example process flow diagram in one embodiment of High- A High- IV Pulp Production.
- FIG 3 shows a cooking recipe, including logical flow and detailed process parameters, of the cooking process in one embodiment of High- A High-IV Pulp Production.
- FIG 4 shows an example representation of a single vessel continuous digester with steam phase pre-hydrolysis in one embodiment of High-A High-IV Pulp Production.
- FIG 5 shows an example representation of a single vessel continuous digester with aqueous phase prehydrolysis in one embodiment of High- A High-IV Pulp Production.
- FIG 6 shows an example representation of a two vessel continuous digester, with the pre-hydrolysis (aqueous and/or steam phase) being performed in the first vessel and the following cooking steps in the second vessel, in one embodiment of High- A High-IV Pulp Production.
- FIG 7 shows a representation of a batch cooking plant process in one embodiment of High- A High-IV Pulp Production.
- High-A High-IV Pulp Production The HIGH ALPHA AND HIGH INTRINSIC VISCOSITY PULP PRODUCTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (hereinafter“High-A High-IV Pulp Production”) disclosed herein in various embodiments address optimization of process conditions from the combined cooking and CCE stages resulting in high IV bleached pulp (e.g., >1200 ml/g, alpha cellulose content >94% and pulp brightness >89%ISO). The optimized conditions go beyond the original described conditions in previous art, but do not require changes in main equipment.
- Embodiments of High-A High-IV Pulp Production may also be applied to continuous cooking processes, bringing potential process benefits regarding process simplification and reduced equipment scaling potential.
- Embodiments of High-A High-IV Pulp Production may include the redistribution of purification work done in cooking and CCE stages, shifting most of the purification effect to the CCE stage (e.g., 55% or more of hemicellulose reduction; in some implementations, 90% or more), while reducing the cooking process hemicellulose reduction effect.
- This change in purification strategy, combined with described modifications in cooking process and adequate, i.e., selective bleaching conditions results in high viscosity pulp with dissolving grade purity and brightness, suitable for specialty applications such as cellulose ethers and high strength regenerated cellulose.
- CCE filtrate can be partially or completely recycled to the cooking plant without any treatment as applied in previous art US Patent 8,734,612, which is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
- Pulp produced from cooking will typically have viscosity above 1200 ml/g at a bleachable KN (below 20 for hardwood pulp) and purity above 85 % in alpha cellulose.
- pulp purity is increased up to 96% alpha cellulose content.
- alpha cellulose purity may be increased up to 98%.
- KN will drop significantly (typically 4-5 units) and once most of low dp cellulose and hemicellulose products are removed a significant increase in average pulp dp is seen, bringing IV above about 1300 ml/g level.
- a subsequent high selectivity bleaching sequence with 2 or 3 stages (D-P or D-EP-D) will bring brightness to a commercial level (e.g., 88%-91% ISO; in some implementations 89%-90% ISO) at final IV level above 1200 ml/g.
- a commercial level e.g., 88%-91% ISO; in some implementations 89%-90% ISO
- Such viscosity and purity levels are not currently available from Hardwood KP or PHKP, being only obtained by Sulphite cooking of Softwood or by the use of cotton linter.
- the CCE filtrate will have high hemicellulose content and also significant lignin content, being a potential candidate for hemicellulose and lignin recovery process. Independently of such recovery processes, the CCE Filtrate can be recycled to the cooking plant without other treatment than temperature and alkalinity adjustments as the main alkali source for the cooking process (e.g., more than 70% of total EA charge applied on BD wood).
- Examples of process conditions to achieve the desired viscosity and purity levels are described in the following exemplary statements.
- the raw material can be hardwood, softwood or non-wood source.
- Cooking method may be PHKP, with KP being considered as a particular case of PHKP were P factor is 0 (Zero).
- Cooking equipment may be batch cook or continuous.
- Figure 2 shows an example of logic flow for high-A high-IV pulp production in one embodiment from raw material to finished product.
- Figure 3 presents detailed cooking process parameters, i.e., the cooking recipe, for high-A high-IV pulp production in one embodiment.
- actual conditions in one or more steps may slightly deviate from the ones presented due to implementation particularities (e.g. batch or continuous digester, or different strainer set arrangement on continuous digesters) or due to other accessory processes limitations (e.g. steam supply or evaporation plant).
- Detailed procedures of each step in the cooking recipe are disclosed further. Some steps may have alternative procedures disclosed, but not represented in the recipe flowsheet for simplification.
- a PHKP cooking process 221 may include wood chips being fed into the digester 301 and heated 302 to, e.g., 110 -135 °C (e g., in one implementation to 115-125 °C) with, e.g, direct steam injection or similar method and kept at such temperature for time enough 303 to reach a P factor from 0 to 100 (e.g., in one implementation, from 10 to 30). In this condition air removal is at acceptable levels and a mild pre hydrolysis will take place (no pre hydrolysis for the particular case of O P factor).
- the acid aqueous phase containing hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin degradation products may be extracted or displaced from the digester. This stream can be recycled to the chip feeding and/or chip heating step as a form of heating or chip transport media.
- the hydrolysate can be purified and its key valuable molecules, such as acetic acid, furfural and sugar monomers and oligomers, separated as an additional revenue stream, or can be neutralized with any alkaline stream and sent to the evaporation plant.
- a next step includes the addition of a white liquor pad 314, e.g., to avoid hemicellulose and lignin precipitation.
- a next step includes the addition of a high volume of CCE filtrate 324 for wood chip alkali impregnation, e.g, corresponding from 70 to 100% of total alkali requirement for cooking.
- This filtrate may have a typical concentration of, e.g., 20 to 80 g Effective Alkali (EA) / 1, with EA expressed as NaOH (e.g., in one implementation, 40-60 g EA/l).
- EA Effective Alkali
- This filtrate may have its concentration increased by addition of white liquor.
- CCE filtrate will be pre heated to, e.g., 90-140 °C (e.g., in one implementation, to 120-130 °C).
- Sufficient impregnation time can be achieved, by leaving the digester static or circulating the liquor through the digester in the case of batch digesters, or having a sufficient retention time at the impregnation zone in continuous digesters.
- a next step includes heating of chips to reach the desired cooking temperature, e.g, in the range of 130-160 °C (e.g, in one implementation to 140-150 °C). Heating can be provided, for example, by the addition of hot black liquor that will displace the spent CCE filtrate and/or by forced circulation of the digester liquor to an external heat exchanger, or another form of external heating.
- concentration of, e.g., 5-45 g EA/l may be employed in some implementations and can be adjusted by addition of fresh white liquor or CCE filtrate.
- Black liquor temperature may be, e.g, 130-170 °C (e.g, in one implementation, 150-160 °C).
- the addition of hot black liquor may be sufficient to reach the cooking temperature target, or a few degrees (e.g., not more than 10 °C) lower. If the latter, in one implementation, the liquor inside the digester can be circulated to an external form of heating to reach its desired temperature.
- target temperature may be kept 306 until a desired H-factor is reached.
- An H-Factor target may be set, in one implementation, to result in bleachable pulp of suitable KN (e.g, for hardwood KN may be from 15 - 20 (e.g, in one implementation, from 16- 18)).
- An extra alkali charge (0-5%), either in the form of CCE filtrate or pure white liquor, may be added at one or multiple intermediate H-factors, e.g., to avoid the residual alkali concentration inside the digester reaching a low level that will promote lignin and hemicellulose precipitation trough the cooking phase.
- a next step includes the cooking liquor displacement with cold wash liquor 307, containing some residual alkali, e.g, higher than 2 gEA/l, such as to avoid lignin and hemicellulose precipitation.
- the wash liquor may have its alkalinity increased, e.g, by the use of white liquor or CCE filtrate. Wash liquor temperature may be adjusted to a level such that the pulp discharge from the cooking vessel will be below boiling conditions.
- a next step includes pulp discharge from the cooking vessel 308, e.g., to an atmospheric discharge tank, atmospheric washing equipment (e.g. atmospheric diffuser), pressurized washing equipment (e.g. pressure diffuser), and/or the like.
- atmospheric washing equipment e.g. atmospheric diffuser
- pressurized washing equipment e.g. pressure diffuser
- a next step includes washing of the pulp.
- the pulp may also be screened 222. Screening may be performed before or after washing of pulp, or after CCE stage.
- a next step includes the addition of cold fresh alkali 223, e.g, in the form of NaOH or White Liquor or a combination of both to perform the Cold Caustic Extraction (CCE) process.
- white liquor with a concentration from, e.g., 100-130 g EA/l (e.g, in one implementation from 115-125 gEA/l) and sulfidity of, e.g., 18-40% (e.g., in one implementation from 28-32%) may be used after being cooled, so as to adjust CCE stage to operate at temperature from, e.g, 20 -50 °C (e.g, in one implementation from 30 - 35 °C) at a pulp mass consistency of, e.g, 3 to 15% in fiber weight (e.g, in one implementation from 8 - 12 %) and an alkali concentration in the pulp slurry of, e.g, 50 - 120 g EA/l
- Pulp slurry concentration may be adjusted by the addition of a dilution liquid, e.g. , in one implementation, filtrate from a washing stage after the CCE.
- Retention time in CCE stages can, in various implementations, be from a few minutes to several hours. For example, in one implementation, the time span may be in the range of 15 to 30 minutes.
- a next step includes counter current washing of CCE pulp 224, e.g, in 2 or more washing stages (e.g, in one implementation from 3 to 4 stages), such as to recover CCE filtrate and minimize alkali and organic dissolved solid loss to subsequent bleaching processes.
- Washing can be done with any kind of washing equipment (e.g, press, wash press, pressurized filters, vacuum filters, pressurized and atmospheric diffusers, and/or the like).
- washing media may be used, e.g, pure water, condensate from evaporation plant, and/or other suitable washing liquor (e.g, EOP filtrate, P filtrate, and/or the like). Washing media temperature may depend, for example, on washing machine specifics, overall process mass, heat balance, and/or the like, and may be in the range of 50-85 °C, but not restricted to that range.
- a next step includes bleaching the pulp 225, e.g., in a high selective bleaching sequence in order to minimize viscosity loss.
- a 3-stage ECF sequence may be employed to reach final brightness of 89-91% ISO, whereas a 2-stage ECF sequence may be used for brightness level 86- 90 %ISO.
- the bleaching sequence may include the use of viscosity preservers such as magnesium salts, chelating agents, and/or the like for the control of transition metals.
- Next steps, in some implementations, may further include additional screening and/or sand removal 226; dewatering, pressing and drying 227; and finishing the resulting pulp in rolls, bales, and/or the like 228.
- 4) Examples [0085] Further embodiments of High- A High-IV Pulp Production are demonstrated in the following examples.
- Example 1 Kraft process for high Intrinsic Viscosity high Purity pulp in one embodiment, using a angle vessel steam phase continuous digester where main alkali source is untreated CCE filtrate.
- the sequence shown in figure 2 is implemented in a single vessel continuous digester as described, in one embodiment, in figure 4.
- the cooking recipe follows closely the one presented in figure 3.
- the downstream process comprises washing, screening, CCE treatment, CCE washing and ECF bleaching as previously described.
- Wood Chips (401) are processed via chip feeding system and transferred (402) to Digester vessel.
- the chip feeding system may comprise, e.g., chip silo with chip pumping system to feed the digester, chip silo with High Pressure Feeder to feed the digester, direct digester feeding with a metering and pressure locking device, and/or the like.
- First digester section In digester top the chips may be heated up with Steam (403) to desired temperature and retention time to achieve a given P factor. Chip level and/or liquor level may be controlled to establish defined specified retention time. Digester Pressure may be controlled to achieve the desired temperature without boiling.
- Second Digester Section [0094] A set of strainers may be located in a second digester section, such as to establish a circulation loop.
- Liquor may be extracted from digester, receive white liquor charge (407) and returned to digester via central pipe (404) above the said set of strainers. This circulation flow may be employed to facilitate white liquor pad effect.
- a second set of strainers may be located in a third digester section, such as to establish a circulation loop. Liquor may be extracted from digester (419), receive a CCE filtrate charge (408) and returned to digester via central pipe (405) above the said set of strainers. This circulation flow may be employed to facilitate CCE filtrate distribution and impregnation process. Retention time may be selected to facilitate impregnation.
- this circulation loop may include extraction capability (414) to facilitate digester liquor level control.
- a third set of strainers may be located in a fourth digester section to establish a circulation loop. Liquor may be extracted from digester, receive a CCE filtrate charge (410) and/or white liquor charge (409), may be heated up with steam (411) and returned to digester via central pipe (406) above the said set of strainers. This circulation flow may be employed to facilitate alkali distribution and heat up process. Retention time may be selected to facilitate cooking time to desired H factor. [00100] In one implementation, residual alkali may be adjusted in this step to facilitate kappa number control.
- this circulation loop may include extraction capability (412) to facilitate digester liquor level control.
- extraction capability (412) to facilitate digester liquor level control.
- Fifth Digester Section [00103] A fourth set of strainers may be located in a fifth digester section, such as to establish the main digester extraction flow. The extraction pipes (418) may be directed to heat recovery system, liquor filtration, and/or the like and then sent to evaporation plant.
- Sixth Digester Section [00105] Cold wash filtrate (416) may be introduced to digester bottom, such as to allow washing and/or cooling before the pulp discharge (417).
- Retention time in this section may be selected to facilitate pulp cooling and to provide a washing effect as well.
- white liquor (415) and/or CCE filtrate (413) may be used to correct the wash filtrate alkalinity.
- pulp may be discharged from digester (417) at a selected temperature, below boiling point, to the subsequent process step (e.g, blow tank, pressure diffuser, and/or the like).
- Example 3 Kraft process for high Intrinsic Viscosity high Purity pulp in one embodiment, using a two vessel steam phase continuous digester were main alkali source is untreated CCE filtrate. [00116] Principle diagram shown in one embodiment in figure 6. [001 17] Similar to principles described in connection with example 1 above, except that a second vessel for pre hydrolysis may be introduced between chip feeding system and Digester. In some implementations, such vessel can be steam/liquor phase, hydraulically pressurized, and/or the like.
- chips may be heated up to specified pre hydrolysis temperature, such as by direct steam injection in case of steam/liquor phase vessel 622, or by means of indirect heating by the establishment of a liquor circulating loop (strainer, circulation pump and heat exchanger) in the top of said vessel.
- chip transfer for digester 620 may be achieved by pressurization with steam and/or compressed air in the top of such steam/liquor phase vessel and/or by use of a pressurization pump in chip feeding system, such as in the case of a hydraulically filled vessel.
- chip pumping may be used for chip transference between pre hydrolysis vessel and digester.
- Such vessel may employ a retention time set so as to reach a desired P factor.
- the process may proceed as described in example 1, with the possible optimization of doing the white liquor pad addition in the transfer loop between both said vessels (pre hydrolysis and digester, 620 and 621) using this circulation loop as a replacement from sections 1 and 2.
- Example 4 Kraft process for high Intrinsic Viscosity high Purity pulp in one embodiment using a batch digester system where main alkali source is untreated CCE filtrate.
- a first step the cooking vessel (digester) includes filling with wood chips 701.
- a small amount of steam may be added to facilitate chip packing and start the heating process.
- a second step may include, with the cooking vessel full of chips and closed, heating up to specified temperature and pressure 702.
- a third step may include maintaining specified conditions (e.g., of temperature and pressure) until target P factor is reached 703.
- a fourth step may include introducing white liquor pad to the cooking vessel 704.
- a fifth step may include introducing a specified amount of pre heated CCE filtrate in the cooking vessel and waiting for a specified degree of impregnation to be achieved 705.
- a sixth step may include heating up the vessel to cooking temperature 706.
- a seventh step may include keeping specified conditions until target H factor is reached 707.
- an eighth step may include displacing the liquor present in the vessel 708, e.g. , with cooled wash liquor so as to cool down the product to below boiling point at discharge condition.
- a ninth step may include discharging the cooking vessel 709, e.g., so it is empty and ready to restart the cooking cycle.
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