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Title: Development of viscometers for kraft black liquor. Summary report, Phase 2 and 2A

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/631162· OSTI ID:631162

This report documents the results of the evaluation of the on-line prototype viscometers for kraft black liquors carried out at the Pilot Plant facilities of the University of Florida. The original plan called for the evaluation of five prototype on-line viscometers along with laboratory bench versions. At a later stage in the project an additional experimental prototype under development at Southwest Research Institute was added. The viscometers are evaluated for accuracy and repeatability under varying process conditions, such as black liquor species, solids content, temperature, flow rate, and contaminants, as well as for maintenance and reliability. This document reports extensive results of the evaluations and recommendations for design modifications and for the installation of the instruments in industrial pulping mills for further field evaluations in Phase 3 of the project. The report also documents relevant details of the final design of the pilot flow loop used to support the experiments.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Florida, Chemical Engineering Dept., Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-93CH10564
OSTI ID:
631162
Report Number(s):
DOE/CH/10564-T1; ON: DE98006060; TRN: AHC29813%%33
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English