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PULP AND PAPER

APPLICATION NOTE 3.01.05


KRAFT (SULFATE) PULP: CAUSTICIZING

www.kpatents.com

GREEN LIQUOR
Typical end products slaking, causticizing and white liquor
Unbleached kraft pulp, bleached kraft pulp clarification/filtration.
Chemical curve: g/l per green liquor conc% at ref. temp. of 20˚C

Application
The smelt from the boiler is dissolved in water and
made into green liquor in the dissolving tank. The
raw green liquor, consisting mostly of sodium
carbonate and sodium sulfide, is pumped to the
causticizing area.

The green liquor is clarified and brought into contact


with reburned lime. In causticizing, the green liquor is
converted into white liquor by converting sodium
carbonate into sodium hydroxide, an active cooking
chemical. The white liquor is produced by the
separation of the lime mud, CaCO3, a by-product of
causticizing, which is converted back into lime using
Introduction a lime kiln.
The purpose of the chemical recovery process is to
The first step in controlling the causticizing process is
recover and regenerate the pulping chemicals, and to stabilize the green liquor’s Total Titrateable Alkali
to burn the organic material dissolved from wood to (TTA) going to the slaker. For control purposes, the
generate steam. The chemical recovery process TTA measurements of the green liquor’s main
consists of evaporation plant, recovery boiler and streams – from the dissolving tank and from the
causticizing plant. clarifier, should be known. Effective causticizing
control leads to improved white liquor quality and
The object of the causticizing process is to convert increased process capacity. Well performed lime
the inactive sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) into the dosage control reduces the recirculation flow of lime
active cooking chemical, sodium hydroxide, as in the process, leading to less lime reburning in the
efficiently as possible. The process can be divided lime kiln.
into four parts: green liquor clarification/filtration,
PULP AND PAPER
APPLICATION NOTE 3.01.05
KRAFT (SULFATE) PULP: CAUSTICIZING

www.kpatents.com

Installation The digital measurement is unaffected by bubbles,


suspended particles or color changes to the green
The K-Patents SAFE-DRIVETM Process liquor. Also, green liquor forms a heavy scaling in the
Refractometer PR-23-SD is used to measure the pipe walls. This may be as much as an inch per week.
green liquor dissolved density or the green liquor’s The K-Patents in-line sensor design enables
TTA at two stages in the process: after the green accurate measurement in these difficult scaling
liquor dissolving tank and after the green liquor conditions.
clarifier. The in-line measurement allows real time
trimming of the green liquor to meet the target TTA. Typical measurement range is 100-150 g/l (6.0-8.5
lb/ft3) and the process temperature is 85ºC (185ºF).
Automatic prism wash keeps the prism clean,
securing representative samples.

Instrumentation Description
K-Patents SAFE-DRIVE™ Process Refractometer PR-23-SD for measuring
black liquor dry solids and green liquor density or TTA in kraft chemical
recovery process. K-Patents SAFE-DRIVE™ design allows for safe and
easy insertion and retraction of the sensor under full operating pressure
without having to shut down the process.

Measurement range: Refractive Index (nD) 1.3200 – 1.5300, corresponding to 0-100 % by weight.

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