44. Assessment of Exposure to Chlorine and Chlorine Dioxide at Eight Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Poovey ◽  
R. Gibson ◽  
H. Glindmeyer ◽  
R. Rando
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills

An Assessment of Gasification-Based Biorefining at Kraft Pulp and Paper Mills in the United States, Part B: Results

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIC D. LARSON ◽  
STEFANO CONSONNI ◽  
RYAN E. KATOFSKY ◽  
KRISTIINA IISA ◽  
W. JAMES FREDERICK, JR.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Kraft Pulp ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Air Emissions ◽  
Engine Fuel ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills

Commercialization of black liquor and biomass gasification technologies is anticipated in the 2010–2015 timeframe, and synthesis gas from gasifiers can be converted into liquid fuels using catalytic synthesis technol-ogies that are already commercially established today in the gas-to-liquids or coal-to-liquids industries. This set of two papers describes key results from a major assessment of the prospective energy, environmental, and financial performance of commercial gasification-based biorefineries integrated with kraft pulp and paper mills. Seven detailed biorefinery designs were developed for a reference mill in the southeastern United States, together with the associated mass/energy balances, air emissions estimates, and capital investment requirements. The biorefineries provide chemical recovery services and co-produce process steam for the mill, some electricity, and one of three liq-uid fuels: a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic crude oil (which could be refined to vehicle fuels at an existing petroleum refin-ery), dimethyl ether (a diesel engine fuel or propane substitute), or an ethanol-rich mixed-alcohol product. Compared with installing new Tomlinson power/recovery systems, biorefineries would require more capital investment and greater purchases of woody residues for energy use. However, because biorefineries would be more efficient, have lower air emissions, and produce a more diverse product slate, for nearly all cases examined, the internal rate of return (IRR) on the incremental capital investment lies between 14% and 18%, assuming a $50/bbl world oil price. The IRRs would more than double if plausible federal and state financial incentives were captured. Industry-wide adoption of such biorefining in the United States would provide significant energy and environmental benefits to the country.

Flexible pretreatment technology supports production of biobased co-products at pulp and paper mills

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
VESA PYLKKANEN ◽  
KIM NELSON ◽  
MIKHAIL IAKOVLEV ◽  
THEODORA RETSINA
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Biobased Materials ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Pretreatment Technology

The AVAP™ biorefinery technology from American Process Inc. is a flexible, cost-effective process for production of cellulose-, sugar-, and lignin-based products from biomass. The process is currently operating at demonstration scale in the southern United States and supplying products to partners for conversion to fuels, biochemicals, and other advanced biobased materials. Engineering for the first commercial facility is underway.

Photo-catalytic degradation of gaseous pollutants in paper mills of southern China

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Tong ◽  
Jiao Li ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
Xiaoquan Chen ◽  
Wenhao Shen
Keyword(s):  
Degradation Rate ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Catalytic Degradation ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Gaseous Pollutants ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Kinetics

Studies were undertaken to evaluate gaseous pollutants in workplace air within pulp and paper mills and to consider the effectiveness of photo-catalytic treatment of this air. Ambient air at 30 sampling sites in five pulp and paper mills of southern China were sampled and analyzed. The results revealed that formaldehyde and various benzene-based molecules were the main gaseous pollutants at these five mills. A photo-catalytic reactor system with titanium dioxide (TiO2) was developed and evaluated for degradation of formaldehyde, benzene and their mixtures. The experimental results demonstrated that both formaldehyde and benzene in their pure forms could be completely photo-catalytic degraded, though the degradation of benzene was much more difficult than that for formaldehyde. Study of the photo-catalytic degradation kinetics revealed that the degradation rate of formaldehyde increased with initial concentration fitting a first-order kinetics reaction. In contrast, the degradation rate of benzene had no relationship with initial concentration and degradation did not conform to first-order kinetics. The photo-catalytic degradation of formaldehyde-benzene mixtures indicated that formaldehyde behaved differently than when treated in its pure form. The degradation time was two times longer and the kinetics did not reflect a first-order reaction. The degradation of benzene was similar in both pure form and when mixed with formaldehyde.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PULP AND PAPER MILLS

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Gavrilescu ◽  
Adrian Catalin Puitel ◽  
Gheorghe Dutuc ◽  
Grigore Craciun
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills

Water Pollution Abatement in Small Paper Mills in India

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Panneerselvam
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Recovery System

In order to reduce the demand for the forest based raw materials by the organised industrial sectors like the large integrated pulp and paper mills, the Government of India started promoting several small-scale pulp and paper mills based on non-wood agricultural residue raw materials. However promotion of these small mills has created another environmental problem i.e. severe water pollution due to non-recovery of chemicals. Because of the typical characteristics like high silica content etc. of the black liquor produced and the subsequent high capital investment needed for a recovery system, it is not economically feasible for the small Indian mills to recover the chemicals. While the quantity of wastewater generated per tonne of paper produced by a small mill is same as from a large integrated pulp and paper mill with a chemical recovery system, their BOD load is four times higher, due to non recovery of chemicals. However the existing wastewater disposal standards are uniform for large and small mills for e.g. 30 mg BOD/l. To meet these standards, the small mills have to install a capital intensive wastewater treatment plant with heavy recurring operating costs. Therefore the feasible alternative is to implement various pollution abatement measures, with the objective of not only reducing the fibre/chemical loss but also to reduce the investment and operating costs of the final wastewater treatment system. To illustrate this approach, a case study on water pollution abatement and control in a 10 TPD mill, will be discussed.

Biotreatability test of bleach wastewaters from pulp and paper mills

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
X. Wang ◽  
T. H. Mize ◽  
F. M. Saunders ◽  
S. A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Reductive Dehalogenation ◽  
Continuous Reactor ◽  
Batch Reactors ◽  
Aerobic Treatment ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Adsorbable Organic Halide

Research is focused on an integrated way to simultaneously optimize the bleaching operations and subsequent wastewater treatment for pulp and paper mills. Bleach wastewaters from ClO2-bleached pulping studies at Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) were used as the feed for batch reactors to test and rank the treatability and kinetics. The key aspect of the system is the use of sequential anaerobic/aerobic phases to enhance reductive dehalogenation of chloro-organic materials. Two continuous reactor systems, one operated in an anaerobic-aerobic mode and a second in an aerobic-aerobic mode, received bleaching wastewater obtained from a full-scale plant. Acclimated cultures from both continuous reactors were used to quantify the AOX (Adsorbable Organic Halide) and COD removal from various bleaching wastewaters. In general, the sequential anaerobic/aerobic treatment of bleach wastewater can improve both biotreatability and degradation rates.

scholarly journals Pulp and Paper Mills in America and Europe (I)

1981 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 571-579
Author(s):  
Minoru Kometani
Keyword(s):  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills
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