Woodchip impregnation with weak white liquor and its effect in mitigating operational costs and environmental impacts in Kraft pulp mills

• Published in: Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 1360 - 1371
• Main Authors: Johakimu, Jonas K., Sithole, Bruce B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Black liquor; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; CO2 emissions; Cooking; Economics; Emissions; Energy conservation; energy efficiency; Environmental impact; Eucalyptus; eucalyptus grandis; Feasibility studies; Impregnation; Kraft mills; Kraft pulp; Liquor; Mills; Operating costs; Pulp & paper mills; Pulp wastes; Pulping; Reduction; Scale (corrosion); Steam; weak white liquor

Woodchip impregnation plays a vital role in enhancing Kraft pulp mill's pulping efficiency. Traditionally, Kraft pulp mills uses the mill's self‐generated liquor such as black liquor, green liquor, and white liquor. However, all these liquors have operational and / or pulping efficiency li...