Opportunities for process-integrated evaporation in a hardwood pulp mill and comparison with a softwood model mill study

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2100-2107

  Axelsson, Erik ^a   Olsson, Marcus R ^a   Berntsson, Thore ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Evaporation plant; Pinch analysis; Process integration; Pulp mill

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; HARDWOODS; INVESTMENTS; KETONES; KRAFT PROCESS; KRAFT PULP; MOISTURE; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPER COATING; PULP; SOFTWOODS; STEAM; VAPORS; WOOD;

ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SAVINGS; EVAPORATION PLANT; HARDWOOD PULP; INVESTMENT COSTS; PINCH ANALYSIS; PROCESS INTEGRATION; PULP AND PAPER; PULP MILL; SOOT BLOWING;

FINANCE;

COATED PAPERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; HARDWOOD PULPS; KRAFT PULPING; PULP MILLS; SOFTWOOD PULPS; VAPORS;

EID: 49449083929     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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