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9.2.3.2.4 Lime Cycle Processes and Equipment

Lime mud from the white liquor filter is pumped to storage and then washed on a

rotary drum filter for the removal of soluble liquor constituents. The wash filtrate

resulting fromlimemud washing, termed “weakwash”, is used for smelt dissolving.

The lime mud coming from the lime mud washer contains 75–85% dry solids.

It is either dried with flue gas in a separate, pneumatic lime mud dryer or is fed

directly to the rotary kiln for drying and subsequent calcination. The diagram in

Fig. 9.15 shows how solids and gas flow countercurrently through a lime kiln

with a drying zone. Lime mud enters the refractory lined kiln at the cold end. The

kiln slopes towards the firing end, and the solids move downwards as the kiln

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slowly rotates. At first, water is evaporated from the lime mud in the drying section,

and then the carbonate is brought to calcination temperature in the heating

zone; finally, the calcination reaction takes place in the calcination zone. The high

lime temperature at the firing end causes agglomeration and slight sintering. The

overall retention time in the lime kiln is typically 2–4 h. Before leaving the kiln,

the lime is cooled in tubular satellite coolers and in turn heats up fresh combustion

air. After that, the larger lime particles are crushed and the lime is stored in a

silo for re-use in slaking.

The quality of the burned lime is characterized mainly by the amount of residual

calcium carbonate, typically 2–4%, and by the lime availability – that is, the

percentage of lime which reacts with acid, typically 85–95%. Lime make-up

requirements are usually in the range of 3–5%.

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SOLIDS FLOW

Drying Heating Calcination

GAS FLOW

FLUE GAS

LIME MUD

FUEL, AIR

BURNED LIME

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Temperature, єC

Solids

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Fig. 9.15 Schematic of a lime kiln with temperature profiles of solids and gas.

The energy supply for the very endothermic calcination reaction usually comes

from firing of fuel oil or natural gas. Approximately 150 kg of fuel oil or 200 Nm3

natural gas are needed per ton of lime product. The oxygen for fuel combustion is

supplied by air. The flame extends into the calcination zone, where the major part

of the energy is transferred by radiation. As the flue gas passes through the kiln,

Its temperature falls gradually. Only about one-half of the chemical energy in the

fuel is consumed by the calcination reaction, while about one-quarter is needed

for evaporation of water from the lime mud. The remainder of the energy is lost

with the flue gas and via the kiln shell. The flue gas which exits the kiln carries

dust and, depending on the type of fuel, also sulfur dioxide. It is cleaned in an

electrostatic precipitator for the elimination of particulates and, if needed, in a wet

scrubber for SO2 removal.

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9.2.3.3 The Future of Kraft Chemical Recovery

9.2.3.3.1 Meeting the Industry’s Needs

The core technology of the Tomlinson-type chemical recovery boiler was developed

in the 1930s. Various improvements have been made since then, and especially

the energy efficiency has improved dramatically. However, certain inherent disadvantages

of today’s recovery systems are inflexibility regarding the independent

control of sodium and sulfur levels in white liquor, as well as the safety risk connected

to explosions caused by smelt/water contact.

Future recovery technologies are challenged by the technical requirements of

modern kraft cooking processes with regard to liquor compositions, by increasingly

stringent environmental demands, and last – but not least – by the industry’s

everlasting strive for improving the economic efficiency of pulping. In fact,

the ongoing developments address all of these issues, and novel recovery techniques

provide for the appealing long-term perspective that product diversification

will once make pulp mill economics less dependent on pulp prices alone.

With regard to the near future, the two technologies which have conceivable

potential to change the face of kraft chemical recovery are black liquor gasification

(BLG) and in-situ causticization. Major achievements have been made in these

fields since the 1990s, and commercialization is currently in progress [19–22].