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Keywords : Specific water consumption; Material-liquor ratio; Soft-flow machine; Winch; Water treatment
This paper was received on July 9, 2007. Written discussion on the Finished goods
paper will be entertained till April 30, 2009. Figure 1 Water flow diagram
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8%
162.4 162
150 152.8 150.4 158
Lf / kg of product
Bleaching
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1 4 2 5 3 6 7
Units
Figure 2 Specific water consumption in the processing units Wetting,
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excess usages occurs due to the following factors.
4. Recovering the condensate from the indirect use of n overflow batch washing
steam and using it as process water. Use of steam in
n continuous washing
indirect manner helps to recover the pure condensate and
this can be used as boiler feedwater. This will reduce the Based on the system and equipment it is possible to adopt
make-up of water required for the plant. The amount of an appropriate process so that water use can be controlled.
effluent from the process also gets reduced. Moreover, in many type of operations, washwater can be
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Steam in Steam out in excessive cleanup. Poor scheduling and mix planning also
may require excessive cleanup that leads to unnecessary
Winch 600 kg
cleaning of equipment like machines and mix-tanks. Leaks
and spills should be reported and repaired promptly.
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Equipment maintenance is essential. Inappropriate work
practices waste significant amount of water. Good
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procedures and training are important. When operations are
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controlled manually, an operations audit checklist is helpful
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