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A conventional chip steaming and feeding system for a continuous digester is
shown schematically in Fig. 4.138. The chips are fed through the airlock, a rotary
star or screw feeding device, into the chip bin. Flash steam from the second
extraction liquor flash tank enters the chip bin near the bottom and provides atmospheric
steaming, which typically lasts for 15–25 min. The chip meter, which
again is a rotary star or screw feeder, sets the pulp production rate of the digester.
It discharges into the low-pressure feeder, which isolates the pressurized steaming
vessel from the atmospheric chip bin. Pressurized steaming is usually continued
for 1–2 min at a pressure of ca. 1.5 bar(g). A screw in the steaming vessel conveys
the chips to the chip chute.
The high-pressure feeder’s plug-type rotor always keeps a vertical and a horizontal
flow path open for liquor circulation. When one particular pocket of the feeder
is in the vertical position, the chips are sucked from the chip chute into the pocket
by the chip chute circulation pump. The chips are retained in the pocket by a
screen mounted in the casing of the feeder. Liquor passes the screen and returns
to the chip chute via the sand separator. As the pocket turns to the horizontal
380 4 Chemical Pulping Processes
Chips
To digester
Liquor
From digester
CHIP BIN
AIRLOCK
CHIP METER
LOW-PRESSURE FEEDER
STEAMING VESSEL
HIGH-PRESSURE FEEDER
CHIP CHUTE
IN-LINE DRAINER
LEVEL TANK
SAND SEPARATOR
White liquor
Flash steam from
Flash tank 2
Flash steam from
Flash tank 1
Chips
CHIP CHUTE LEVEL PUMP TOP CIRCULATION PUMP
CHUTE CIRCULATION PUMP
Fig. 4.138 Conventional chip feeding system for continuous digester.
position, the liquor coming from the top circulation pulp pushes the chips out of
the pocket and transfers them to the digester (or impregnation vessel). There is a
certain intentional leakage from the high-pressure side of the feeder (i.e. the top
circulation side) to the low-pressure side (i.e. the chute side). Excess liquor in the
chute liquor loop is extracted via the in-line drainer and pumped back to the top
circulation by the chip chute level pump. White liquor can be added to the suction
side of the chute level pump, which is therefore also referred to as make-up liquor
pump.
More recently developed chip feeding systems attempt to reduce the amount of
equipment installed. For example, Kvaerner Pulping’s Compact Feed system
(Fig. 4.139) does not requires the sand separator, in-line drainer and level tank [6].
The Andritz Lo-Level Feed system skips the steaming vessel and chip chute by
replacing the low-pressure feeder with a helical-screw chip pump, which directly
feeds the high-pressure feeder. Recently, Andritz has developed the TurboFeed
system which also eliminates the high-pressure feeder (Fig. 4.140). Chips are
metered from the chip bin via twin screws into a chip tube. From there, they are
forwarded to the digester by a series of specially designed pumps. The feed circulation
cooler ensures that the liquor returned to the chip chute is below 100 °C.
Besides easing the feed process, the system also controls the digester pressure,
thereby allowing a more stable flow pattern of free liquor in the cooking zones
due to a constant wash filtrate feed rate to the digester [7,8].
4.2 Kraft Pulping Processes 381
Chips
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