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9.2.2.3 Multiple-Effect Evaporation

The basic idea of multiple-effect evaporation is the repeated use of vapor to

achieve a given evaporation task. Compared to single-stage evaporation, only a

fraction of the fresh steam is required for the same amount of water evaporated.

The principle is illustrated in Fig. 9.5. Multiple-effect evaporation plants consist

of a number of evaporators connected in series, with countercurrent flow of vapor

and liquor. Live steam is passed to the heating elements of effect I and is condensed

there, evaporating water from the liquor and producing thick liquor. The

liquor temperature in this effect depends on the low-pressure steam level available

at the mill, and is usually in the range of 125–135 °C. The vapor released in the

first effect is condensed in the heating elements of the second effect at a somewhat

lower temperature. The vapor released in turn on the liquor side of the second

effect proceeds to the third effect and so forth, until the vapor from the last

effect is condensed in a surface condenser at 55–65 °C. The vacuum needed at the

last effect is most favorably provided by a liquid-ring vacuum pump.

LIVE STEAM

THIN LIQUOR

THICK LIQUOR

LIVE STEAM

CONDENSATE

CONDENSATE

SURFACE

CONDENSER

COOLING

WATER

CONDENSATE

EFFECT

I

EFFECT

II

EFFECT

III

EFFECT

IV

EFFECT

V

VACUUM

PUMP

WARM

WATER

VAPOUR NCG

Fig. 9.5 The principle of multiple-effect evaporation demonstrated

on a five-effects system.

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Vapor condensates of different degrees of contamination come from the surface

condenser, and from all the effects but the first. The live steam condensate from

the first effect is collected separately from the vapor condensate for re-use as boiler

feedwater.

In Fig. 9.5, the thin liquor is fed to the last effect. The actual feed position of

thin liquor in a multiple-effect system depends on the temperature of the weak

liquor, on the course of temperatures over the effects, and on other unit operations

which may be combined with evaporation such as stripping of foul condensate,

soap skimming or black liquor heat treatment. The vapor from the stage,

into which the thin liquor is fed, contains most of the volatile compounds from

the black liquor. The place where this vapor is condensed delivers the foul condensate.

In Fig. 9.5, this would be the surface condenser. The condensate from the

other effects is less contaminated. Foul condensate is usually subjected to stripping

for the removal of volatile substances such as methanol and organic sulfur

compounds. Cleaner condensates can be used elsewhere in the mill instead of

fresh water, for example for pulp washing or in the causticizing plant.

If the thick liquor concentration needs to be raised to above approximately 75%,

the associated boiling point rise may require the use of medium-pressure steam

in the first effect. The first effect – often called the “concentrator” – usually incorporates

two or three bodies due to the more frequent cleaning required at the

high-end temperature and concentration levels. Other effects may also need to be

cleaned during operation from time to time. Depending on the cleaning procedure,

arrangements may need to be provided for switching feed liquor between

the bodies of an effect, or for by-passing a body when it is in cleaning mode.

In the last stages of a multiple-effect evaporation plant, the dry solids concentration

of the black liquor changes only slightly. This is due to the large quantities of

water to be evaporated at low concentrations. The amount of water in black liquor

as a function of the dry solids concentration, together with calculated concentration

levels in a five-effect plant starting with a 15% feed and thickening to 75%, is

shown graphically in Fig. 9.6. Note that the rise in dry solids concentration is just