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PROJECT REPORT
SUBMITTED BY
BALAJI.A
BALAMURASU.R
SAMPATHKUMAR.G
AYYAPAN.S
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN THE
(AUTONOMOUS)
PERUNDURAI-638052
APRIL 2011
KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE
PERUNDURAI, ERODE-638052
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
BALAJI.A (07CHR009)
BALAMURASU.R (07CHR011)
SAMPATHKUMAR.G (07CHR040)
AYYAPPAN.S (07CHR008)
SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
Dr.K.SARAVANAN Dr.K.CHANDRAMOHAN
School of chemical and food science School of chemical and food science
Perundurai Perundurai
Semester : VIII.
The reports of the project work submitted by the above students in partial
fulfilment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
was evaluated and confirmed to be reports of the work done by the above
students.
We owe our deepest gratitude and sincere thanks to our beloved principal,
professor .S. KUPPUSWAMI B.E., M.sc (Engg). Dr.Ing (France) for his
encouragement during the courses of study.
We take extreme delight in expressing our warm and sincere gratitude to our
guide Dr.K.CHANDRAMOHAN M.E., PhD for his valuable suggestion and
guidance throughout our project duration, which have all been cardinal to finish
this project successfully.
We thank all teaching and non-teaching staff of the chemical department for
their support, encouragement and cooperation in letting us make use of various
amenities in the department.
Keeping in mind that “little drops make the mighty ocean”, we also take this
opportunity to thank all our friends who have helped in so many ways to finish
this project successfully.
CONTENTS
PAGE NO.
SYNOPSIS I
LIST OF FIGURES II
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 ABOUT THE COMPANY 1
1.2 EXPANSION/MODERNISATION PROJECT 2
1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2
1.4 CHEMICAL RECOVERY PROCESS 3
1.5 ORIGINOF PAPER 4
1.6 OVER ALL PAPER MANUFACTURING PROCESS IN SPB 5
1.7 MANUFACTURE OF PAPER 5
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE SURVEY
2.1 ROTARY LIME KILNS 10
2.2 NECESSITY OF ROTATION IN ROTARY LIME KILN 11
2.3 ROTARY KILN FLAMES 11
2.4 ROTARY KILN CHAIN SYSTEMS 11
2.5. ROTARY KILN REFRACTORY SYSTEMS 12
2.6. ROTARY KILN PRODUCT COOLERS 13
2.7. EXTERNAL LIME MUD DRIES 13
2.8. LIME KILN FANS 14
2.9. LIME KILN HEAT RATE 15
2.10. EXAMPLE FOR KILN HEAT RATE 16
2.11. MAJOR HEAT RATE IMPROVEMENTS 17
CHAPTER. 3
LIST OF FIGURES
e = Excess air
s = Mud solids
a = Lime availability
d = Dust loss
= Residence time, hr
L = Length, m
INTRODUCTION
The weak black liquor is further evaporated to 65% or even 80% solids and
burned in the recovery boiler to recover the inorganic chemicals for reuse in the
pulping process. Higher solids in the concentrated black liquor increases the
energy and chemical efficiency of the recovery cycle, but also gives higher
viscosity and precipitation of solids.
The molten salts from the recovery boiler are dissolved in process water
known as "weak wash". This process water, also known as "weak white liquor"
is composed of all liquors used to wash lime mud and green liquor precipitates.
The resulting solution of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphide is known as
"green liquor". This liquid is mixed with calcium oxide, which
becomes calcium hydroxide in solution, to regenerate the white liquor used in
the pulping process through an equilibrium reaction.
Paper derives from the word "papyrus". Today, paper includes a wide
range of products with very different applications: communication, cultural,
educational, artistic, hygienic, and sanitary as well as storage and transport of
all kinds of goods. It's almost impossible to imagine a life without paper.
Paper has a long history, beginning with the ancient Egyptians and continuing
to the present day. After hand-made methods dominated for thousands of years,
paper production became industrialized during the 19th century. Originally
intended purely for writing and printing purposes, a wide variety of paper
grades and uses is now available to the consumer.
Paper is a natural product, manufactured from a natural and renewable raw
material, wood. The advantage of paper is that it is biodegradable and
recyclable. In this way, the paper industry is sustainable, from the forest
through the production of paper, to the use and final recovery of the product.
Paper is an essential part of our lives and satisfies many human needs. We use
it to store and communicate information (newspapers, books, documents and
writing paper), for cultural and artistic purposes, to transport and protect food.
1.6. OVER ALL PAPER MANUFACTURING PROCESS IN SPB
1.7 MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
RAW MATEIALS:
Hard wood and Bagasse are the two basic raw materials mostly
used in SPB for manufacturing paper. Following steps are involved in the
paper making.
Wooden logs with a width of more than 6 cm are saw in a band saw
Stripped logs are chipped into small pieces by knives mounted in massive steel
wheels
The chips pass through vibrating screens, whereby undersized chips, dust etc
and oversized chips are rejected.
Accepted chips are then stored in huge bins ready for the next process.
Step- 2: COOKING OF CHIPS
The wood chips are cooked in huge pressurized vessels called digesters.
Some digesters operate in batch manner and some in continuous processes.
There are several variations of the cooking processes both for the batch and the
continuous digesters. Digesters producing 1,000 tons of pulp per day and more
are common with the largest producing more than 3,500 tones of pulp per day.
In a continuous digester the materials are fed at a rate which allows the pulping
reaction to be complete by the time the materials exit the reactor. Typically
delignification requires several hours at 130 to 180 °C (266 to 356 °F). Under
these conditions lignin and hemicelluloses degrade to give fragments that are
soluble in the strongly basic liquid. The solid pulp (about 50% by weight based
on the dry wood chips) is collected and washed. At this point the pulp is quite
brown and is known as brown stock.
The combined liquids, known as black liquor (so called because of its color),
contain lignin fragments, carbohydrates from the breakdown of
hemicellulose,sodium carbonate, sodium sulphate and other inorganic salts. The
Bagasse is depithed in a wet depither, in which pith is removed. The depithed,
in which pith is removed .the depithed Bagasse, is either fed to the continuous
digester for further process.
Step-3: BROWN STACK WASING:
The brown stock from the blowing goes to the washing stages where the
used cooking liquors are separated from the cellulose fibres. Normally a pulp
mill has 3-5 washing stages in series. Washing stages are also placed after
oxygen delignification and between the bleaching stages as well. Pulp washers
use counter current flow between the stages such that the pulp moves in the
opposite direction to the flow of washing waters.
The pulp from the washers is screened in screens inn screens and cleaners to
remove the sand particles
Logs from the forest are usually received from a truck, rail car, or barge.
Large overhead cranes are used to unload and sort the logs into piles for long or
short logs. Logs may pass through a slashed if a certain length is required.
The next step involves debarking which removes both dirt and bark from the
logs. The most common method employed is mechanical debarking via a
barking drum.
Logs are fed into the rotating cylinder and the rotating/tumbling action
rubs the bark from the logs. The bark falls out of the cylinder via slots and
debarked logs exit the opposite end of the cylinder. Bark is used as fuel for the
power boiler.
Following debarking, the logs are fed to the chipper. The chipper
uses high speed rotating blades to reduce the logs to chips of a suitable size for
pulping. Chips are then screened for acceptable sizes by passing them over a set
of vibratory screens. The rejects are returned for further chipping and acceptable
chips stored in large outdoor piles or silos for pulp mill use.
The first section of the machine is called the 'Wet End'. This is where the
diluted stock first comes into contact with the paper machine. It is poured onto
the machine by the flow box which is a collecting box for the dilute paper stock.
A narrow aperture running across the width of the box allows the stock to flow
onto the wire with the fibers distributed evenly over the whole width of the
paper machine.
Measuring method
The Kappa number is determined and applicable to all kinds
of chemical and semi-chemical pulps and gives a Kappa number in the range of
1-100. The Kappa number is a measurement of how much a
standard permanganate solution that is consumed by the pulp. These compounds
are formed during the chemical pulping process, from the hemicelluloses.
Application
CHAPTER –2
LITERATURE SURVEY
Rotary lime kiln are large steel tubes that are lined on the inside with
refractory bricks. They are slightly inclined from the horizontal and are slowly
rotated on a set of riding rings. Lime mud is introduced at the uphill, feed end
and slowly makes it away to the discharge end due to the inclination and
rotation. A burner is installed at the downhill or discharge end of the kiln fuel is
burned to from an approximately cylindrical flame. Heat transfer from this
flame and the hot combustion gases that flow up the kiln dries, heats, and
calcines the counter-flowing lime solids. Rotary kiln in the pulp and paper
industry range in size from 7 ft (2.1m) in diameter by 175 ft (53m) long to 13.5
ft (4m) in diameter by 400ft (122m) long . The refractory lining is from 6 in
(15.2cm) to 10 in (25.4cm) thick. Production capacities for these units range
from 50 tons/day of capacity for these units range from 50 tons /day of Cao (45
metric tons/day) to 450 tons/day of Cao (400 metric tons/day).
The weight of the kiln is supported on the riding rings that encircle kiln.
These riding rings contact carrying rolls supported by concrete piers. A large
electric motor operating through a reducing gear box and pinion drives a main
gear attached to the kiln. Typically the kiln is driven at speeds of 0.5 to 2 RPM,
often with variable speed arrangements. Typically transit times for the lime
through the kiln are from 1.5 hours to 4 hours under normal operating
conditions. This is set by the speed and by the slope of the kiln, which is
between 1.50 and 3 0 (5/16 to 5/8 inches/foot).
The rotation of the kiln is necessary for the use of hoods and seals at each
end for connection to stationary ancillary equipment. At the hot end, the firing
hood provides support for the burner and the flame management equipment, as
well as openings and passages for the discharge of the reburned lime product.
At the cold end, the hood provides openings for a lime mud feed screw or belt, a
connection to the induced draft fan and an important seal to limit the flow of
tramp air. In order installations this often an enlarged chamber in which dust
and mud can be sluiced out of this area. Newer installations incorporate smaller
hoods to improve the seal and shorten the length of the mud screw or belt.
The burner and flame play an important role in product quality and
refractory service life. As with all combustion fired heat exchange equipment,
higher flame temperature means higher production capacity and efficiency.
However, excessive temperatures cause refractory damage, and over-burned,
slow-reacting lime product. This tradeoff in performance results in a
compromise in flame length. Slide 5 shows sketches of three types of rotary kiln
flames. Shorter flames are too hot and cause refractory damage and overburden
lime, while longer flames cause some loss in production capacity and
efficiency, and loss of control of the product quality. A compact, medium-
length flame approximately three times the kiln diameter in length is a good
tradeoff between efficiency and refractory service life. However, irrespective of
the shape, the flame must not touch the refractory, or serious refractory washing
will occur.
At the cold end of the kiln, the relatively low gas temperature
hampers heat transfer. To improve this, a section of chain is hung from the shell
in this part of the kiln. This chain is made up of links that are typically ¼ in. by
3 in(1.9cm x 7.6cm) .Hangers attach lengths of this chain directly to the kiln
shell either from one end of this chain directly to the kiln shell either from one
end or both ends. When chain is hung from one end it is referred to as curtain
chain. When hung from both ends it is most often called a garland system. Slide
6 shows sketches of these two types of chain systems, and shows the difference
between high-density and low-density chain hanging arrangements.
The method of hanging the chain makes little difference in this
effectiveness as a regenerative best exchange surface. As long as the chain
alternatively contacts the combustion gases and the lime mud as the kiln rotates,
it is effective. Like any low-temperature heat exchanger, it is the available
surface area that is most important to effectiveness. The chain surface area in a
lime reburning kiln can represent two-thirds of the entire heat transfer surface.
The ability of the refractory lining to withstand chemical attack by the lime
and its constituents is crucial to the service of life of this part of the kiln.
Although sudden changes in temperature can damage the lining, it is primarily
Refractory wastage
due to chemical attack that refractory is washed from the kiln and requires
Most
periodic replacement. refractory
Quite damage
aside from due to wastage
the increased heat loss associated with
thin, worn refractory -lining, it is important for structural
Smooth,”birdbath”refractory reasons to maintain the
thinning
lining to avoid exposure of the steel shell to combustion temperatures.
Due to high temperature chemical attack
Product refractory with a coating of lime
Operate kiln for lower refractory face temp
The capacity of the ID fan often limits the production capacity of the kiln.
When the ID fan reaches its maximum capacity, no more combustion air can be
brought into the kiln. This limits the fuel firing rater and the lime production
rate. For many installations the wet scrubber that follows the ID fan in the flue
gas system is the biggest resistance to flue gas flow, so scan limits the ID fan
capacity. Changes in wet scrubber pressure-drop for emission control or
Lime Kiln Heat Rate
changes in fuel type can decrease the ID fan capacity and kiln production
Heat rate is a measure of energy effiency
capacity.
2.9. LIME KILN HEAT RATE
-Units are MM Btu/ton Cao or GJ/tone Cao
- Lower is better
of CaO. or as GJ/tone of CaO. Lower values of Heat Rate indicate more
efficient operation.
The main chemical reaction in a lime kiln is calcining, the conversion of the
calcium carbonate (Caco3) in the lime mud into calcium oxide (Cao) in the kiln
product. Energy is required to cause this endothermic reaction to occur, but
there are other energy components to the overall energy demand of the kiln.
Lime Kiln Energy Balance Components
Drying
Calcining :CaCO3 + heat-> CaO +CO2
Losses
Heat loss through shell
Heat loss in hot lime product
Heat loss with gas and dust exiting at cold end
A portion of fuel higher heating value is unavailable
IIIIV is measured and reported
Only Lower Heating Values (LHV) is actually available
Kiln Parameters
Fust Net Gas
Production 25TPD
Mud dry solids 78%
Kiln exit O2 3%
Lime availability 85%
Dust loss 18%
Product temp 6000F
Cold and gas temp 6000F
Shell heat loss 11.4 MM Btu/hr
Improving the Kiln refractory to reduce the shell heat loss obviously has a very
impact on Kiln Heat Rate, but the fuel used in firing the kiln is almost as
important.
2.12. MINOR HEAT RATE IMPROVEMENTS
The common lime kiln fuels used in the pulp and paper industry. Natural
gas and fuel oil are widely used, but a growing number of Kilns are at least
partially fired with petroleum coke. Pet coke is an efficient, though messy,
Kiln fuel as long as the sulfur and metals contamination are not too high. The
sulfur content of petroleum coke slightly derates the Kiln due to the formation
of CaSO4 and the metals require somewhat higher use of purchased lime, but
these two are offset by the lower cost and better efficiency.
Gasification Fuels
Coal, wood and other fuels can be gasified
Fuel-gas can be used to fire kiln
- Similar to natural gas
- Lower inert level, well established technology
- On-line availability – 85%
- Wet gasifier feedstock’s derate kiln
- Burner and chains must be designed for fuel-gas
The “fuels” that ate generated in the pulp mill. Turpentine, methanol,
stripper off-gas (SOG), and non condensable gases (NCG) have all been burned
in lime reburning kilns. The energy content of these “fuels” varies considerably,
but each makes a contribution to over all heat input. These materials contain
some sulphur that can derate the kiln capacity, and all of them lower the Heat
Rate of the kiln.
CALCUATION
1+0.786 a 1
G m=GCaO
a d
1+ 0.786∗0.85 1
=250+ ( 0.85
)*( 1−0.18
)
1+ 0.786 a d
G d=G CaO
a 1−d
1+ 0.786∗0.85 0.18
= 598.31 ( 0.85
)*( 1−0.18 )
1+0.786 a 1 1−s
G w=GCaO
a 1−d s
1+ 0.786∗0.85 1 1−0.78
= 598.31*( 0.85
)*( 1−0.18
)*( 0.78
)
= 168.75 tons/day
1−a
G i=GCaO
a
1−0.85
= 598.31* ( 0.85 )
= 44.12 tons/day
44
G co 2=G CaO
56
44
= 598.31* 56
= 196.428 tons/day
= 432.8 tons/day
LHV
fLHV =
HHV
= 0.953
+G co 2 Cp co 2 ( T ≥−T ref )
+196.428∗919 ¿)
+44.12(80-25)*1046
+168.75[2439465+ 4180(175−25)]
+ 107.69*795.5(175-25)
+4704.5
G f = 36.74 tons/day.
Heat rate calculation
FUEL CONSTANTS
Convection, W/m2
0.35
q c=1.175 [ 22.75∗v 2+1.8∗( Tsh−25 ) ] (Tsh−25)
0.35
= 1.175 [ 22.75∗4+ 1.8 ( 150−25 ) ] (150−25)
= 1101.3 W/m2
Radiation, W/m2
= 1025.8 W/m2
Shell heat loss, W
n
Q sh=πD ∑ ( q c +q r ) i
i
n
¿ π∗3.52∗0.2 ∑ ( 1101.3+1025.8 )
i
= 4704.5 W
L
¿
60 π nDtan γ
= 1.416 hr.