INVESTIGADORES
AREA Maria Cristina
artículos
Título:
Anti-scaling agents in kraft pulping
Autor/es:
FELISSIA, F. E.; AREA, M. C.; BARBOZA, O. M.; BENGOECHEA, D. I.
Revista:
BIORESOURCES
Editorial:
North Carolina State University
Referencias:
Lugar: Raleigh; Año: 2007 vol. 2 p. 262 - 274
ISSN:
1930-2126
Resumen:
Scale formation in the digester during kraft pulping represents a great problem in pulp mills. Scaling reduces pulping control and efficiency, increasing energy costs and leading to cleaning breakdowns, with subsequent losses in productivity. The kraft process promotes CaCO3 scaling due to high calcium ion and carbonate concentrations, as well as high alkalinity and temperature levels, which increase the speed with which liquors reach a state of supersaturation. This work examines the action of diethylene triamine penta(methylene phosphonic acid) (DTPMPA), either alone or combined with commercial anti-scaling agents, as an inhibitor of calcium carbonate precipitation in the kraft pulping of Pinus taeda. The theoretical amount of calcium deposited in the digester was obtained by mass balance. Soluble calcium was stable throughout cooking when using the phosphonates alone or combined with anti-scaling agents. When adding only DTPMPA, calcium stays in the pulp, rather than forming deposits.