Energy Saving I
Energy Saving by Improvement of KP Washing Process and Vacuum Evaporating Process
2011 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 566-569
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2011 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 566-569
Kitakami HiTech Paper Corp. (KHP) is located in the Kitakami city which is the inland of Iwate Prefecture. KHP is the subsidiary company which split from Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. in 2005. In addition to commercial LBKP produced conventionally, there were started productions of the tissue in 1997, the base paper for the photograph and IJ (resin coated paper) and the fine paper in 2002. KHP has a series of pulp facilities, and a cooking system is M&D continuous digester which performs rapid vapor phase cooking. All raw materials are domestic wood chips, which are mainly from Iwate.
This report describes two contents of our efforts to raise the black liquor concentration by improvement of the KP washing process and to improve clogging in the vacuum evaporating process.
