Paper and Pulp Industry

Paper & Pulp Industry

Within the manufacture of paper a great deal of chemicals are utilised for increasing process efficiencies and for biological control.

In addition the process relies heavily on the use of steam within the drier sections and they will, therefore, have cooling towers which will use water which must be treated. In some paper mills they will not only have industrial effluent treatment but they will recycle water and recover fibre at various stages of the process. For example de-inking plants.

 

Paper & Pulp Industry Technical Approach & Product Recommendations
Application Chemicals Used Gee's Solution
Boiler water feed Speciality chemicals for pH correction, oxygen scavenging scale/corrosion inhibition Michael Smith Systems KB, traditional holding tank bund and dosing skid
Cooling towers Speciality chemicals for the control of Legionella and the prevention of scale and corrosion Michael Smith Systems KB, traditional bunded tanks and dosing skid
Effluent treatment Primary coagulants based on iron or aluminium salts

Polyelectrolytes/flotation aid

Anti-foams
Michael Smith Systems KB

Gemdos

Michael Smith Systems KB, bunded chemical storage tanks and dosing skids
Retention aids Polyacrylamides Gemdos and Microbatchdos and floc prep
Paper machine additives Various speciality and inorganic commodity chemicals Bunded chemical tanks and dosing skids
De-inking plant Frothing agents, coagulants and flocculants and bleaching aids

Speciality chemicals and polyelectrolytes
Bunded chemical storage tanks and dosing skids