In-line production method for paper making process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9453305-B2
Application number	US-201314441249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2013
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

Abstract

An in-line production method for providing a liquid flow of at least one additive in the short circulation and into the liquid flow of a paper making stock of a fiber web machine by feeding, the liquid flow of the at least one additive to the liquid flow of the short circulation, wherein a suitable amount of a microfibrillated cellulose or nanofibrillated polysaccharide is provided substantially simultaneously with the feeding of liquid flow of the at least one additive.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An in-line production method for providing a liquid flow of two or more additives in a liquid flow of a short circulation and into a liquid flow of a paper making stock of a fiber web machine by feeding the liquid flow of the additives to the liquid flow of the short circulation, wherein the method further comprises allowing the two or more additives to react with one another, wherein the method comprises crystallizing a filler, and wherein the additives are carbon dioxide and lime milk, said carbon dioxide and lime milk being fed to the short circulation
wherein

a suitable amount of a microfibrillated cellulose or nanofibrillated polysaccharide is provided substantially simultaneously with the feeding of the liquid flow of the at least two additives, such that the additives reacts or start nucleation onto the surface of cellulose or precipitate on the surface of the microfibrillated cellulose and thereby form complexes with the microfibrillated cellulose or nanofibrillated polysaccharide.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feeding into the short circulation and into the liquid flow of a paper making stock is performed by injecting the two or more additives and/or the microfibrillated cellulose into the liquid flow of the paper making stock.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the feeding into the short circulation and into the liquid flow of a paper making stock is performed by injecting at least one of the carbon dioxide, lime milk and microfibrillated cellulose into the liquid flow of the paper making stock.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the carbon dioxide, lime milk and microfibrillated cellulose are fed separately by injection.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microfibrillated cellulose is provided in the liquid flow of a paper making stock and the lime milk and carbon dioxide are fed separately or simultaneously by injection.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein lime milk and microfibrillated cellulose are mixed prior to the injection into the liquid flow of a paper making stock and the carbon dioxide is fed separately from the lime milk and microfibrillated cellulose mixture.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microfibrillated cellulose is mixed with other optional additives and the mixture is fed separately from the feeding of lime and carbon dioxide.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the injection into the liquid flow of a paper making stock is performed from one or several nozzles in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of the liquid flow of a paper making stock, and at a flow rate that is higher than that of the liquid flow of a paper making stock.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid flow of paper making stock comprises at least one of the following components: virgin pulp suspension, recycled pulp suspension, additive suspension and solids-containing filtrate.

10. An in-line production method for providing a liquid flow of two or more additives in a liquid flow of a short circulation and into a liquid flow of a paper making stock of a fiber web machine comprising:
feeding carbon dioxide into the liquid flow of the short circulation of the paper making stock of the fiber web machine;
feeding lime milk into the liquid flow of the short circulation;
providing a suitable amount of a microfibrillated cellulose, a nanofibrillated polysaccharide, or a mixture thereof into the liquid flow of the short circulation substantially simultaneously with the feeding of the carbon dioxide and the feeding of the lime milk such that the carbon dioxide and lime milk begin to crystalize onto the microfibrillated cellulose, the nanofibrillated polysaccharide or the mixture thereof, into the microfibrillated cellulose, the nanofibrillated polysaccharide or the mixture thereof, or both.

Assignees

• Stora Enso Oyj
• Wetend Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Imppola Olavi
• Matula Jouni
• Matula Jussi
• Tahkola Karri
• Heiskanen Isto
• Vakevainen Matti
• Rasanen Jari

Classifications

• D21H11/18 Primary

  Highly hydrated, swollen or fibrillatable fibres · CPC title

• D21H17/28

  Starch · CPC title

• D21H17/25

  Cellulose · CPC title

• D21H17/67

  Water-insoluble compounds, e.g. fillers, pigments · CPC title

• D21H17/74 Primary

  of organic and inorganic material · CPC title