Reduction efficiency prediction of CENIBRA's recovery boiler by direct minimization of gibbs free energy

The reduction efficiency is an important variable during the black liquor burning process in the Kraft recovery boiler. This variable value is obtained by slow experimental routines and the delay of this measure disturbs the pulp and paper industry customary control. This paper describes an optimiza...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Brazilian journal of chemical engineering 2008-09, Vol.25 (3), p.603-611
Main Authors: Silva, W. L., Ribeiro, J. C. T., Costa Jr, E. F.da, Costa, A. O. S.da
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The reduction efficiency is an important variable during the black liquor burning process in the Kraft recovery boiler. This variable value is obtained by slow experimental routines and the delay of this measure disturbs the pulp and paper industry customary control. This paper describes an optimization approach for the reduction efficiency determination in the furnace bottom of the recovery boiler based on the minimization of the Gibbs free energy. The industrial data used in this study were directly obtained from CENIBRA's data acquisition system. The resulting approach is able to predict the steady state behavior of the chemical composition of the furnace recovery boiler, - especially the reduction efficiency when different operational conditions are used. This result confirms the potential of this approach in the analysis of the daily operation of the recovery boiler.
ISSN:0104-6632
1678-4383
0104-6632
DOI:10.1590/S0104-66322008000300017