Technology for Reject Treatment and Recovery

Technology for
Reject Treatment and Recovery
ATREX® G-series provides a highly efficient, flexible and compact process to treat the reject
flows from the paper and boars machines. This reject flow, which contains valuable minerals
and fibers, can amount from 1 up to even 4% of the total tonnage of the paper or board
production line, and is in many cases hauled to the landfill. With the ATREX® system most of
the valuable minerals and fibers can be recovered and reused in the process.
MORE THAN 95% OF THE REJECT STREAM
RECOVERED BACK TO PROCESS
FAST RETURN ON INVESTMENT
SAME PROCESS CAN BE USED TO RECOVER CLEANER REJECT, SCREEN REJECT AND
COATING EFFLUENT
STABLE OPERATION
COMPACT AND DURABLE PROCESS DESIGN
PRE-ASSEMBLED AND SKID MOUNTED. EASY
TO INSTALL
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
ACCEPT
Rejectfrom
finalcleaner
stage
Accept
recirculation
to2ndstage
DILUTION
WATER
FEED
DILUTION &
FLUSHWATER
ATREX
DISPERSER
DILUTION
TANK
Electron microscope pictures of Cleaner Reject (left) and Accept
from the Atrex process (right).
FINAL REJECT
VALUABLE RAW MATERIALS
ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Thecleanerrejectconsistsofvaluablerawmaterialsthatcanbe
reusedintheprocessaftertreatingthemwithATREX®.Especially
thepaperandboardmillsproducingcoatedgradeshavealot
ofcoatingflakesintheircurrentrejectstreams.Theheavierthe
coatingisthemorediffi
cultisdeflakingwithexistingmachinery.
Doublecoatedgradesorcoatedboardaregoodexamples.
Whenanalysingtheeconomicalimpactofthisprocessforthe
mill,onehastotakeinaccountthevalueoftherecycledraw
materialsandthesavingsofthetransportationoftherejectand
thechargesforlandfilling.Typicallytheseconsiderationsleadto
apaybacktimeof6to12months.
PRESENT STATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
Whentherejectstreamisstudiedmorecarefully,onecandetect
fractionsfromfillers,coatingflakes,residuesfromfurnishlike
fiberknotsorshivesandcontaminantslikesand.
WhenthisstreamisprocessedwithATREX®thetargetistoreach
theoriginalparticlesizedistributionofcoatingpigmentsand
fillers.Atthesametimefiberknotsaredisintegratedandshives
grinded.Ithasbeenshownthatallthefibersandmorethan
95%ofthetotalrejectstreamcanberecoveredbacktoprocess.
Thepigmentworksasfillerandtheuseofnativefillercanbe
subsequentlyreduced.
InthisprocessATREX®unitwithanadditionalcleaneris
installedafterthelast,typicallythe6thcentrifugalcleanerstage.
Theacceptoftheadditionalcleanerwillbereturnedtothe
2ndstagefeedandthereducedamountofresiduewillbethe
finalreject.Seeflowsheet.
TheATREX®processhasbeendevelopedandrunatextensive
trialsatanumberofpaperandboardmills.Thefirstunitswere
installedandstartedupinearly1999.Over50unitsarerunning
worldwide.ThereareATREX®unitsavailabletocovercapacities
upto100cubicmeters/h.Wecanoffertrialrunsatthecustomer’smillwiththetransportablepilotunits.
CONCLUSIONS
TheATREX®RejectRecoveryProcessisanenvironmentally
soundprocesstotreattherejectflowfromthefinalstageofapproachflowcentrifugalcleaners,papermachinescreenrejects
andcoatingcoloureffl
uents.Theprocessnotonlyreducesthe
amountofwastes,itturnsthemintovaluablerawmaterials.
Technical Specifications
Application:RejectRecoveryProcess
Cleaner
Atrex
G-Series
Rotor
Dia.mm
MotorPower,
kW(1500rpm)
Capacity
Flow,I/s
Capacity
Consistency,%
CD500G
CD650G
CD700G
500
650
700
1x30…75
1x90…200
1x250…400
0,5–5
3–8
5–15
0,5–15
3–20
5–20
www.megatrex.com
Telinetie9
FI-33880Lempäälä,Finland
Albia500FRB
Cleanpac700FRB
Cleanpac270SR
Cleanpac700/700LD
CellecoTwister
Capacity,
I/min
atPressure
Drop,kPa
500
630
360
630
630
120
150
150
150
175
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