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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6425976 | Method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers The invention refers to a method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers, of the type having a lower portion, referred to as a lower furnace and an upper portion, referred to as an upper furnace, black liquor sprayers for introduction of black l... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6228214 | Method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers The invention refers to a method for black liquor gasification in recovery boilers, of the type having a lower portion, referred to as a lower furnace and an upper portion, referred to as an upper furnace, black liquor sprayers for introduction of black l... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5984987 | Black liquor gasification process Aqueous black liquor is gasified in a molten salt by spraying the black liquor into an enclosed zone above the surface of a turbulent molten salt pool. The black liquor is dried by means of hot gases rising from the surface of the pool and the resulting s... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5702570 | Process of producing sodium hydroxide from sodium sulphate in a pulp mill Sodium hydroxide is formed from sodium sulphate by a three step operation comprising converting the sodium sulphate to sodium sulphide, converting the sodium sulphide to sodium bicarbonate, and converting the sodium bicarbonate to sodium hydroxide. The op... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5545385 | Process for recovering alkali metal hydroxide from organic liquors The specification describes a process for recovering alkali metal hydroxides from an organic liquor such as black liquors derived from pulping wood chips. The organic liquor is burned in a fluidised bed combustion furnace containing fluidised particles of... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5405496 | Process for the preparation of cooking liquors having high sulphidity for sulphate pulp cooking The invention relates to a process for preparation, under reducing conditions, of cooking liquors having high sulphidity for sulphate pulp cooking, wherein the black liquor obtained in the cooking process is fed, after evaporation, completely or partly to... | 04/11/1995 |
| 4913736 | Process for recovering platinum group metals A process for recovering Platinum Group metals from material comprising one or more Platinum Group metals and one or more Group IA metals supported on carbon comprises heating at a temperature between 700° C. and 1150° C. in a stream of an inert gas or ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4857282 | Combustion of black liquor A process for combusting black liquor by enriching the normal process air used in the combustion process by the addition of up to 5% oxygen.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4718978 | Spent pulping liquor recovery process A partially-oxidized spent pulping liquor is produced which is added to unoxidized strong spent pulping liquor prior, during, or subsequent to concentration to form a novel partially-oxidized, concentrated, high total solids spent pulping liquor. This nov... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4710269 | Recovering chemicals from spent pulp liquors The present invention relates to a method and means of increasing capacity and improving the chemical recovery process when using a conventional soda recovery boiler for recovering chemicals out of spent sulphate liquors. The spent sulphate liquor is supp... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4682985 | Gasification of black liquor A concentrated aqueous black liquor containing carbonaceous material and alkali metal sulfur compounds is treated in a gasifier vessel containing a relatively shallow molten salt pool at its bottom to form a combustible gas and a sulfide-rich melt. The ga... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4637858 | Pyrolysis of black liquor at high temperatures using radiant energy This invention is a process for recovering sodium hydroxide directly from black liquor. The process involves pyrolyzing the black liquor in the absence of oxygen to produce a product containing sodium carbide, and hydrolyzing the sodium carbide to form so... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4486394 | Alkali regeneration process The invention relates to an improvement in a method of regenerating alkaline or alkaline earth metal oxides or hydroxides from solution particularly in delignification processes wherein a suitable transition metal such as ferric oxide is burnt with the so... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4439272 | Pulp mill residual liquor recovery process A method and apparatus for recovering chemical from residual liquor from a pulping operation, said residual liquor containing inorganic and organic components, pyrolyzing a portion of the organics in the liquor to produce a reducing gas and residual solid... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4377439 | Pulp mill recovery A recovery system for residual liquor from a pulp mill, utilizing a fluidized bed to burn the organic material in the residual liquor and generate heat which may be recovered. Heat preferably from the flue gases is used to dry residual liquor sprayed to p... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4363698 | Method for drying and burning viscous aqueous liquors which contain organics Sawdust is mixed with partially concentrated black liquor from pulp manufacture. The sawdust, coated with the solids of the black liquor, is dried by heated air. The sawdust, coated with organic and inorganic black liquor solids, is fed to the hearth of a... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4347226 | Method for treating sulfur-containing effluents resulting from petroleum processing The present invention is a method for disposal of noxious waste products generated in petroleum refining including spent caustic solution and concentrated sulfur effluent from treating of petroleum fractions to remove sulfur therefrom. Essentially the spe... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4334956 | Method of reutilizing kraft spent liquor A method of utilizing kraft black liquor by converting the black liquor to "green liquor" and then oxidizing the green liquor with air in the presence of a quinone compound or spent liquor from the kraft process, the soda semi-chemical process or the neut... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4329199 | Process for digesting and bleaching cellulosic material with reduced emissions The digestion of the cellulose-containing material is performed with a digestion liquor containing sulphur and sodium followed by recovery and regeneration of said digestion liquor and bleaching of the cellulose-containing material with chlorine dioxide. ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4322266 | Process for catalyzing reduction in a Kraft recovery boiler A Kraft pulping process by which spent pulping liquor is burned in a recovery furnace 12 to reduce inactive alkali sulfates therein to active alkali sulfides while producing molten smelt that when added to water forms green liquor and residual dregs beari... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4312702 | Fluidized bed start up and operation At start-up, a bed of pellets derived from pulp mill residual liquor is fluidized by feeding preheated air to the bed to initially raise the temperature of the bed to a temperature at which a particulate ligno-cellulosic auxiliary solid fuel may be comple... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4299652 | Process for recovery of pulp mill chemicals A process is disclosed in which a waste gas containing sulfur compounds and carbon dioxide from pulp mill is contacted with an aqueous alkali solution derived from green liquor, white liquor or weak white liquor having low pH value and low sodium ion conc... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4288286 | Kraft mill recycle process A cellulosic pulp and bleaching process is described. The process integrates two cycles, one is a digestor liquor cycle and the other is a sulfur cycle. The digestor liquor cycle comprises the steps of digesting a fibrous cellulosic feed to form a pulp, s... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4237103 | Method for disposal of sodium waste material A method for disposal of sodium containing waste material comprising combustion sodium containing waste material and a silica bearing material in an incinerator having interior walls lined with a refractory material which tends to react with metallic sodi... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4224289 | Alkali regeneration process In the regeneration of alkaline liquors as used in paper pulping, a mixed oxide compound of an alkali or alkaline earth metal oxide and an oxide of Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, or Mn is formed by burning black liquor. The burning step is carried out in a fluidized bed... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4212702 | Process for recovery of chemicals from pulping waste liquor A process for recovery of chemicals from a sodium sulfite pulping waste liquor is disclosed in which a smelt obtained from the waste liquor is introduced into an aqueous slurry containing solidified smelt while make up water and a weak aqueous slurry are ... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4208245 | Pyrolysis of spent pulping liquors The present invention discloses a process of pretreating a waste black liquor which results from the pulping of various vegetative fibers and wherein the pulping liquor contains as its active pulping ingredient sodium and sulfur with the pretreatment taki... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4177246 | Wet oxidation of materials Materials with unfulfilled chemical oxygen demand are oxidized in a liquid environment at superatmospheric temperatures and pressures. The liquid environment is created within a pressure vessel by an inert liquid that is capable of absorbing and dispersin... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4154643 | Recovery process and apparatus for alkali metal-containing spent liquor An alkali metal-containing spent liquor is treated to recover the alkali metal content for reuse without the need for recycling furnace ash and forming solid pellets therefrom. A mixture of aluminum hydrate and alkali metal-containing waste liquor is dire... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4148684 | Methods for recovery and recycling of chemicals from sodium sulfite and sodium bisulfite pulping operations An improved method for recovering spent sodium and sulfur components in sodium sulfite and sodium bisulfite pulping operations. The method involves reduction burning of spent liquor to convert it to smelt and the treatment of this smelt in a sequence of o... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4144311 | Purifying salts containing organic pollutants A process for purifying organically polluted salts comprising forming a melt of said salts at a temperature of from about 600°to 1000° C., and contacting salt melt with an oxygen-containing gas. Acidic or basic fluxes may be present. The heat to maintai... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4141785 | Process for recovery of chemicals from pulping waste liquor A process for recovery of chemicals from a sodium sulfite pulping waste liquor is disclosed in which a smelt obtained from the waste liquor is introduced into an aqueous slurry containing solidified smelt while make up water and a weak aqueous slurry are ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4093508 | Process for recovering chemicals from the waste liquors of sulfate cellulose digestion and the waste waters of bleaching A process for the recovery of chemicals from the waste liquors of sulfate cellulose digestion and from the waste waters of bleaching, wherein a melt from a soda-ash roaster, mainly containing sodium sulfide and sodium carbonate, but also sodium chloride, ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4067767 | Liquid phase coking of spent kraft pulping liquors An improved process for treating spent Kraft wood pulping liquors by coking the liquors after reducing the pH thereof with SO2 and recovering the sulfur contained in the resulting coke by contact with hydrogen preheated to temperatures in the r... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4049787 | Process for separating sulphur in the form of hydrogen sulphide from clarified green liquor obtained from the combustion of waste liquor The invention relates to a process for separating hydrogen sulphide from clarified green liquor, including precarbonating green liquor with a carbon dioxide rich gas, adding alkali bicarbonate to the precarbonated green liquor and stripping hydrogen sulph... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4049489 | Method of producing pulp and burning waste liquor obtained thereby Environmental regulations tend to restrict the emissions from pulping platns, which increase the amount of sulphur and chlorine in the cooking liquor to undesirable amounts. This is detrimental to the process and increases the risk of corrosion upon the f... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4044097 | Recovery of soda values from sodium carbonate crystallizer purge liquors Soda values from the crystallizer mother liquor purge in the process of making sodium carbonate from trona are recovered by (1) mixing the purge with treating agent of magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, bauxite, certain fine particle size calcined trona, in... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4035228 | Recovery process and apparatus for alkali metal-containing waste liquor A process and apparatus for treating concentrated alkali metal-containing waste liquor to recover the alkali metal content for reuse includes the following steps and apparatus. Concentrated alkali metal-containing waste liquor is mixed with recycled alumi... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4007082 | Kraft mill recovery system An improved process for the treatment of precipitator catch wherein the catch is slurried with water, sufficient carbon dioxide is added to convert the sodium carbonate present to sodium bicarbonate, and sodium chloride is separated from the sodium sulfat... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4000264 | Method of recovering sodium hydroxide from sulfur free pulping or bleaching waste liquor by mixing ferric oxide with condensed waste liquor prior to burning This invention relates to a new and improved recovery method of chemicals from waste liquor of pulping or bleaching. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for direct recovery of sodium hydroxide from waste liquor of pulping or bleaching wh... | 12/28/1976 |
