Application of fundamental principles to mineral scale reduction : case studies

Peter W. Hart; Alan W. Rudie

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Application of fundamental principles to mineral scale reduction : case studies

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Authors:

Peter W. Hart, Alan W. Rudie

Year:

2005

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Proceedings of the 2005 TAPPI Engineering, Pulping & Environmental Conference : 2005 August 28-31, Philadelphia, PA : Sessions 24-56 : presentations, book 2. Norcross, Ga. : TAPPI Press, c2005: ISBN: 1595100954: [9] pages.

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Abstract

This paper will present several successful case studies where scale has been eliminated in mills including calcium carbonate scale in a white liquor strainer, calcium oxalate scale in the D0 stage, enzymatic treatment of brown stock to eliminate oxalate scale, and control of barium sulfate scale.

Keywords

Incrustations, pulp mills, solubility, barium sulfate, enzymes, calcium carbonate, pulping, bleaching, calcium oxalate, case studies, digesters, pulp and paper processes, white liquor, chemical precipitation, scale

Citation

Hart, Peter W.; Rudie, Alan W. 2005. Application of fundamental principles to mineral scale reduction : case studies. Proceedings of the 2005 TAPPI Engineering, Pulping & Environmental Conference : 2005 August 28-31, Philadelphia, PA : Sessions 24-56 : presentations, book 2. Norcross, Ga. : TAPPI Press, c2005: ISBN: 1595100954: [9] pages.