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US 9,447,543 · App. 14/769,764 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Arrangement for and a method of manufacturing a fibrous web

Inventor: Jouni Matula (Savonlinna, FI)
Assignee: Wetend Technologies Oy
D21F11/002C01F11/181C04B28/10D21F1/00D21H17/00
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Patent No.
US 9,447,543
App. No.
14/769,764
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a fibrous web including: preparing furnish of a thick stock component and filtrate, preparing foamed furnish by mixing a surfactant and gas into the furnish, introducing the foamed furnish to a headbox of a fiber web machine, and laying the foamed furnish on a wire or between wires of a wire section of a fiber web machine for forming the fibrous web, wherein the preparation of the foamed furnish by injecting the gas uses an injection liquid to the furnish.

Claims (25)

1. A method of manufacturing a fibrous web comprising:

preparing furnish of at least one thick stock component and filtrate,

preparing foamed furnish by mixing surfactant and gas to the furnish,

introducing the foamed furnish to a headbox of a fiber web machine, and

laying the foamed furnish on a wire or between wires of a wire section of a fiber web machine for forming a web,

wherein the preparation of the foamed furnish is performed by injecting the gas to the furnish using an injection liquid.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising providing the furnish with a surfactant by at least one of:

injecting the surfactant to the furnish using an injection liquid,

injecting the surfactant to the furnish with the gas using the injection liquid, and

introducing the surfactant to the furnish upstream of a device delivering the furnish toward the headbox.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , further comprising introducing milk of lime to the furnish and injecting carbon dioxide containing gas as the gas used for the preparation of the foamed furnish.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , further comprising at least one of:

introducing milk of lime to the furnish upstream of an injection of the gas injection,

introducing the milk of lime to the furnish together with the gas using the injection liquid,

introducing the milk of lime to furnish together with a surfactant using the injection liquid,

introducing the milk of lime to the furnish upstream of a device delivering the furnish toward the headbox, and

introducing the milk of lime or the surfactant to the injection liquid prior to the injection liquid flowing through an injection mixing station.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the introduction of the milk of lime to the furnish is by injection.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the gas used for the preparation of the foamed furnish is at least partially flue gas containing carbon dioxide.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the injection liquid is one of:

the furnish,

the furnish containing a surfactant,

the furnish containing milk of lime,

the furnish containing milk of lime, the surfactant and a filtrate, and

white water or a circulation water recovered from the fiber web machine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2015
From: MATULA, JOUNI
To: WETEND TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 036770/0737 →
Priority Claims (1)
FI 20135157 · Feb 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160002855A1 · Jan 7, 2016