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5 Processing of Mechanical Pulp and Reject Handling: Screening and Cleaning

Feed Accept

P1 / hole P2 / slot

S2 / slot

To reject treatment

P1 Primary screen 1, hole basket

P2 Primary screen 2, slot basket

S2 Secondary screen 2, slot basket

Fig. 5.11 Modern main line screening.

Feed Accept

Reject (to reject treatment)

P1 / slot

S1 / slot

T1 / slot

P1 Primary screen 1, slot basket

S1 Secondary screen 1, slot basket

T1 Tertiary screen 1, slot basket

Fig. 5.12 Thermomechanical pulp (TMP) screening.

Feed Accept

Back to reject treatment

R1 / hole R2 / slot

R1 Reject screen 1, hole basket

R2 Reject screen 2, slot basket

Fig. 5.13 Screening concept for refined groundwood rejects.

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5.3 Reject Treatment and Heat Recovery

5.3

Reject Treatment and Heat Recovery

The separated coarse reject is treated in special reject disc refiners. In grinding, a

high-consistency refining of the reject is also useful. The technological scheme of

a high-consistency reject refining stage is shown in Fig. 5.14. The pulp arrives

from the reject bin with 2.5% consistency and is thickened up to 25–30%.

Fig. 5.14 Technological scheme of a high-consistency reject refining stage.

In a TMP mill, heat recovery plays an essential role in economic operating. Normally,

around two-thirds of the refining energy can be recovered in the form of

clean steam. The TMP steam generated in the refiners is separated from the fibers

in the cyclones (see Figs. 4.35–4.37), and then condensed in the reboiler against

vaporizing clean steam. The main components of a typical heat recovery unit are

illustrated in Fig. 5.15.

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5 Processing of Mechanical Pulp and Reject Handling: Screening and Cleaning

Fig. 5.15 Typical thermomechanical pulp (TMP) heat recovery flow sheet (Rinheat).

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6

Bleaching of Mechanical Pulp

Hans-Ulrich Suss

Mechanical defiberization leaves most of the lignin compounds in the fiber. A

bleaching process using the aggressive chemicals applied in chemical pulp

bleaching would result in the oxidation and removal of this lignin. This cannot be

the target of the process, as it would decrease the yield dramatically, require an

enormous amount of chemical, and also destroy the optical properties of the fiber.

Bleaching of mechanical pulp has to apply chemicals with limited aggressivity, as

well as conditions which keep the extraction of lower molecular-weight carbohydrates

and lignin compounds as moderate as possible. The high temperature of

the defiberization process causes the solubilization of polyoses and starts the

hydrolysis of acetyl groups. Resins and lignans are partially dispersed and dissolved

[30–32]. A higher pH and a high temperature in bleaching will intensify

these effects; consequently, neutral or moderately acidic bleaching conditions are

required in order to maintain the pulp yield.

Softwood from forest thinning or wood chips from sawmills has an unbleached

brightness level which is sufficiently high as to allow its application in newsprint

production, without any bleaching process. The initial brightness typically is between