EEN-E3001 Fundamentals of industrial energy engineering, Spring 2023

Learning assignment 2:
Mechanical and chemical pulp production
Submission latest on February 5 by 23.59

An integrated pulp and paper mill produces two paper grades (SC paper, LWC paper) and
pulp at the mill site. Table 1 shows daily demands of chemical and mechanical pulp.

Table 1. Daily demands of chemical and mechanical pulps

Pulp Daily production, tds/d
Chemical pulp 939
Mechanical pulp 848
SC Super Calendered
LWC Light Weight Coated

A) Mechanical pulp production

Initial data

Losses in bleaching 3%
Losse in screening 2%
Losses in refining 5%

Calculate how much bleached TMP pulp is needed in unit ADT/d (Air Dry Tons)
Air Dry Tons means that the dry solids content of the pulp is 90 % (i.e. moisture
content is 10%).

Calculate how much chips are needed in units ADT/d and tds /d by taking into
account material losses.

B) Chemical pulp production

Fibers
Initial data
Losses in bleaching 4%
Losses in screening 1%
Losses in O stage 3%
Yield in cooking 46 %

Calculate how much pulp comes out of the cooking process in units tds/d, ADT/d by
taking into account losses in bleaching, screening and O-stage.

Calculate how much wood chips are needed in cooking in units tds/d.

White liquor

The white liquor consumption depends on how much wood is used in cooking.
 Amount of dry solids in black liquor is calculated by considering dissolved organic
material in cooking and O-satge as well as chemicals that are used in cooking and O
stage. When this value is known water formation, turpentine production and losses
in washing are subtracted from the calculated value in order to get the actual amount
of dry solids that is fed into the evaporator.

Initial data:
Concentration of white liquor 121g/l (active alkali Na2S)
Feed of white liquor 16 % (Na2S of dry wood)
Density of white liquor 1.17 t/m3 (total solution)
Dry solids content of white liquor 0.17 t/t (total solution)
Chemicals in O stage 20 kg/tds pulp
Water formation 11 kg/tds wood chips
Turpentine 4 kg/tds wood chips
Losses in black liquor washing 3.0 %

Calculate how much white liquor (total) is needed per day in m3.

Black liquor

Calculate how much black liquor is formed in the process in unit tds/d. Use initial
data of fiber and white liquor sections to define this value.

Dry solids content in black liquor is calculated by considering dissolved organic

material in cooking and O-stage as well as chemicals that are used in cooking and O
stage. When this value is known water formation, turpentine production and losses
in washing are subtracted from the calculated value in order to get the actual amount
of dry solids that is fed into the evaporator.