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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Harri Qvintus, Glens Falls, NY (US);
Pekka Tervola, Helsinki, FI;
Ahlstrom Machinery Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method is provided by which it possible to intensify a cellulose pulp wash without requiring the purchase of additional equipment. In a washing system having a plurality of stages with a filtrate from each stage, the stages in sequence being N, N+1, etc., and each stage including filtrates F.sub.N and F.sub.N+1, etc., part of the filtrate F.sub.N (e.g. about 5-30 %) is combined with all or part of the filtrate for F.sub.N+1 to produce a combined filtrate, and the combined filtrate is fed in washing stage N as wash liquid. The part of the filtrate F.sub.N that is taken for use as wash liquid in stage N is typically from the end of the washing stage N. The process may be repeated for most of the stages of the washing system.