Method and system of thermal recovery relating to the operation of a dissolver of a chemical recovery boiler
First Claim
1. A method of recovering heat from the operation of a dissolver of a chemical recovery boiler, the method comprising the steps of:
- dissolving smelt in weak white liquor in the dissolver, resulting in green liquor;
conveying green liquor from the dissolver through a primary fluid circuit into an external process;
conveying weak white liquor from the external process through the primary fluid circuit to the dissolver;
diverting part of the weak white liquor from the primary fluid circuit into a secondary fluid passageway;
conveying weak white liquor via the secondary fluid passageway at least partly into the dissolver;
recovering heat from weak white liquor with a heat exchanger in the secondary fluid passageway and thereby cooling the weak white liquor diverted from the primary fluid circuit and running through the secondary fluid passageway; and
transferring heat with a transfer medium from the heat exchanger to a heat-consuming process,wherein;
the primary fluid circuit comprises;
a first fluid passageway configured to alternate between i) conveying green liquor from the dissolver into the external process and ii) conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver; and
a second fluid passageway configured to alternate between i) conveying green liquor from the dissolver into the external process and ii) conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver,in a first state of the primary fluid circuit the first fluid passageway is configured to convey green liquor from the dissolver into the external process while the second fluid passageway is conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver,in a second state of the primary fluid circuit the second fluid passageway is configured to convey green liquor from the dissolver into the external process while the first fluid passageway is conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver, anda valve arrangement is provided for connecting the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway, the valve arrangement being configured to controllably divert weak white liquor from the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway, the valve arrangement being further configured to alternate between i) diverting, in the second state, weak white liquor from the first fluid passageway of the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway and ii) diverting, in the first state, weak white liquor from the second fluid passageway of the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway.
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Abstract
The disclosed solution relates to recovering thermal energy from the operation of a dissolver of a chemical recovery boiler used in pulp manufacturing. According to the solution, a primary fluid circuit conveys green liquor from the dissolver to an external process such as causticizing and solvent such as weak white liquor back to the dissolver, and from this circuit solvent is diverted into a secondary fluid passageway comprising a heat exchanger which cools the solvent by recovering heat from it and transfers the heat to a heat-consuming process. After heat recovery, solvent may be used for further processes before it is at least partly conveyed back to the dissolver.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of recovering heat from the operation of a dissolver of a chemical recovery boiler, the method comprising the steps of:
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dissolving smelt in weak white liquor in the dissolver, resulting in green liquor; conveying green liquor from the dissolver through a primary fluid circuit into an external process; conveying weak white liquor from the external process through the primary fluid circuit to the dissolver; diverting part of the weak white liquor from the primary fluid circuit into a secondary fluid passageway; conveying weak white liquor via the secondary fluid passageway at least partly into the dissolver; recovering heat from weak white liquor with a heat exchanger in the secondary fluid passageway and thereby cooling the weak white liquor diverted from the primary fluid circuit and running through the secondary fluid passageway; and transferring heat with a transfer medium from the heat exchanger to a heat-consuming process, wherein; the primary fluid circuit comprises; a first fluid passageway configured to alternate between i) conveying green liquor from the dissolver into the external process and ii) conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver; and a second fluid passageway configured to alternate between i) conveying green liquor from the dissolver into the external process and ii) conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver, in a first state of the primary fluid circuit the first fluid passageway is configured to convey green liquor from the dissolver into the external process while the second fluid passageway is conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver, in a second state of the primary fluid circuit the second fluid passageway is configured to convey green liquor from the dissolver into the external process while the first fluid passageway is conveying weak white liquor from the external process to the dissolver, and a valve arrangement is provided for connecting the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway, the valve arrangement being configured to controllably divert weak white liquor from the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway, the valve arrangement being further configured to alternate between i) diverting, in the second state, weak white liquor from the first fluid passageway of the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway and ii) diverting, in the first state, weak white liquor from the second fluid passageway of the primary fluid circuit to the secondary fluid passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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