CLEANER PRODUCTION AUDIT IN THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY:

A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM

by

Vu Tuong Anh

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of
Science

Examination Committee : Dr. C. Visvanathan (Chairman)

Mrs. Samorn Muttamara
Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh

Vu Tuong Anh

Nationality : Vietnamese
Previous Degree : B.Sc. (Chemistry)
Hanoi University
Scholarship Donor : Ecumenical Scholarship Program (ESP)

Asian Institute of Technology

Bangkok, Thailand
August, 1996
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all I would like to express my profound gratitude and sincerest

appreciation to my advisor, Dr. C. Visvanathan for his encouragement, unending support
and valuable advice throughout the study period.

My gratitude is extended to Mrs. Samorn Muttamara and Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim
Oanh for their valuable advice and kindly serving as committee members.

Appreciation is greatly extended to the Ecumenical Scholarship Program (ESP)

for providing financial support for my study at AIT, and to the DANIDA for supporting
research grant.

Sincere thanks are due to Dr. Tran Van Nhan and the Center for Environmental
Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Technology for their help and support
during my field study in Vietnam.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Mark Radka of UNEP for
providing necessary information and sharing his experience with me.

My thanks is extended to all staff in the Technical Department of the Van Diem
mill for their help in my field study in the mill.

I would like to thank all faculty, staff and friends of EEP (SERD) at AIT for their
help and cooperation.

Finally, I wish to express my extreme gratefulness to my beloved parents and my

brother for their unending love and encouragement. My sincere thanks is extended to my
husband for his helpfulness, encouragement and moral support during my research
period. I would like to dedicate this piece of work to my beloved parents.
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ABSTRACT

Van Diem Paper Mill is a small integrated paper mill that uses bagasse and waste
paper as raw material. The mill manufactures carton board, cover paper, pupil note-book
cover. It was found that upsets and spills occurred frequently as a result of the old
process. The production capacity was found to be 9 tons/day when the mill was running
normally.

Water balance, material balance and energy balance were drawn for the mill. The
water consumption on an overall basis was found to be 376 m3 per ton of product. The
suspended solid (SS) in the wastewater was 431.8 kg/ton of product. The fiber loss from
the paper machines was considerable with the value of 20.8%. The total of SS and SS70
(parameter used to assess the fiber loss of a paper mill) discharged to the Red river was
369.7 kg/ton and 211.7 kg/ton respectively.

The high concentration of alkaline vapour (0.187 mg/L) in the digestor plant was
a severe source of air pollution in the mill.

The cleaner production opportunities for the mill were studied. Stream
segregation with black liquor collection could reduce pollution load. Good-housekeeping
was especially recommended such as repairing all leakage, keeping taps closed when
they are not in use and cleaning rolls in paper machines.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE

Title Page i
Acknowledgment ii
Abstract iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Figures v
List of Tables vi
List of Illustration vii

I. INTRODUCTION
1

1.1 General 1
1.2 Objective 2
1.3 Scope and Limitation of the Study 2

II. LITERATURE REVIEW 3

2.1 General Production Process of Pulp and Paper Industry 3

2.2 Source of Water Pollution and Its Characteristic 10
2.3 Environmental Problem from Pulping Processes 11
2.4 Raw Material for Pulping 12
2.5 Cleaner Production for Small Pulp and Paper Mills 15
2.6 An Overview of the Pulp and Paper Industry in Vietnam and Related
Environmental Issues 16
2.7 Bench Marks in Pulp and Paper Industry 17

III. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE RESEARCH SITE

3.1 General Information 19

3.2 Production Processing 19
3.3 Existing Water Supplied 22
3.4 Existing Wastewater System 22
3.5 Existing Fiber Recovery Unit 26
3.6 Working Environment and Environmental Issues of the Mill 26
3.7 Energy Consumption 26

IV. METHODOLOGY

4.1 Study Program 30

4.2 Data Collection 30
4.3 Inplant Monitoring 30
4.4 Material Balance and Energy Balance 30
 4.5 Water Balance 30

4.5.1 Water Supplied Measurement 30

4.5.2 Wastewater Measurement 31
4.5.3 Sampling 32
4.5.4 Water and Wastewater Characterization 33

4.6 Fiber Recovery Unit Study 33

4.7 Physical Agents in Working Environment

4.7.1 Noise Measurement 33
4.7.2 Particulate Matter 36

V RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

5.1 Bench Mark of Pulp and Paper Mill 38

5.1.1 Raw Water Used in the Pulp and Paper Mill 38
5.1.2 Wastewater from Production Process 39
5.1.3 Energy Consumption of the Mill 40

5.2 Waste Auditing of Pulp and Paper Mill 40

5.2.1 Unit Operation of the Mill 40
5.2.2 Water Consumption 42
5.2.3 Accounting for Total Wastewater 44
5.2.4 Evaluating Material Balance 48
5.2.5 Summary 52

5.3 Energy Auditing of the Mill 53

5.3.1 Energy Consumption 53
5.3.2 Summary 54

5.4 Fiber Recovery Unit Study 54

5.4.1 Wastewater Quality and Fiber Recovery Efficiency
54
5.4.2 Determination of Settleable Solid of the Effluent 55

5.5 Noise and Air Pollution in the Work Environment 56

5.5.1 Noise 57
5.5.2 Particulate Matter 55

5.6 Identification for Cleaner Production Oppotunities 58

5.6.1 Causes of Waste Generation 58
5.6.2 Cleaner Production Oppotunities 59

5.7 Options of Cleaner Production Opportunities 60

IV CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 Water and Energy of the Mill 64

6.2 Noise and Air Pollution in the Mill 65
6.3 Recommendation on Cleaner Production Opportunities 65

REFERENCES
APPENDICES
 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE TITLE PAGE

2.1 Simplified Diagram of Pulp and Paper Process 4

2.2 Flowchart of Mechanical Pulping Process 5
2.3 Sulphite Pulping Process 7
2.4 Semichemical Pulping Process 9
2.5 Cleaner Production Techniques 15
3.1 Location of the Van Diem Paper Mill
20
3.2 Layout of the Van Diem Paper Mill 21
3.3 Simplified Diagram of Pulp and Paper Production of the Mill 23
3.4 Pulp Production Diagram of the Mill 24
3.5 Paper Production Diagram of the Mill 25
3.6 Water Supplied System of the Mill 26
3.7 Wastewater Drainage System of the Mill 27
3.8 Steam Distribution System of the Mill 29
4.1 General Methodology Outline
31
4.2 Flowrate Measurement Equipment 32
4.3 Wastewater Sampling Points and Wastewater Flow
Measurement Points 33
4.4 Raw Water Sampling Points and Water Supplied Flow
Measurement Points 34
4.5 Settleable Solid Measurement Using Imhoff Cone 37
4.6 Sound Level Meter Used for Noise Measurement 37
 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE PAGE

2.1 Typical Analytical results for Pulp and Paper Mill Waste 10
2.2 Chemical Composition and Fiber Dimension of Agricultural Residue-based
and Wood Based Raw Material 13
2.3 Wash Filter Loading and Dewatering Properties of Various Sulphate
and Soda Pulp 14
2.4 Bench Marks for Pulp and Paper Production 17
2.5 Wastewater Pollution Load in Agricultural Residue-based Mill 18
4.1 Analytical Parameters, Locations and Methods Used during the Study 35
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ABBREVIATION

BL : Black Liquor
BOD : Biochemical Oxygen Demand
COD : Chemical Oxygen Demand
Cond. : Conductivity
CP : Cleaner Production
I : Investment Costs
kg/ton : kg/ton of product
L : Litre
L/s : Litre per second
Lpm : Litre per minute
P : Pay Back Period
PM : Paper Machine
RM : Raw Material Preparation
S : Saving Money
SS : Suspended Solid
SS70 : Suspended Solid (filter 70 µm)
Temp. : Temperature
TS : Total Solid
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1. General

Paper is becoming an essential commodity of today’s society. The pulp and paper
industry has been growing with demand of paper. The capita consumption has also been
steadily increasing over the world.

The pulp and paper industry is considered as one of the major potential sources
of pollution in the environment. There are two segments, pulping and paper making in
the manufacturing process. Pulping is the major source of environmental pollution.
Black liquor from chemical pulping processes is the most significant and troublesome
source of pollution. Effluent from these pulping processes contains chemicals which are
known to cause damage to the flora and fauna . Also, bottom deposits of lignin cellulose
material near the point of discharge undergoes slow decomposition that leads to
depletion of dissolved oxygen in the receiving body.

The raw materials for pulp production are those containing cellulose fibers. They
are divided into two main types: wood and non-wood materials. Environmental problems
on a global scale of deforestation is occurring. Therefore, using non-wood fiber material
for paper production is encouraging. Although non-wood fibrous raw material based
account for only about 5% of the raw material for pulp and paper manufacture today it is
one of the major sources of fibrous raw material for many developing countries
(GIERTZ, 1993). Agricultural residues are the most important raw materials of non-
wood group that were used in agriculture countries.

In developing countries, the small scale mills are more popular than large ones.
Small scale mills usually cause high level of environmental pollution because of
outdated technologies, poor operational and maintenance practices and others. On the
other hand agricultural residues are especially suitable for small scale mills as their raw
materials. However, using agricultural residues satisfies in terms of reducing the burden
on forest wood, it has its adverse environmental impacts in term of pollutant discharge.

Pulp and paper production is an important contributor to the economy of many

nations. In Vietnam, the industry accounted for 1.8 per cent of the output value of the
manufacturing sectors. Despite its increase in production capacity, it has not met the
domestic consumption demand.

The utilization of sugar cane bagasse as raw material for the pulp and paper
industry needs some attention in sugar cane producing countries such as Vienam. It
contributes to reducing deforestation as well as using by-product from the sugar industry.
However, small paper mills using sugar cane bagasse as raw material have caused
environmental pollution at high levels.
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Therefore, cleaner production study in the small mill using sugar cane bagasse as
raw material for pulp and paper production is useful in terms of economy as well as
environmental protection aspect.

An essential step in implementing cleaner production is waste audit as it gives a

comprehensive look at production process to facilitate the understanding of material
flows and to show pollution sources within the process. A waste audit points out the
points specific area where pollution reduction may be achieved and helps to implement
maximum resource optimization and improved process performance (UNEP/IEO and
UNIDO,1991).

This study investigated the current environmental status of a pulp and paper mill
in small scale in Vietnam and recommended cleaner production practices for the mill.

2. Objectives

The objectives of the study are:

1. To identify and evaluate sources and causes of waste generation of the pulping
and paper making processes with a view to find out the extent of all
environmental pollution problems, major focus on waste stream.

2. To determine the quantity and characteristic of wastewater discharges in pulp and

paper mill which use non-wood material as raw material.

3. To identify possibilities to conserve water and to minimize pollution load.

4. To recommend cleaner production practices to the mill.

3. Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study was limited only to a small scale pulp and paper industry using sugar
cane bagasse as raw material.

Initial investigation of environmental status of the mill included water, air and
noise pollution but the major task focused on wastewater.

The study on implementing cleaner production was concentrated on process

effluent reduction and recovery as well as recycling rather than the process modification.
 CHAPTER II

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 General Production Process of Pulp and Paper Industry

The manufacture of paper can be divided into two phases: the pulping and the
paper making. In the pulping phase the cellulose raw material must be processed to free
fibers with suitable properties for paper product. The paper making is the continuous
process consisting of forming slurried pulp in sheet form then pressing, drying,
calendering.

The simplified flow diagram of pulp and paper production process is shown in
Figure 2.1.

2.1.1 Pulping

The pulping process can be divided into three categories: chemical pulping,
mechanical pulping, and semi-chemical pulping (combination of two above categories).

Mechanical pulping

Mechanical pulp is produced by grinding or shredding the wood or non-wood

materials to free the fibers. In addition heat and pressure may be applied to assist the
process. Mechanical pulping provides low grade pulps with high color and short fibers,
but with a high yield converting 95% of the wood into pulp and produces minimal on-site
air pollution and relatively water loads (ANONYMOUS 1981). The mechanical pulping
process is presented in Figure 2.2.

1) Stone Groundwood Pulping

The first grinders were built by Voith in 1852. In this method logs of wood are
ground against a stone wheel to produce clumps of fiber. Stone groundwood does have
some favourable characteristics : low energy costs and high fines content which is
desirable for printing characteristics.

2) Refiner pulping

The first attempt to use disc refiners to produce mechanical pulps was
made in the 1950's. This demonstrated that it was possible to produce pulp which was
stronger than stone groundwood (Mc CUBBIN, 1984). Thermo-mechanical pulping
(TMP) process was developed.
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This technique involves presteaming of chips for a short period, typically about
three minutes, at a 110-130oC and 150-210kPa and then performing the first stage of
refining under pressure (Mc CUBBIN, 1984).

3) Pressurized Groundwood

Pressurized Groundwood (PGW) is a relatively new development. It is similar to

the stone groundwood process but logs is ground under pressure. Generally speaking, the
production of mechanical pulps has been limited to the use of soft woods preferably
spruce, balsam and hemlock and , to a lesser extent, jack pine(due to a lower pulp
quality). TMP has pulp yield of approximately 94% and the published data on BOD
discharge varies from about 15 kg/t to 35 kg/t.(MCCUBBIN, 1984)

Mechanical pulping provides a short pulp fiber due to the considerable fiber
damage caused by grinding.

Chemical pulping

Chemical pulping is done by digesting to free fibers from the wood chips, non-
wood materials such as bamboo, straw, grass, cotton, in chemical solutions that help to
dissolve the lignin binding material. Pulp yield is normally in the range of 35 to 57% and
about 95% of the lignin is removed in pulping (MCCUBBIN, 1983). Chemical pulps may
be subdivided into Kraft (sulphate), sulphite, semi-chemical and soda.

Soda pulping

The soda pulping was the first chemical process applied in pulp manufacture. In
the process, sodium hydroxide is used as cooking liquor with adding a mixture of soda
ash (Na2CO3) and lime Ca(OH)2 to the digester. This process is most suitable for
agricultural residues pulping (PALMER et al., 1983).

Sulphite Pulping Process

The sulphite pulping process is one of the major pulping methods. This process is
most suitable for non-resinous softwood. In this method, the fibre-binding lignin is
softened and dissolved to a considerable extent in a solution containing dissolved SO2,
hydrogen sulphite ions with pH value between 1.5-12. Depending on the cooking degree,
the yield varies from 45 to 65%, but normally the yield is about 50% for standard non-
bleached pulps. If the pulp is bleached, another 4 to 5% of the original wood weight may
be lost in the process. (ANONYMOUS, 1982). An advantage of the kraft pulping
process is the possibility of recovering both process chemicals and the heat content of the
dissolved lignin. One drawback is that the process results in pulps with a high kappa
number which thus require bleaching for many applications. The sulphite pulping
process is illustrated in Figure 2.3.

3/ Kraft Pulping Process

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Kraft pulping, first used in 1879, is a modification of the caustic soda process in
that sodium sulphite (Na2S) is added to the cooking liquor. The presence of caustic soda
in the cooking liquor is suitable for use of practically all wood species. Sodium sulphate
is on

duty of buffering, that digestion can be implemented at a lower OH- ion concentration.
Thus damage to the fibers is reduced and high strength pulps is produced (UNEP, 1977)

4/ Semi-chemical Pulping

In this process the pulping of wood raw material pulp is obtained by a series of
chemical and mechanical wood treatments. The main semi-chemical pulping process are:

• Neutral sulphite, in which the active chemical is sodium sulphite, sufficient alkali
( usually sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate) is used to keep the
digestion liquor alkaline.
• Cold soda, in which chips are soaked for several hours in sodium hydroxide at
atmospheric pressure without heating.

The simplified flow sheet of semi-chemical pulping process is presented in Figure 2.4.

5/ Other processes

According to PALMER (1983) recognizing the difficulties of using established

processes on a small scale, a number of alternative processes are being developed which
are claimed to be specially suitable for small-scale operation either because they are
non-polluting (in at least one case it is claimed that digestion liquor can be used
as fertilizer) or because the recovery process is relatively simple. Examples of these
processes are:

• Ammonia-based pulping.
• Oxygen (air) and alkali processes.
• Universal process (acid based).

2.1.2 Paper making

In the paper making process pulp is converted into paper. Normally, the process
consists of four main steps: stock preparation, sheet preparation, water removal and sheet
finishing. Pulp in the stock is heated and mixed. Some different chemicals and fillers
like alum, clay, and starch are added to the pulp stock for enhancement of certain paper
properties. Next, the pulp is evenly distributed over a travelling belt of fine wire
screening, and carried to rolls. A small portion of the water contained in the pulp passes
through the screen, while the longer fiber are laid down on the wire , pressed through a
series of rolls then air dried in a steam-heated dryer section. After drying, the sheet may
be surface treated and then finished. A considerable portion of the fine fibers and some
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fillers also pass through the screen wire with water . Because of its colour, this
wastewater is called "white water". The main sources of waste from paper mills are
beaters and paper machines.

2.2 Sources of Water Pollution and Its Characteristics

The pulp and paper industry is one of the largest water- using industries, not only
in terms of the volume specific water use, but also in terms of the volume of output.

The sources of the wastewater in the pulp and paper industry come from chipping,
pulping, rinsing, chemical recovery, bleaching and paper making process ( STOLL,
1995).

NEMEROW (1978) reviewed the major origins and characteristics of wastes from
different pulping processes and paper making. Since different types of pulping processes
generate somewhat different wastes, each type should be considered separately . Typical
analytical results of different types of pulp and paper wastes are presented in Table 2.1

Table 2.1 Typical analytical results for pulp and paper mill waste
(NEMEROW, 1978)

Product BOD, mg/L Suspended solid, mg/L

Pulp

Groundwood 645
Soda 110 1720
Sulphate (kraft) 123
Sulphite 443

Miscellaneous paper

No bleach 19 452
With bleach 24 156
Paperboard 121 660
Strawboard 965 1790
Deinking used paper 300

The characteristics of pulp and paper industry effluents causing environmental

problem are suspended solid, representing undissolved substances including lignin and
hemicellulose, which are not biodegradable (persistent) and high COD in the wastewater.
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Toxicity of pulp and paper mill effluent may be caused by sulphur compounds
introduced into the pulping process, dissolved organic compounds of the raw materials,
resin and fatty acids and some cases heavy metal ( which are used for wood preservation
or raising paper quality). More recent questions have been raised regarding chlorinated
dioxins, formed during the bleaching process, that effect water quality for human
consumption and other purposes (GELLMAN, 1988).
Colour and turbidity of effluents cause aesthetic problems. Colour of the pulp and
paper industry's wastewater is caused mainly by lignins of the wood as well as in some
cases by dye.

2.3 Environmental Problems from Pulp and Paper Production

Preparation of Fibrous Raw Material

There are two types of fibrous raw materials: wood and non-wood material. The
wood material preparation at mill site include weighing, storage, washing, debarking and
chipping. The debarking method and equipment is determined by the type of wood, the
pulping process, the pulp quality and the debarking capacity. The major source of water
pollution from the wood preparation is debarking, specially when wet debarking is used.
The effluent contains large amounts of dissolved as well as suspended pollutants. In
general, wood has to be washed before chipping to prevent damaging the knives by sand
and other impurities. Therefore, the wastewater from the process contains coarse
materials.

For the non-wood material (such as bagasse, bamboo, reed, or cereal and rice
straw) preparation, the major source of water pollution is crushing and chipping
(bamboo), depithing (bagasse), wet cleaning (rice straw).

Pulping

In this stage, either mechanical or chemical methods are used to produce fibers.
In the chemical method , fibrous raw material is treated with chemical cooking liquor
which used to dissolve most of lignin and liberate the fibers. The effluent is called black
liquor containing lignin and hemicellulose as well as toxic waste material like dimethyl
sulphite, methyl mercaptan etc. The wastewater is highly polluted with brown color and
high COD. Bottom deposits of lignin cellulosic materials near the discharge point will
lead to a DO depletion at the discharge point.

Washing and Screening

From an environmental point of view the pulp rinsing after the cooking is one of
the most important operations in a pulp mill. The rinsing operation aims to separate pulp
fiber from spent cooking liquor that contains inorganic cooking chemicals and organic
substances dissolved from the fibrous raw materials. A thorough washing, that leaves a
low residue of black liquor in the washed pulp is also decisive for the amount of polluting
discharges from the following process department, i.e. screening and bleaching.
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The screening operation which remove knots, shives, and other impurities is
usually integrated in the washing system. The water used for dilution in the screens is
discharged together with fiber losses and dissolved substance(PER ALSEFELT et al.,
1991).

Bleaching

In order to obtain good properties like white and strong paper it must remove
remaining lignin and resinous bark as well as knot particles. This process is called
bleaching. The effluent of kraft pulp mill affects spinal deformation in fourhorn sculpin.
The changes of skeletal composition and strength show a disturbance in the metabolism
and onto genetic growth of fish (BENGTSSON, 1988).

SODERGREN (1993) indicated that there are two general types of bleaching
sequences: C-E-H-D-E-D and oxygen delignification O-D-EPO-D-EP-D (O=oxygen,
C=chlorine, D=chlorine dioxide, H=hypochlorite, E=alkaline extraction, P=hydrogen
peroxide). The effluent from a bleaching plant contains large amount of lignin-related
chlorinated compounds which have a negative impact on environment in receiving area
and further more they are "persistent"/ or degrade very slowly. The effluent of bleached
pulp affects the diversity, biomass and distribution of fish, invertebrates and plants
(SODERGREN et al.1989)

BONSOR et al. (1988) reported that kraft mill effluent interacts with a low DO
(dissolved oxygen) content and produces synergism effect.

2.4 Raw Material for Pulp Production

The fibrous raw materials can be classified as follows:

Wood
• Softwood (spruce, pine, fir, hemlock etc.)
• Hardwood (birch, eucalyptus, mixed tropical hardwoods etc.)
Non-wood
• Agricultural and other residues such as straw from cereals, rice and sorghum
as well as sugar cane bagasse
• Naturally grown plants such as bamboo, reeds, papyrus, esparto and other
grasses
• Crops primary grown for their fibers content such as juite, hemp, kenaft,
ramie, flax (bast or stem fibers); abaca or Manila hemp, sisal (leaf fibers);
cotton (seed hair)

Of these, bagasse, reed, bamboo, cereal (wheat, rye) and rice straw are the most
important non-wood fiber raw materials for paper making.
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Non-wood raw materials

The chemical composition does not differ much between different types of non-
wood fiber and the lignin content is largely the same as that of hardwood. The cellulose
content and the fibers length vary relatively little between the wood based and non-wood
based raw materials. However, the ash content of agricultural residues is much higher
than that of the wood based raw materials.

Chemical characteristics and fiber dimension of different raw materials including

hardwood (common raw material for large mills) and non-wood (raw material for small
mills) are given in Table 2.2

Table 2.2 Chemical Composition and Fiber Dimension of Agricultural Residues and
Wood Based Raw Materials (PANNEERSELVAM, 1988)

Raw Material Cellulose Lignin Ash Fiber Length Fiber Diameter

(Alpha) (%) (%) (%) (Av. mm) (Av. µm)

Rice straw 28-41 10-17 14-22 1.5 9

Wheat straw 30-40 16-20 4-11 1.5 13
Bagasse 26-39 19-22 1-5 1.6 20
Reeds 33-43 18-23 3-6 1.2 12
Hardwoods 35-49 22-32 0.5-3 1.0 17-32
Softwoods 41-44 25-28 0.4 3.5 35-40

Non-wood fibers are easy to be delignified by chemical pulping. It is noted that

non-wood fiber are delignified much faster than wood. This can be explained by the
reason of the more open structure of the fiber tissue. (UNEP,1986)

GIERTZ (1993) reported that the most widely used pulping method for non-wood
raw materials are the soda and the sulphate processes. These processes have a
relatively short cooking cycle either applied in continuous or in a batch system. This
means the digester volume can be rather small.

Bagasse fairly resembles hardwood in chemical composition and this is reflected

in the yield which is largely the same as that of hardwood but not in cooking time.
Generally speaking, further processing in the fiber production line such as screening,
bleaching and drying is largely the same for the non-wood fibers as for wood.

a) Advantages of non-wood pulp:

Non-wood raw materials are cheap.

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Non-wood fibers are delignified much faster than wood. The material is
satisfactorily delignified and the pulp obtained is of high quality and can be easily
bleached to an acceptable brightness .

The cooking time of non-wood raw material is shorter than that of the hardwood.
Therefore the bagasse cooking time is very short with low alkali requirements and results
in a pulp with low yield.

b) Disadvantages of non-wood pulping

- Preparation of fibrous raw material

The problem lies in the preparation of fibrous raw material including collection,
transportation, and storage. These are bulky material. One important thing to note is its
seasonal delivery. They might deteriorate during storage. The dust loads in the handling,
storage and cleaning of bagasse, bamboo and straw is high.

-Washing
The design of washing equipment has to be more elaborate than for wood pulps
due to a slow drainage property of non-wood pulps. This is illustrated in the Table 2.3

Table 2.4 Wash filter loadings and dewatering properties of various sulphate and
soda pulps (UNEP, 1986)

Pulp type Wash filter loading Freeness* o SR

t 100/m2d

Softwood 5-7 12-13

Hardwood

birch 4-6 15-16

eucalyptus globulus 6-9

Bagasse 2-4 20-25

Bamboo 4 14-16
Rice straw 1.5-2 40
Wheat straw 0.5-2 30

o SR is degree Schopper Riegler (unit for pulp freeness which represents drainage
of property of fiber)

* Assuming chemical pulp yields and no refining

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Chemical recovery
In comparison with wood pulping, chemical recovery in non-wood pulping have
some drawbacks:

♦ High content of silica which dissolve in the black liquor as silicate that lead to
serious scaling during evaporation. The concentrations of silica in different raw
materials are reviewed: rice straw (10-13%), bamboo (4-6% ), soft wood (0.8-2%)
(UNEP 1981).
♦ High viscosity
♦ Low heat value because of lower lignin content and higher carbohydrates content

2.5 Cleaner Production for Small Non-wood Pulp and Paper Mill

2.5.1 Cleaner Production

United Nations Environment Program defines Cleaner Production as following

(NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL NPC, 1996)

Cleaner Production is the continuous application of an intergrated preventive

environmental strategy to processes and products to reduce risk to humans and the
environment.
-For production process, Cleaner Production includes conserving raw materials
and energy, eliminating toxic raw materials, and reducing the quantity and toxicity of all
emissions and wastes before they leave a process.
Cleaner Production techniques are shown in Figure 2.5

CLEANER PRODUCTION
TECHNIQUES

SOURCE PRODUCT
RECYCLING
REDUCTION MODIFICATION

GOOD PROCESS
HOUSEKEEPING CHANGE

Figure 2.5 Cleaner Production Techniques (NPC, 1995)

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The very essential step in implementing cleaner production is waste audit. This
management tool has been developed to respond to the new environmental management
philosophy that of waste prevention and reduction.

In UNEP(1991) it is reported that a waste audit enable one to take a

comprehensive look at a site or process to facilitate one's understanding of material flows
and to focus one's attention on areas where waste reduction and therefore cost saving is
possible.

2.5.2 Cleaner Production for Small Non-wood Pulp and Paper Mill

It is noted that in the case of small pulp mills a chemical recovery system is
uneconomical.

PANNERSELVAM, (1988) suggested certain simple pollution abatement

measures for small mills. Such internal process modifications are less capital intensive
and the small mills can more easily afford them, particularly when the associated
benefits are considered.
Water conservation is performed by using intermittent high pressure, high volume
showers or continuous high pressure, low volume showers for felt shower. Felt showers
provide water for paper machine at the time paper mat is sent to press rolls. It is
necessary to develop appropriate inexpensive fiber recovery systems to promote the fiber
recovery among small mill.

It is uneconomical for the small mill to run a conventional chemical recovery

system. Thus it is essential to develop an alternative simple inexpensive chemical
recovery method. In tropical countries with very high solar intensity, the feasibility of
separating the black liquor and increasing its solid content in a series of solar
evaporation ponds should be considered (PANNERSELVAM, 1988)

2.6 An Overview on the Pulp and Paper Industry in Vietnam and Related
Environmental Issues

2.6.1 Overview on Pulp and Paper Industry

The number of pulp and paper mill and designed capacity of existing enterprise
establishment in Vietnam are presented in Table 1- and Table -2 Appendix A,
respectively.
The largest mill is Vinh Phu Paper Union (BAPACO) with a production capacity of
55,000 tons per year (t/y). The two intergrated pulp and paper mills Tan Mai
(COGIVINA) and COGIDO with production capacities of 45,000 t/y and 15,000 t/y
respectively are ranked after BAFACO. The other mill are small with capacity varying
from 300 t/y to 10,000 t/y. At present, there has 9 key-mills which produce 65% of total
paper production of the industry. The general information of these mill is shown in Table
-3 Appendix A.
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The major pulping process in Vietnam is the soda. The soda pulping process is
mainly applied for mills which use non-wood as raw material. This method is applied to
produce more than 50% of the pulp production. The pulping methods used in BAPACO,
COGIVINA and COGIDO are Kraft, thermo-mechanical and modified soda (cooking
liquor is sodium adding 1% of sulphur) respectively.

SANH (1996) reported that pulp and paper industry is still in small scale with
capacity of 3 kg per capita per year. In 1995, pulp and paper production reached 120,000
tons and 200,000 tons respectively. Paper demand has increased in Vietnam. It is
estimated that paper demand will be around 500,000-700,000 tons by the year 2000 (an
increasing of 2.5-3 times).
2.6.2 The Related Environmental Issues

Most of the pulp and paper mills in Vietnam are in small scale. It is uneconomical
if chemical recovery systems are applied in small mill (with capacity less than 50,000
t/y). Therefore, all the pulp and paper mills have no chemical recovery system except for
BAPACO. Pollution control facilities for the industry are very poor. There are some
environmental researches on pulp and paper industry in Vietnam. TRUNG (1990) studied
the reuse of black liquor from pulp production to produce construction material
(concrete). This kind of additive makes stress intensity of cement increasing to 1.5-3
times and reduces 5-10% of water consumption in concrete production.

KIM OANH (1994) did a wastewater management in BAPACO. The study

showed that the effluent of this intergrated kraft pulp and paper mill is mildly acute toxic.
A monitoring program for environmental audit of the pulp and paper mill was proposed.

DAN (1990) carried out experiments on wastewater treatment of Long Binh pulp
and paper mill. Physical treatment method (sedimentation), physico-chemical method
(neutralization, coagulation, absorbed filtration) and biological method (water hyacinth
pond) were studied. The results showed that 80-90% of can be removed by settling
method, color and turbidity can be decreased by coagulation method with alum coagulant
(140 mg/L) and 90% of COD and 80% of lignin was removed in water hyacinth pond.

2.7 Bench Marks in Pulp and Paper Industry

WHO, (1993) indicated a bench mark in order to assess the waste discharge of
pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturing as in Table 2.4

Table 2.4 Bench mark for Pulp and Paper Production (WHO, 1993)

BOD 5 TSS
Manufacture Unit (U) Waste Volume Kg/U kg/U
m3/U
Pulp mills tn of product
Wood Pulp tn of product
Mechanical tn of product
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Sulfate(Kraft) tn of product 61.3 31 18

Sulfite tn of product 92.4 130 26
Semi chemical tn of product 47 27 12.5
Paper mills
Newsprint paper tn of product 190 7.5 2
Kraft coarse paper tn of product 125 5.5 10.5
Cigarette paper tn of product 100 11.5 37.5
Paperboard/Simple tn of product 200 15 30
finish tn of product 10.5 6.5
Graphic paper

Wastewater pollution load of pulp mill section, paper machine and combined
these of agicultural residue-based mill is presented in Table 2.7. The total requirement of
raw water is about 200-300 m3.

Table 2.5: Wastewater Pollution Load in agricutural residue-based mill

(CHANDAK et al., 1993)

Parameter Pulp mill Paper machine Factory

section combined

Wastewater flow rate (m3/t) 110-168 60-80 162-230

BOD (kg/t) 128-210 27-41 161-245
COD (kg/t) 705-1140 80-140 865-1215
TSS (kg/t) 118-262 61-109 192-362
TS (kg/t) 872-1292 205-394 993-1408
 CHAPTER III

BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE RESEARCH SITE

3.1 General Information

Van Diem Paper Mill is a small paper mill. It was established in 1962 at Phu
Minh district Ha Tay province. The mill is bordered by the Red river dike in the East and
a Sugar Mill in the South. Figure 3.1 and Figure A-1 in Appendix A shown the location
of Van Diem Paper mill. The layout of the mill is shown in Figure 3.2. It shows the
location of office, digestor house, depithing house, paper processing, finishing, fiber
recovery unit, sedimentation unit for water supply and bagasse storage ground area.

Products of the mill are carton board, cover paper and pupil note-book cover. All
of them are unbleached products. The designed capacity is 3000 tons product per year. In
1995 the capacity was 2700 tons of paper.

The mill uses sugar cane residue bagasse as raw material based for pulp
production. Bagasse is bought from neighbour Sugar Mill and transported to bagasse
storage ground of the mill through a belt conveyer.

The mill has 300 employees. Generally, production activities are carried out in 3
shifts (24 hours per day). During the month of December, the mill is closed for machine
maintenance.

3.2 Production Processing

Production process of the mill is changed depending on raw material state. The
main raw material of the mill is bagasse which is supplied seasonally. During the sugar
cane season, bagasse is transported from the sugar cane mill on belt conveyers to
material storage site of the pulp mill. It has moisture content of 50%. Bagasse is
incubated in ponds to reduce chemical consumed in cooking process. Rest of the bagasse
is heap up in trapezium form on the ground when the ponds are full. Therefore, there are
two periods of production. From January to May (sugar cane season) the mill uses
bagasse which is not incubated. The bagasse is depithed before cooking. In the rest time,
the incubated bagasse is used without depithing. Incubated bagasse consumes less caustic
soda than unincubated bagasse. In the first period, bagasse is fed into depithing machine
where it is cut into small pieces. The piths are carried away by air blower into a pipe
going outside.

The depithed bagasse is transported to the spherical digestors, where caustic soda
solution (white liquor ) with a concentration of 120g/L, water and steam is added. The
digestors are turn round with a speed of 2.5 circles per minute. The delignifying is carried
out at approximately 110-125oC and at a pressure of 2.5 atm. The cooking is performed
by a batch process and the cooking time is 5 hours. Charging and discharging takes
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Railway

Figure 3.1 Location of the Van Diem Paper Mill

 Fiber Recovering Unit

Sedimentation Unit
Bagasse
D Ground
C PM 3 5 B B B D
Office P

station
Pump
D
Office D Depithing
D House
C PM 1 B B P D
SUMP

Red River
P
Store C PM 2 5 5 B B B B B
3 1 Sedimentation
Store 2

Toilet
4 Steam Boiler
Garage

Dyke
Entrance

PM Paper Machine 1 Wastewater Pump Station

B Beater 2 Water Supplied Pump Station
P Pump 3 Belt Conveyor of Bagasse
D Digester 4 Water Treatment for Steam Boiler
C Cutting 5 Dilution Tank

Figure 3.2 Layout of the Van Diem Paper Mill

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1 hour and 0.5 hour, respectively. Spent liquor and pulp are sent to washing bath. In this
washing stage ligninand remaining chemicals are removed. The depithed pulp is
transported to the storage tank then pumped to a beater. Waste paper and water are added
into beater. Here pulp and waste paper is beaten into fine fiber. Then it is transported to a
sedimentation tank where sand and other coarse materials are removed owing to slope of
the tank bottom. Rosin and aluminum sulfate are added in beating stage and during the
production of pupil note-book cover paper dye is also added.

After beating, pulp is sent to a tank for dilution to a consistency of 0.3%. and
finally fed to three paper machines through a head box. Then pulp is passed through a
refiner where sand is removed. Next, pulp is distributed over a traveling belt of fine wire
screening where paper mat is created. The paper mat then pass through press rolls and to
the vacuum box to remove water and pass drying roll where paper is dried indirectly by
steam. Finally paper comes to paper rolls. Paper then is cut and becomes finished
products.

A simplified diagram of pulp and paper production process, pulp production,

paper production of the mill are presented in Figure 3.3, Figure 3.4, Figure 3.5
respectively.

3.3 Existing Water Supply System

Raw water used in this mill is taken from Red river. It is pumped from the river
into two natural sedimentation tanks then pumped into the mill. There are 3 pumps with
capacity of 100m3 per hour. Normally, only one pump is used. This water is used, in all
processes, except for the water used in steam boiler and domestic purpose, it is treated
with alum and de-hardness is obtained by using chemicals. The treated water is also
pump to staff housing for domestic used.

Currently, the amount of water consumption in the mills is not monitored. Water
supply system is shown in Figure 3.6

3.4 Existing wastewater system

Wastewater drainage system of the mill is presented in Figure 3.7. There are two
wastewater stream: 1. the storm water and domestic wastewater run around the mill wall
then come to channel outside the mill; 2. the wastewater from the process is collected
into a sump from which wastewater is pump to Red river. A part of wastewater flows
through a fiber recovery unit before going to the sump. In many parts drain is
underground. The wastewater from staff housing is discharged directly to the cannal
located outside the mill.

Currently, the wastewater characteristic in the mill is not monitored

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RAW MATERIAL
PREPARATION Depithing Solid Waste

PULP MAKING Gas emission

Digestion Black Liquor

Washing Wastewater

PAPER MAKING Beating Wastewater

Dilution

Paper Machine Wastewater

Finishing Waste Paper

PAPER

H2O, Steam, Electricity Boiler Flue Gas

Utilities Boiler Ash (Coal Dust)

Figure 3.3 Simplified Diagram of Pulp and Paper Process

in Van Diem Paper Mill
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INPUT PROCESS STEP WASTE STREAM

Bagasse

Air Dust (Sugar cane pith)

Electricity Depithing Spillage of bagasse in conveying

Caustic soda Wastewater (black liquor)

NaOH 12% Spherical
Water Digester Flue gas from digester
Steam (NaOH steam, H2S, CH3SH)

Wastewater
Water Washing
Spillage

To Paper Plant

Figure 3.4 Pulp Production Diagram of the Van Diem Mill

 Fiber Recovering Unit

Toilet

Sedimentation Unit
Bagasse
D Ground
C PM 3 5 B B B D
P

station
Pump
Office
D
Office D Depithing
D House
C PM 1 B B P D
SUMP

Red River
P
C PM 2 5 5 B B B B B
3 1
Store
Sedimentation
Store 2

Toilet
S 4 Steam Boiler
Garage

Staff Housing

Dyke
Entrance

PM Paper Machine 1 Wastewater Pump Station S Sedimentation Unit

B Beater 2 Water Supply Pump Station Domestic Water Pipeline System
P Pump 3 Belt Conveyor of Bagasse
D Digester 4 Water Treatment for Steam Boiler
C Cutting 5 Dilution Tank
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3.5 Existing Fiber Recovery Unit

Fiber recovery unit is a simple sedimentation unit. Its dimension is shown in

Figure B-1 AppendixB. Wastewater flows naturally through the unit before come to
collection

well. The fiber is settled then recovered fiber is used for cover paper production.

3.6 Working Environment and Environmental Issues of the Mill

In general, the working environment of the mill is not clean. Sugar cane pith dust
from depithing unit, fly ash and coal dust surrounding steam boiler, especially black
liquor and caustic soda steam from cooking unit are the major environmental problems .
Based on production process data, the significant environmental pollutants in the mill can
be classified
as follows:
- Wastewater
- Solid waste
- Noise
- Dust

3.7 Energy Consumption

The two major energy forms consumed in the mill are steam and electricity. There
are two boilers for producing steam with a capacity of 4 tons of steam per hour. The
steam distribution system is shown in Figure 3.8. These boilers use coal as fuel for steam
production. Steam is supplied to cooking units and paper machines. Only one boiler is
operated during the other break down.

Electricity is supplied to unit operations of production process, utilities, and

domestic using.
- Production process (raw material preparation, pulp mill, paper mill)
- Utilities (steam boiler room, electro-mechanical workshop, wood
workshop, lighting)
- Domestic using (using in office and worker living quater).
The average electricity demand of the factory is 200,000-250,000 kW per month.
Electricity loading for the mill is shown in Table 1- Appendix B
 Fiber Recovering Unit

Toile

Sedimentation Unit
Bagasse
D Ground
C PM 3 5 B B B D
Office P

station
Pump
D
Office D Depithing
D House
B B P
C PM 1 D
P SUMP

Red River
C 5 5 B B B B B
Store PM 2
3 1 Sedimentation
Store 2

Toilet
4 Steam Boiler
Garage

Dyke
Entrance

Note

PM Paper Machine 1 Wastewater Pump Station

B Beater 2 Water Supplied Pump Station
P Pump 3 Belt Conveyor of Bagasse
D Digester 4 Water Treatment for Steam Boiler
C Cutting 5 Dilution Tank

Legend
Storm Water
Process Wastewater

Figure 3.7 Wastewater Drainage System

 House
D

P D D
4 C PM 1 D D
S B P D
B
C PM 3 D B B B 1
S P
D
C PM 2 P D

S D
Depithing
2 House
D

D
C PM 1 D
S B P D
5 B
P
C PM 2 P D
B B B B B D W

3
Steam
1 : Sampling Point
S Boiler

Figure 3.8 Air Sampling Point in the Mill

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P D
D
C PM 3 D B B B
S D

S D
Depithing
House
D

D
C PM 1 D
S B B P D
1
P
C PM 2 P D
B B B B B D W

Steam
S Boiler

Figure 3.8 Steam Distribution System of the Van Diem Paper Mill
 CHAPTER IV

METHODOLOGY

4.1 Study Program

The general research methodology is outlined in Figure 4.1

4.2 Data collection

Documents and information are necessary to implement an audit. Available

information of the mill was tried to collect as much as possible. However, in this small
mill only few records are available.

4.3. Inplant monitoring

The initial mill survey needed observation entire the mill to understand the
processing operations, utility sections, type of raw material used. Then description the
existing production process flow diagrams, water supply and wastewater systems was
implemented. Inputs and outputs of each production process was identified.

4.4 Material and Energy Balance

Material balance was carried out for each unit process. Since measurement the
input raw material quantity was impossible, it was obtained basing on product after
each unit operation.

Energy balance only was carried out for steam component. Measurement of steam
amount was also not possible. It was calculated from material operation balance.

4.5 Water Balance

There is no available record of the water supply as well as wastewater discharge

volume of the mill. Therefore water balance was carried out in detail. It was assumed
that water used for office, floor cleaning, hand washing is equal to wastewater
generation from those.

The total water consumption and wastewater generation were compared with the
bench mark available in the literature.

4.5.1 Water Supplied Measurement

The mill has not measured the total amount of water used. The total water
supplied volume only estimated through pump capacity is not accurate because the
pump capacity
 -31-

through pump capacity is not accurate because the pump capacity is not a constant. It
was decided that the water supplied amount be determined by total water used at all unit
operations and domestic used. The first step was understanding the water supplied
system of the whole mill to find out appropriate water supplied volume measurement
points and raw water sampling points.

Water supplied to each unit of the pulping process was measured in each batch
because the process is batch process. Water used at each unit operation was measured by
bucket and stop watch using container method (a known volume container to receive the
water input during time measurement).

4.5.2 Wastewater Measurement

There are two drain lines leading to collection well (sump). One is open drain line
with rectangular shape. Another is underground drain line with round shape but its end
can be seen at the sump. It was very difficult to measure wastewater flow rate in the mill
because of the poor drainage system. Using weir to measure wastewater flow rate was
impossible. The following methods were applied to determine wastewater flowrate

-Using flow meter to measure in short drainage parts with constant cross section.
-Using bucket and stopwatch system.

The wastewater volume was measured for each batch operation.

The total wastewater flow of the mill was total of two branch flows. The flowrate
of each branch was measured by container method. A flow meter UKING ”OTT”
MOLEN 10615 (Figure. 4.2) with calibration curves was used to measure flow rate of
the wastewater generated from paper machines. Wastewater generation from other units
were measured by using bucket and stop watch. Wastewater flow measurement
locations are illustrated in Figure 4.3.

Figure 4.2 Flow Rate Measurement Equipment

4.5.3 Sampling
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Raw water sampling was done at before sedimentation unit (Red river water),
after sedimentation unit, and after treatment tank for boiler domestic used to obtain
water supplied quality. Raw water sampling points is presented in Figure 4.4.

Wastewater samples were taken at each unit operations. Figure 4.3 show sampling
location.

PM 2

2 4
B PM 3
3 PM 1
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B B

5 R
D D D
6
1
D D D

6 8

S
7

LEGEND: : Wastewater Sampling Points

B: Beater PM: Paper machine
D: Digestor S : Sump R: Fiber Recovery Unit

Figure 4.3: Wastewater Sampling Points

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Grab sampling was obtained at cooking unit, paper machines. Composite samples
were taken at washing, beating unit, and point before the sump.

Water samples were collected in sampling bottles, put in ice boxes and
transported to the laboratory at Hanoi University of Technology for analysis. All the
appropriate techniques to preserve the samples were implemented such as refrigeration
without freezing and others.

4.5.4 Water and Wastewater Characterization

The water samples taken from each unit as mentioned in 4.5.3 were analyzed on
site for pH, temperature and conductivity parameters. The other parameters : turbidity,
SS, TS, SS70, BOD, COD, Total N , total P were analyzed in the laboratory.

All the analysis was conducted according to the techniques provided in the
“Standard methods” of examination for the water and wastewater (APHA, AWWA,
WPCF, 1985). Method determined suspended solid by using filter wire of 70 µm pore
size (SS70) was applied to characterize a large size part of solids consisting of long fiber
in the effluent (Bildberg, G. and Rao, 1991).

The parameters analyzed and the corresponding methods used for determination
of water characteristics were shown in Table 4.1 .

4.6 Fiber Recovery Unit Study

Observation and analysis were done on fiber recovery unit. Samples at before and
after fiber recovery unit were taken to understand its current problems and the system
efficiency.

In addition to that the settleable solids were determined using Imhoff cone
(Figure4.5). Alum was selected as the coagulant for the settleability study. The Jar test
was used experimentally to determined the optimum pH and dosage of Alum. The
wastewater before adding coagulant and the supernatant obtained after experiment from
both Imhoff cone test and Jar test were analyzed for COD and SS.

4.7 Physical Agents in Working Environment

4.7.1 Noise Measurement

Digital sound level meter FRAGILE-UK D1422C (Figure 4.6) was used to
determine sound pressure level.

Sampling points for noise measurement are shown in Figure 4.7. Measurement
was carried out at points caused noise such as depithing machine, beating unit, paper
machines, cutting, steam boiler.
Table 4.1 Analytical Parameters, Locations and Methods Used during the Study
 -34-

Parameters Method Equipment and Analytical

Location

COD Dichromate open reflux Reflux apparatus at Lab.

BOD5 Azid Modification Incubation chamber 20oC

at Lab.
SS Filtration and gravimetry Filtration paper, oven at
Lab.
TS Dried at 103oC Oven, dried at 103oC at
Lab.
SS70 Filtration and gravimetry Filter wire 70µm pore (at
Lab.)
pH pH meter TOA Water quality
checker WQC-20A. ( at
Lab)
Temperature. Thermometry TOA Water quality
checker
WQC-20A (at site).
Turbidity TOA Water quality
checker
at site (at site).
Total Hardness Titration at Lab

Fe2+ Spectrophotometry Spectrophoptometer (at

Lab)
Mn2+ Spectrophotometry Spectrophotometer (at
Lab)
Settleable Solid Volumetric test Imhoff cone (at Lab)

Optimum pH and Alum Jar test Imhoff cone (at Lab)

dosage for Coagulation
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Figure 4.5 Settleable Solids Measurement Using Imhoff Cone

Figure 4.6 Sound Level Meter Used for Noise Measurement

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4.7.2 Particulate Matter

Particulate matter measurement was performed for cooking , cutting and

depithing unit, steam boiler. Total dust concentration (mg/m3) in the air of particles with
size under 75µm was determined by using dust sampling equipment SKAN-Swiss and
dust sampling filter GF/A-USA filter. Sampling flow was 18L/minute.

Polluted dust index (particle/minute) was determined by measuring and counting

number of particle with size under 10µm. Digital Dust Indicator Model P5-H-Japan was
used.

Sampling points are presented in Figure 4.7

 CHAPTER V

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

5.1 Bench Marks for Pulp and Paper Mill

Bench marks used in this case mainly refer those of the small Indian paper mills
which use agricultural residues as raw material.

5.1.1 Raw Water Used in the Paper Mill

There are following types of raw water used in the mill:

• River water
• Reused water

River water after being settled is used as raw water in the mill. This water is used
in pulp production and paper machines as water process and water feed to the treatment
tank for steam boiler water. Reused water coming from paper the machine is used for
pulp diluting .

Characteristics of raw water of the mill are presented in table 5.1

Table 5.1 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Raw Water in Van Diem and
Standard Values

pH TS Turbidity Mn2+ Fe2+ Hardness

Type (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

VD S VD S VD S VD S VD S VD S

Red River Water 7.97 - 520. - 121. - 0.29 - 0.05 - 193.1 -

1 5

Red River Water after

Sedimentation Unit 7.9 - 11.2 - 75.9 - 0.15 - 0.04 - 183.9 -

Water for Domestic 7.3 6.5-8.5 4.5 5.0 4.1 - 0.09 0.1 0.03 0.3 172.2 500
Use
Boiler Feed Water 7.36 8.00 3.5 - 3.9 - 0 - 0.03 - 155.6 80

Legend: VD- The Van Diem Mill

S: The Standard

Boiler Feed Water standard (American Water Works, Water Quality and Treatment, New
York, 1950, Water Quality Control California State of Water Quality Control Board,
Second Edition, 1963.
 -39-

Table C-1 in Appendix C shows the drinking and domestic used water quality
standard in physical and chemical aspects issued by Ministry of Health.

It has been found that total hardness of boiler feed water nearly 2 times higher
than standard. The high hardness boiler of feed water may increase scaling of boiler
tubes that make boiler efficiency low.

In terms of chemical and physical characteristics the water for domestic use in the
mill meet the require standard.

According to CHANDAK et al. (1995) the requirement of raw water is about 200-
300 m3 per ton of paper. From the results it seems that the water consumption of the mill
is higher than that of the Indian mills. The reason might be caused by the fact that the
technology is obsolete and the bad house keeping status is very poor.

5.1.2 Wastewater from Production Process

WHO (1993) defined the bench mark in the manufacture of pulp and paper as
presented in Table 2.4. It shows that the volume of wastewater generated and resulting
wastewater BOD, total suspended solid in pulp mill and paper mill which used wood as
raw material are small.

The comparison of waste volume and waste load of Van Diem with Indian mills
standards are shown in Table 5.2. The wastewater from each unit operation was measured
qualitatively as well as quantitatively.

Table 5.2 Comparison of Wastewater Discharge and Waste Load with Standard

Van Diem Mill CHANDAK et al (1995)

Wastewater COD SS Wastewater COD SS (kg/ton
Location Volume (kg/ton of (kg/ton of Volume (kg/ton of of
(m3/ton of product) product) (m3/ton of product) product)
product) product)

Pulp mill
section 68.9 806.5 251.4 110-168 705-1140 118-262

Paper mill
section 109.6 228.6 184.4 60-80 80-140 61-109

Factory
Combine 205.6 995.2 431.8 162-230 865-1215 192-362
5.1.3 Energy Consumption of the Mill
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The two main energy types consumed in the mill are electricity and steam. Coal is
used to produce steam in the boiler. The energy consumption data of the mill was
obtained by using available data in the mill. The comparison of energy consumption of
the mill with standards are presented in table 5.3.

The results indicated that the energy consumption for production is higher than
the standard. Electricity consumption is little higher than that of the general performance
consumption range while steam consumption is much higher than general standards. The
major reason is that all of the equipment are old and outdated.

Table 5.3 Comparison of Energy Consumption with Standards

Item General Performance

Van Diem Mill Consumption Range
(CHANDAK et al, 1995)

Electricity Energy (kW/ton

of product) 994 850-980

Steam (ton/ton of product) 8.9 4.5-6.5

5.2 Waste Auditing of the Mill

The study mill is a small mill therefore upsets are common such as break-down of
equipment, stop working to repair equipment leading production conditions are not
stable. It was decided that audit was conducted in days the mill is running normally
manufacturing 9 tons of product per day.

5.2.1 Unit Operation of the Mill

Figure 5.1 illustrated the schematic manufacturing process flow diagram of the
pulp and paper production. The main processing sections consuming water are washing,
diluting pulp before pumped to beaters, beating and paper making. Actually, in this mill
beating unit operation is the process combining beating and washing. It was found out
that the wastewater from office section discharged to storm drainage system surrounding
the mill which connected to the canal outside the factory.
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Input Process Step Waste Generating Process Waste

Raw Material
Bagasse Preparation Depithing Piths, Dust

Water
Pulp Washing
Caustic Soda Beating
Floor Cleaning Wastewater
Steam Pulping Beater Washing
Impurities Remove Impurities, Coarse
Alum Spillage Material
Rosin Overflow

Dyes
Wire Pit Excess Water
Wire Washing
Water
Blanket Washing
Paper Machine Wastewater
Steam Floor Cleaning
Spillage
Overflow

Finishing Rolling
Waste Paper
Cutting

Paper Product
LEGEND:

Recycle

Figure 5.1 Schematic Diagram of Pulp and Paper Processing Indicating

Raw Material Input and Waster Output
R M i lI dW O

There are following main source of solid waste generation from production
process :
• Piths generated from depithing unit operation. The amount of pith
separated is accounted for 20% of the bagasse amount. Since depithing machine is only
operated in the sugar cane season ( four months) then the mill consumes 8,300 tons of
sugar cane bagasse per year results in generating 553 tons of piths.
 -42-

• Cinder generated from coal burning from the steam boiler. It is estimated
that the cinder amount is accounted for 30% of the amount of coal consumed. About
4400 tons of coal is used per year leading to discharging 1320 tons of cinder.

• Waste paper (low quality product) come from finishing and cutting. At
present, this waste paper amount is about 15% of total paper amount from paper
machine. The amount of waste paper here seems to be high. The reason leading this
might be that the rolls in the paper machines were not clean resulting in paper is broken.
Another reason might be the edge for cutting too large.

The raw materials consumption and their cost are presented in Table B2-
Appendix B. In order to know the production status, production output of different type
of product in a month was recorded and presented in table B1- Appendix B. For the year
1995 the capacity of the mill was 2700 tons of production with average production was
7.29 tons/day of carton and 1.71 tons/day of note-book cover paper. The grammage of
production varied depending on the market requirements. The average grammage of
carton and note-book cover is 250g/m2 and 100g/m2 respectively. Paper machine 1 (PM
1) and paper machine 2 (PM 2) manufacture carton product while paper machine 3
(PM3) produces note-book cover.

Figure 5.2 illustrates the simplified process flow diagram indicating allocation of
water for one use to another and wastewater discharged in this mill.

According to theory of production process bagasse pulp and waste paper amount
in paper production is accounted for 70% and 30% respectively. Actually it is 55% and
45%.

5.2.2 Water Consumption

River water from sedimentation unit is pumped to the production area of the mill.
A part of the raw water is pumped to a tank where alum is added. This water is used for
two purposes:
- Domestic use including staff housing and office consuming.
- Steam boiler use after adding chemical to soften the water.

The amount of water consumption per day primarily estimated from pump
capacity was 3000m3 . Table B3 - Appendix B presented the pump operated duration.
This figure is not so accurate because pump operated in unstable condition. It was
necessary to measure the water amount in detail. White water from the paper machines is
recycled for diluting pulp. This water flows itself through a pipe system to dilution tanks.
It was difficult to measure this amount of water. It was found out that this amount of
water used to dilute pulp from consistency of 2% to 0.5% before coming into paper
machine. Therefore it was calculated and found to be 1350 m3/day in case of 9 tons of
paper production per day. The average daily river water was found to be 2036 m3/day.
Therefore, the total water usage of the mill is 3386 m3/day resulting in water
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consumption per ton of product is 376m3. This amount of water consumption is higher in
comparison to the Indian mills.

Sedimentation
Unit

Fiber Recovery Sump Pump

Red River
Station

D D D D D D
Alum Adding

Staff Housing B
B B

Chemicals B
adding B B
B
B Dilution Tank

Steam Dilution Tank B

Boiler
Office Use PM 1 B
PM 3
Dilution Tank

Public Canal PM 2

Raw Water Wastewater

LEGEND:
Steam Recycle Water

Figure 5.2 Flow Diagram for Water Usage and Wastewater Discharge
in the Mill

In this study the water consumption for each unit operation such as cooking,
washing, diluting, beating and paper machine were measured separately. Cooking,
washing and beating are batch processes. Therefore it was decided that the water
consumption amount was measured for each batch operation. The amount of water
consumption per day was that of each batch multiplied by the number of batch.

From the results it can be seen that beating operation consumes 500.5 m3/day a
large volume of water. The reason might be that the beating operation here is not only
pulp beating but also hydra-pulping, washing and diluting pulp at the same time.
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Cooking, washing and beating are batch processes except for the paper machine
production process is continuous. Water supply for the paper machines including
washing wire and washing blanket was measured. Then the water consumption for paper
machine was calculated from flow rate, paper machine velocity and product amount.

From the surveying, it was found that the water consumption per ton of
production of PM1 was higher than that of PM 3. This might be explained by the fact that
these paper machines produce different products. Therefore manufacturing carton
product should consume more water than note-book cover paper. Since PM1 and PM2
both produce carton product, water consumption per ton of product of PM2 was
estimated equal to PM1.

The measurements of raw water consumption for different unit operations of the
mill were presented in Table B-4 to B-14 in Appendix B. It was assumed that each
person consumes 50L/d of water to estimate hand washing water usage. The steam boiler
consumes 100 m3/d. The amount of water supply to staff housing is 100 m3/day. Toilets
in the mill are open ditch toilet which do not consume water. Table 5.4 lists in detail
water consumption per unit operation of the mill.

From surveying the mill, it was noted that there is a tap which cannot be closed.
Therefore water flows days and nights. It is located at digesting house.

Table 5.4 Water Consumption of the Mill

Activity Quantity (m3/day)

- Cooking 40.8
- Washing 194.9
- Dilution to consistency of 2% 302.4
- Beating 500.5
- Paper Machine 1, 2 524
- Paper Machine 3 57
-Steam boiler 100
- Staff Housing 100
- Floor Cleaning 3.1
- Hand Washing 15
- Leaking Water 195.7
Total 2036

From the results it can be seen that the water losses, leaking and over flow in the
mill is very high (9%) of total water input.

5.2.3 Accounting for Total Wastewater

The major process output of concern was liquid waste from cooking, washing,
beating and paper machine. Here the amount of wastewater from each unit operation was
obtained by measuring wastewater from each batch operation. The measurement of
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wastewater discharged from the process is presented in Appendix B table B-15 to table
B-20. The discharges from paper machine was obtained by measuring flow rate of the
effluent. The flowrate was calculated from the cross section of the flow and the velocity
of flow as measured with a velocity indicating instrument (propeller) and refer calibration
curve. The calibration curve using determining velocity of the effluent is presented in
figure B-2 Appendix B. Paper machine 2 manufactures the same type of product as paper
machine 1. Therefore it was considered that the amount of wastewater per ton of product
of paper machine 2 equal to paper machine 1.

The wastewater flowrate from beater cleaning and floor cleaning was not possible
to measure. In this case wastewater flowrate was assumed equal to water usage in each
unit operation.

The wastewater from staff housing was not accounted for because it discharges to
a public canal outside the mill. For the wastewater from office section, it discharges to
storm drainage system surrounding the mill then pouring to public canal outside. Hence,
it also was not accounted. Estimation of hand washing wastewater in the mill is based on
the assumption that each person uses 50L/d of water.

The effluent wastewater from the different unit operations flows follow the two
drain lines (red and green lines) then combined in collection sump (Figure 5.2). Total
wastewater flow of the mill was total of branch flows. Figure 5.3 presented the effluent
drainage system of the mill. Figure 5.4 (Table B-21 to B-23 in Appendix B) shows
flowrate of the effluent at collection sump. Table 5.5 gives the summary of the
wastewater balance. It was decided that the amount of recycle water was not taken into
account of total water balance because the water input equal to the water output. Table
5.6 presents the total water balance.

Table 5.5 Wastewater Output

Activity Quantity (m3/day)

- Cooking 22.1
- Washing 214.4
- Beating 383.3
- Paper Machine 1, 2 912.9
- Paper Machine 3 73.3
- Steam Boiler (estimated) 20
- Floor Cleaning 3.1
- Beater Cleaning 2.6
- Hand Washing 15
- Leaking Water 195.7
Total 1842.1

The average amount of wastewater measured at sump was 1850.6m3/day as

presented in Appendix B table B-21 to B-23 while the obtained results sum from all
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sources was 1842m3/day when measuring the wastewater from each unit operation. The
difference of 8 m3/day may be due to the unccountable losses, overflow and leaking
water as results of poor housekeeping.

Table 5.6 Total Water Balance

Operation Water Use (m3/day) Wastewater (m3/day)

Digestor 40.8 22.1

Washing 206.4 214.4
Pulp diluting to consistency of 302.4 -
2% 500.5 383.0
Beating 524.0 912.9
Paper Machine 1,2 57.0 73.3
Paper Machine 3

TOTAL 1633.1 1605.7

Red River

Sump
Fiber Drain from
Recovery 3 digestors

Drain from 7
Drain from beaters
3 digestors

Drain from
Drain from
PM 1
3 beaters

Drain from
PM 2
Drain from
PM 3

Figure 5.3 Effluent Drainage System of the Paper Mill

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L/sec
40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
8:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00:00 2:00 4:00 6:00

Hours
April 2, '96
April 7, '96
Figure 5.4 Flowrate of Wastewater Discharging at Sump
April 12, '96

Table 5.7 Total Water Balance

Operation Water Use (m3/day) Wastewater (m3/day)

Digestor 40.8 22.1

Washing 206.4 214.4
Pulp diluting to consistency of 302.4 -
2% 500.5 383.0
Beating 524.0 912.9
Paper Machine 1,2 57.0 73.3
Paper Machine 3

TOTAL 1633.1 1605.7

The difference in water use and wastewater generated was due to

- Steam vent from digestors
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- Steam vapours formed during paper drying

- Moisture in finished paper (moisture content of product is 13 %)
- Unaccountable losses such as evaporation , accidental losses.

The quality of wastewater measured at different points of process are given in

appendix B Table B-24 to B-31 . The waste stream analysis is summary in table 5.8.
From the results, it was seen that the effluent quality has not met the requirements of the
Vietnamese standard.(Table C-5 in appendix C presents the maximum limit of
wastewater’s constituent discharging into water sources).

Table 5.8 Waste Stream Analysis

Section Flow Temp pH SS TS SS70 COD

(m3/day) (oC) (g/L) (g/L) (g/L) (g/L)

Cooking 22.1 64.9 12.17 2.08 10.59 - 24.35

Washing 214.4 26.7 10.18 3.08 6.73 2.58 10.91

Beating 383.3 22.8 8.22 4.06 7.09 2.47 11.43

PM 1 912.9 22.2 7.33 1.68 2.49 1.54 1.88

PM3 73.3 22.3 7.31 1.72 3.61 1.26 1.90

Sump 1850.6 23.3 7.41 2.20 4.84 1.49 3.92

5.2.4 Evaluating Material Balance

A material balance of the input and output across the two sections of the paper
production was made and shown in table 5.9. It was noted from the flow measurements
in Appendix B that the wastewater generated from washing operation was higher than
raw water input. This difference was due to beside the washing wastewater there was the
black liquor remain from cooking discharging.

In pulp and paper industry the useful component balances are : water balance,
solid balance and COD balance. These balances give a direct indication of the efficiency
of utilization of fibrous raw material, chemical and water. It gives the relative importance
of different waste streams in term of quantity of loss (NPC, 1996)

COD Balance
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A diagram showing the sources and the corresponding flows and COD loads in
the mill is presented in figure 5.5. The COD balance was set up for average loads (9 tons
of product per day).

Fiber
Recovery Sump
5
6 194.4 m3 7 14.5m3
195.9m3 629.9kg 164.9 kg
842.4kg

1.2m3 11.9m3 42.6m3 101.4m3 4 8.1m3

29.2kg 129.8kg 2 486.9 kg 3 136.9 kg 10.1kg

Cooking Washing Beating PM1,2 PM3

11.9m3
1.2m3 129.8 kg
1
29.2kg

Wastewater flow
Sampling point

Figure 5.5 Flow and COD Balance (per ton of product)

(Average for 9 ton of product per day)

These values were calculated from values of 9 tons of production day (refer table
5.7 and table B-24 to B-31 in Appendix B) and convert to the values per ton of product.

There are two drain lines (red and green) running to the sump. COD balance was
calculated for each drain.

At the red drain line, it was found out that the sum of COD loads at sources was
729.9 kg/ton of product while the COD load at point before fiber recovery unit (point 5)
was 842.4 kg/t. Hence there was a deviation of 5.9%. This deviation might be due to
uncountable spills. The accidental spills occur usually in the small mills with unstable
operation conditions. From the surveying the mill it was found that the spills and over
flows in pulp washing unit operation is a type of a accidental spill in the mill. In addition
the flow at point before fiber recovery unit (point 5) was 195.9 m3/ton of production
while the flow at point before pouring into sump (point 6) only was 194.4 m3/t. This
unaccountable amount might be caused by the fact that wastewater passes through a part
of drain line from fiber recovery unit to the sump which is a soil drain. This resulting in
amount of wastewater is absorbed into soil.

At the green drain line, it was noted that the sum of COD loads at sources was
159 kg/t while at point before the sump (point 7) the COD load was 164.9 kg/t leading to
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a deviation of 3.6%. The reason might be uncountable spill and over flow at unit
operations.

In terms of the COD load contribution it could be seen that the most important
COD source was beating unit operation which contributed 486.9 kg/ton (corresponding to
58% in case no fiber recovery. This operation generated high COD load might be that it
is operated for the aims of pulp beating and also pulp washing and hydra-pulping of
waste paper as well. Then washing and paper machines contribute more than 30% to the
total load (in case there is no fiber recovery). It can be seen that the COD load from green
line accounted for 28.6% of the total COD load (in case fiber recovery operated).

Suspended solid balance

The suspended solid balance was conducted basing on two types of parameter (SS
and SS70). In pulp and paper industry the SS70 balance is more important due to SS70
representing the discharge of long fibrous materials from pulp and paper production.

The SS and SS70 balance was conducted similarly to the COD balance. Figure
5.6 illustrates the diagram of the sources and suspended solid (SS and SS70) loads.
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SS70 Red River

SS70
Fiber 188.6 kg 23.1 kg
Recovery
5
6
Sump
SS 7 SS
SS SS70 338.2 kg 31.5 kg
528.9kg 325 kg

2 3 4
SS SS70 SS SS SS
SS70 SS SS70 SS70
2.5kg 30.7kg 36.7kg 170.4 14 kg
105.2kg 172.9kg 156.2kg 10.3kg
kg

Cooking Washing Beating PM1,2 PM3

1 SS70 SS
SS 30.7kg 36.7kg
2.5kg

Wastewater flow
Sampling point

Figure 5.6 Balance of SS and SS70 of the Mill

Similar to the case of COD, balance of SS and SS70 was conducted in each drain
line.

At the red drain line, it was found out that the sum of SS and SS70 loads at all the
sources was 396.5 kg/ton of product and 302.4 kg/t while the SS and SS70 loads at point
before fiber recovery unit (point 5) was 458.4 kg/t and 274.2 kg/t respectively. Hence
there was a deviation of 13.5% and 9.3% for SS and SS70 values respectively. These
deviations seem to be high that might be due to accidental unccountable spills.

At the green line, it was noted that the sum of SS and SS70 loads at sources was
39.2 kg/t and 30.7 kg/t respectively while at point before the sump (point 8) the SS and
SS70 load was 31.5 kg/t and 24.5 kg/t. This leads to a deviation of - 19.6 % and - 20.1%
for SS and SS70 values respectively . The reason might be SS components are settled in
the drain.

The ratio between the amount of fiber discharged and the total paper production
in percentage is used to present the fiber loss of the mill. In the Van Diem mill, this value
was estimated basing on the discharge at the sump. The total SS and SS70 discharge into
the sump then to Red river was 369.7 kg/t and 211.7 kg/t (22.17% fiber loss)
respectively.

From the results it can be seen that the fiber loss in paper machine was
considerable. The total fiber loss of the three machines was found to be 16.5%.
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Table 5.8 Overall Material Balance

Input Material Output Material Waste Stream

Unit Name Quantity Name Quantity Liquid Solid/G
Operation in TPD in TPD in TPD as in
TPD
Pulp Mill
Digestor Bagasse 22.4 Cooked pulp 5.84 Black liquor Vent
Caustic Soda 1.28 22.1 vapour
Water 40.8
Steam 5

Washer Cooked pulp 5.84 Washed pulp 5.55 Wastewater

Water 206.4 214.4

Dilution Washed pulp 5.55 Washed pulp 307.95

Water 302.4

Beater Washed pulp 307.95 Mixed pulp 430.15 Wastewater

Water 500.5 383
Waste paper 4.5
Additives 0.207

Dilution Mixed pulp 430.15 Mixed pulp 1780.15

Back water 1350
Screening Mixed pulp 1780.15 Screened 1780.1 Reject
pulp 0.05
Paper Screened pulp 1780.1 Dewater pulp 30 White water*
machine Water 581 2331
Dewater pulp 30 Paper 9.0 Condensate Vapour
Steam 2.5 10.6

Note: * partial recycle

5.2.5 Summary

The water consumption on an overall basis was found to be 376 m3 per ton of
product. In comparision with normal operations, this figure is about 1.25 times higher
than the standard. Hwoever, water consumption per ton of production of the mill would
be much more higher than that of the standard. This is explained by the fact that the
figure given in standard refer to bleached pulp and paper production while the study mill
is unbleached paper production.

According to the information obtained from the mill, the percentage of bagasse
and waste paper in input materials was 70% and 30% respectively. Actually these figures
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was found to be 55% and 45%. The amount of bagasse consume per batch was around
1400 kg and the average cooked pulp produced was 365 kg per batch operation. The
bagasse and waste paper amount used was 2.48 tons and 0.5 ton respectively per ton of
product.

The SS component in the wastewater was found to be higher than the bench mark.
The SS load was 431.8 kg/ton of product. The range of this parameter for the Indian mills
is 192-362 kg/t. As dicussions above, the pollution loads of the Van Diem would be
much more than standard if it produces bleached pulp.

The fiber loss from the there paper machine was considerable. It was found to be
20.8%. The total of SS and SS70 discharge to the Red river was 369.7 kg/ton and 211.7
kg/ton respectively. This means the fiber loss of the mill was 21.17% though a part of
fiber was recovered by fiber recovery unit.

The solid waste generated includes piths from the the depither, cinder from the
steam boiler and waste paper from the finishing unit. It was accounted for 553 tons of
piths, 1320 tons of cinder and per year. This amount is recycled for pulp production.

5.3 Energy Audit of the Mill

5.3.1 Energy Consumption of the Mill

The data for the energy audit of the mill was obtained as much as possible from
the available data in the mill. The two major energy forms consuming in the mill are
steam and electricity. Coal is used to produce steam. The total cost of electricity and coal
was found to be 551,180 Dong/ton of product and 459,000 Dong/ton of product
respectively.

Electricity energy consumption monthly of the mill is given in Table B-33

Appendix B. The figures shown an average monthly consumption is 215.06 MWh. The
electricity load at different sections of the mill was presented in table 5.9. At present, the
mill uses 250000 kWh monthly giving the electricity consumption per ton of paper is
994kWh/ton of product. This value was found to be higher than that of the Indian mills.
The reason may be that the equipments are old and malfunction resulting in low
efficiency and consuming more electricity. The monthly average load factor for the mill
is 70%. It was noted that the duration of beating was long, over 2 hours, leading to
consuming a large amount of electricity.

Steam supply to the cooking and drying process is produced by a steam boiler.
The steam boiler capacity is 4 tons/hour. Coal is used as fuel of the steam boiler. It was
operated in 3 shifts (24 hrs) per day. At present, the boiler efficiency is 70%. The average
steam production was found to be 2.8 tons/hour or 67.2 tons/day giving steam
consumption per ton of product is 7.5 tons/ton of paper while the Indian bench marks of
steam consumption is in the range of 4.5-6.5 tons/ton of product.
Table 5.9 The Electricity Loads at Different Sections of the mill.
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Section Load (kW)

Material Preparation: Depithing 67.2
Cooking 73.6
Beating 333.2
PM1 112.5
PM2 90.2
PM3 75.2
Utilities for boiler 14.1
Water supply pumping 96
Wastewater pumping 24
Utilities section of the mill 12.84
Lighting 16
Total 914.84

From the surveying the mill it was found that almost of insulation of steam pipe
system was malfunction. This leads to heat losses into the environment. The reduction of
steam consumption could be solved by improving the insulation. The better quality of
water feed boiler would save the fuel used to produce steam.

5.3.2 Summary

The total electrical energy consumption of the mill is 994 kWh per ton of product.
The electrical energy consumption of the mill a little high in comparision with standard.
Electrical energy saving can be done by improving the technology, replacing old
equipments. The steam supply to process for cooking and drying paper is. The steam
produced at a rate of 2.8 ton/hour. The steam consumption was found to be 7.5 ton per
ton of product. This value is higher than standard (6 ton/ton of product).

5.4 Fiber Recovery Unit Study

5.4.1 Wastewater Quality and Fiber Recovery Efficiency

A large amount of wastewater generated of the mill runs to the fiber recovery unit
before pouring into sump. Fiber in wastewater is settled by gravity. The flowrate were
determined at the different time of the whole working day. The data of the flow
measurements is shown in table B-20 Appendix B. The wastewater flow pouring into
fiber recovery unit was found to be 1763 m3/day while the wastewater flow at sump was
1850.6 m3/day. Hence there were amount of 87 m3/day (a round 5% in total wastewater)
of wastewater not running through fiber recovery. Composite samples were obtained
from points before and after fiber recovery unit. The quality of the effluent in terms of
average temperature, pH, BOD,COD, SS and TS was given in Table 5.10.

Table 5.10. Effluent Quality of the Fiber Recovery Unit

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Sampling Location Temp (oC) pH BOD COD SS TS SS70

(mg/L) (g/L) (g/L) (g/L) (g/L)
Before Fiber 23.4 10.71 981.2 4.30 2.34 4.81 1.40
Recovery Unit
After Fiber 23.3 10.05 771.9 3.24 1.74 3.85 0.97
Recovery Unit

From the above results it could be said that the SS component value was very
high resulting in high value of COD. The high value of SS70 component shows that the
high amount of fibrous materials left in the wastewater.

The analysis results giving an average COD/BOD ratio is 0.24. This value proves
that biodegradable organic compounds present are low.

From the above results, the removal efficiency of SS, SS70, COD is 26, 31, 25 %
respectively. It was seen that the efficiency of the unit is very low.

Adding a coagulant into the fiber recovery unit to increase the efficiency of the
unit should be done. Alum is recommended for using as a coagulant. A jar test
experiment should be done in order to find out the optimum alum dosage.

5.4.2 Determination of Settleable Solid of the Effluent

In order to determine the settling characteristics of the SS it was decided to carry

out the following experiments:

- Settleable solid by imhoff cone

- Coagulation by using alum

Settleable Solid by Imhoff cone

Table 5.11 illustrates the COD and SS concentration before and after 1 hour
settling time in imhoff cone. Wastewater from the sump was used for these studies.

Table 5.11 Settlable Solid by Imhoff Cone

Parameter Before settling After settling % removal

(mg/L) (mg/L)
COD 4567.8 2776.7 39.2
SS 2564.0 1217.9 52.5

From the above results it can be seen that SS removal of more than 50% could be
obtained by this method.
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Coagulation by Using Alum

Jar test was applied to determine the effective coagulation. The COD and SS
concentration before and after jar test were assessed in order to determine the effect of
adding different dosage of coagulant by the reduction of these parameters in wastewater.
The results of jar test using alum apply to wastewater are presented in Appendix D table
D-1 and D-2. From the results it can be concluded that the optimum pH and alum dosage
are 5 and 400 mg/L. Table 5.12 presents the COD and SS removal at optimum point. The
results shows that SS and COD reduction of 97.9 and 55.8 % removal could be obtained
by coagulation.

Table 5.12 Coagulation by Using Alum

Parameter Before coagulation After coagulation % removal

(mg/L) (mg/L)
COD 4378.6 1968.12 55.1
SS 1886 67.6 97.4

5.5 Noise and Air Pollution in the Work Environment

5.5.1 Noise

In this study, noise level measurements based on area were done. The unit used
was dB(A).

It was noted that an intense noise source effect to the listener is an elevation of the
threshold of audibility directly following the exposure. The source intensity and its
operating period have not been too great then only a temporary threshold shift would
have occurred. However, if intensity and duration of exposure are increased, then damage
to the cell tissue of the inner ear could mean a permanent threshold shift (LARA SAENZ
and STEPHENS (1986).

Ministry for Science, Technology and Environment of Vietnam issued Noise

Level Standards for work place. According to these standards, occupational exposure not
more than 90dB(A) during the whole workshift (8 hours). The standards were presented
in Table C-3 Appendix C.

The results of the noise level measurements were shown in table B34 - Appendix
B. These noise values are the maximum values measured at the sampling points. These
figures shown the noise levels generated by surrounding unit process. In 24 sampling
points, 5 exceeds the maximum noise levels according to the standards that is about
20.8% of the total sampling points. The areas are exposed to a noise level of more than
90 dBA are:

-Cutting in finishing operation

-Depithing house
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-Steam boiler.

5.5.2 Particulate Matter

Particulate matter measurements were done in following locations:

- Digest house
- Cutting
- Depithing
- Steam boiler

Concentration of SO2 and CO were measured in steam boiler. Caustic soda NaOH
vapour measurement was done in digest house.

Table 5.11 presented the airborn particulate matter concentration in different

sections. The concentration of caustic soda vapour and SO2 and CO in various areas was
shown in table 5.12.

Table 5.11 Concentration of Particulate in Various Sections

No Date Section Flowrate of Particulated

Sampling Concentration (mg/m3)
(Lpm)
1 19/03/96 Digest house 18 2.51
2 19/03/96 Depithing 18 4.35
3 10/4/96 Cutting 18 0.87
4 10/4/96 Steam boiler 18 8.59

All the values measured SO2 and CO concentration in digest house, depithing,
steam boiler are below the standard levels.

In the digest house the caustic soda NaOH vapour emission was in high
concentration when a cooking batch was finished and the digestor discharged the pulp.
The caustic soda vapour concentration was found to be 0.187 mg/L (NaOH), 347 times
higher than the standard values according to Vietnamese Environmental Standard. As a
result, all workers working in the digest house suffer from sinusitis disease. Maximum
permissible concentrations for toxic chemicals in ambient air at workplace announced by
Ministry of Health of Vietnam was shown in Table C-4 in Appendix C.

Table 5.12 Concentration of air emission in various sections in the mill.

No Date Section Flowrate NaOH SO2 CO

(Lpm) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)
1 19/3/96 Digest house 0.5 0.187
2 19/3/96 Steam boiler 0.5 0.0002 0.008
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It was found that the dust concentration values measured are below the standard
levels. According to table C-4 shown average amount of non-contain silica dust
generated in workplace is 10 mg/m3.

5.6 Identification for Cleaner Production Opportunities

In order to identify the cleaner production opportunities it is advised to identify

causes of waste generation.

5.6.1 Causes of Waste Generation

From the surveying the mill, it was found the causes of waste generation in pulp
and paper production were :

Poor Housekeeping:

∗ It was seen the spillage of the bagasse from the belt conveyors when
transferring the bagasse from the depither to a digestor.

∗The leaking and overflow of water taps in the mill leading to water consumption
amount was increased.

∗The insulation of steam pipeline has been in bad condition.

Poor Raw Material Quality

It was easy to recognize when surveying the mill that depithed bagasse was still
mixed with fine piths after depithing process. Hence the input material contains amount
of non-fibrous material leading to consume more chemicals and energy.

Poor process and equipment design

∗The concentrated black liquor from cooking operation have not been separated
and collected.

∗The spillage of pulp in washing pulp operation was seen due to inadequate size
of the potcher (the tanks below the digestors)

∗Time of beating was found to be too long (more than 2 hours).

∗It was seen that edge cutter was too large.

∗Consistency indicator was absence.

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∗Fiber recovery unit using for wastewater from paper machine was absence.

5.6.2 Cleaner Production Opportunities

From the causes of waste generation, the cleaner production opportunities were
suggested. The cleaner production opportunities were given in table 5.13

Table 5.13 Cleaner Production Opportunities

Cleaner Production Opportunities Section

Good housekeeping
1. Installation of a screen to separate fine piths and dust in RM
the depithed bagasse.
2. Repairing the belt conveyor to prevent the bagasse RM
spillage.
3. Replacing another types of water tap to avoid water
leaking. All
4. Installation of self-closing valves for the pressurized raw
water to minimize water wastage
5. Insulation of the steam pipeline All
6. Insulation of the digestors. P
7. Cleaning the roll in the paper machines to avoid broke
paper PM

Better Process Control

1. Segregation of initial concentrated black liquor . P
2. Installation of consistency indicator. All
3. Adjustment of edge cutter to reduce side trimming loss PM
4. Use of soft water as boiler feed water. PM
5. Installation fiber recovery unit (saveall) for whitewater
from paper machines. -
6. Reduce beating time P
7. Multiple loading of digestor P

Recycling
Recovery of concentrated black liquor for use as
construction material additive. P

Note: PM: Paper Machine

P : Pulping
RM: Raw Material Preparation
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5.7 Options of Cleaner Production Opportunities

The cleaner production opportunities applied for the mill was assessed basing on
the technical, economical feasibility and their environmental impacts. Information of
cleaner production opportunities analysis were tabulated in table 5.14

Table 5.14 Cleaner Production Opportunities Analysis

Cleaner Production Anticipated Technical Economic Environmental Remark

Measures Benefits requirement Viability Impacts

Good housekeeping
1. Screening of fine -Reduction in Equipment Saving 50kg Marginal
piths and dust in the cooking -Vibratory NaOH/ton of reduced
depithed bagasse. chemicals Screen product pollution load
and steam. I=30,000,000
-Increase in (VN dong)
power S=33,750,000
consumption VN dong
P= 1 month

2. Repairing the belt -Reduction in Available Unquantified Reduced Easy to

conveyor to prevent the input material pollution load implement
bagasse spillage.

3. Replacing old water -Reduction in Equipment: Not Reduced water

taps to avoid water water leaking Water taps quantified consumption
leaking.

4. Installation of self- - Reduction in Not available Not Reduce water

closing valves for the water leaking quantified consumption
pressurized raw water
to minimize water
wastage

5. Insulation of the Reduced steam Equipment: I= Reduce air

steam pipeline and requirement Amian 50,000,000 pollution
digestors. material (VN dong)
S=10,000,000
(VN dong)
Reduced P= 5months
6. Cleaning the roll in breakage paper - Reduce Easy to
the paper machines to amount Not polution load implement
avoid breakage quantified
paper
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Cleaner Production Anticipated Technical Economic Environmental Remark

Opportunity Benefits requirement Viability Impact
Better Process Control
7. Segregation of initial -Easy -Separation I=70,000,000 Reduction in
concentrated black collecting drains (VN dong) sodium load in
liquor . concentrated required S=14,000,000 effluent
black liquor. Equipment: (dong)
-Easy -Collection P < 6months
handling & sump
treatment of -Pump &
remaining pipes
black liquor.

8. Installation of -Reduction in Equipment: I= not Marginal

consistency indicator. paper breakage Consistency quantified reduction in
-Variation in indicator S= not TS load
grammage quantified
avoided

9. Adjustment of edge -Reduction of Not available Not quantified Marginal

cutter to reduce side paper reduction
trimming loss trimming loss pollution load
-reduction of
reprocessing
of paper
trimming

10. Use of soft water as - Reduced Equipment: I= 20,000,000 Reduced air

boiler feed water. scaling of Water (dong) pollution
boiler tube softening S= 22,000,000
-Increased plant (dong)
boiler P = <1 year
efficiency and
capacity

11. Installation fiber -Reduced Equipment: I=15,000,000- Reduction

recovery unit (saveall) pollution load sedimentation 20,000,000 pollution load
for white water from - Fiber system (dong)
paper machines. recovery S=15,000,000-
20,000,000
(dong)
P=1 year

12. Reduce beating time -Reduce Equipment: I=0 No direct

electricity -Not required impact
consumption

13. Multiple loading of -Reduced Not required Saving from -Reduction in

digestor steam reduced steam digestor vent
consumption consumption gas.
-Increase pulp
yield
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Recycling Equipment:
14. Recovery of -Reduced -Steam boiler I=2000,000,000 Reduced
concentrated black black liquor -Condensate dong wastewater
liquor for using as discharge units. S= 160,000,000 and pollution
construction material -Using as (VN dong) load.
additives. construction P= 12.5 month
material
additives.

The technical feasibility analysis was assessed basing on the extent of technical
requirements.

Economic viability analysis was done basing on the investment costs, saving
money and pay back period of implementation cleaner production opportunities. The
overall economic viability was assessed as high, medium or low depending upon the pay
back period being less than 6 months, one year and longer.

The overall environmental impact of the cleaner production opportunities was

assessed as high, medium and low based on reduction in the water pollution load (90%
weightage), air pollution (9%) and solid waste reduction (1%), respectively (CHANDAK
et al., 1993).

In order to suggest option of cleaner productio opportunities, the rate of overall

effective were given. Profits is very important to the mill then economic feasibility had
50% wieghtage.Technical feasibility and environmental impact are equal in wieghtage of
the rest 50%. A range of points was chosen for each category as follows:

Technical Feasibility (25) Economic Feasibility (50%) Environmental Feasibility (25)

Low Medium High Low Medium High Low Medium High
0-5 6-14 15-25 0-10 11-29 30-50 0-5 6-14 15-25

Basing on the rate given cleaner production opportunities were selected.Table

5.15 presents the selecting of 14 cleaner production opportunities of the mill.

Table 5.15 Options of Cleaner Production Opportunities

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Cleaner Production Feasibility Total Overall

Opportunity point Rank
Technical Economic Environmental
(25) (50) (25)
1 14 30 20 64 5
2 24 0 7 31 8
3 10 0 19 29 10
4 0 0 21 21 11
5 20 35 14 69 3
6 25 0 23 48 7
7 20 45 23 88 1
8 15 0 5 20 12
9 0 0 13 13 14
10 13 18 6 30 9
11 16 33 24 73 2
12 24 0 4 28 13
13 22 29 8 59 6
14 12 28 25 65 4

From the above results, it can be seen the priority of the cleaner production
opportunities.The segregation of the stream, installation of fiber recovery unit for
wastewater from paper machine and insulation of the steam pipelines and the digestors
were strongly recommended.
 CHAPTER VI

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions on waste audit, recommendations for cleaner production

opportunities and waste minimization strategies at the Van Diem paper mill are as follow:

6.1 Water and Energy of the Mill

Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste of the Mill

• The water consumption on an overall basis was found to be 376 m3 per ton of
product. In comparison with normal operations, this figure is about 1.25 times higher
than the standard. However, water consumption per ton of production of the mill
would be much more higher than that of the standard. This is explained by the fact
that the figure given in standard refer to bleached pulp and paper production while the
study mill is unbleached paper production.

• The SS component in the wastewater was found to be higher than the bench mark.
The SS load was 431.8 kg/ton of product. The range of this parameter for the Indian
mills is 192-362 kg/t. As discussions above, the pollution loads of the Van Diem
would be much more than standard if it produces bleached pulp.

• The fiber loss from the there paper machine was considerable. It was found to be
20.8%. The total of SS and SS70 discharge to the Red river was 369.7 kg/ton and
211.7 kg/ton respectively. This means the fiber loss of the mill was 21.17% though a
part of fiber was recovered by fiber recovery unit.

• The solid waste generated includes piths from the depither, cinder from the steam
boiler and waste paper from the finishing unit. It was accounted for 553 tons of piths,
1320 tons of cinder and per year. This amount is recycled for pulp production.

Energy Consumption of the Mill

The total electrical energy consumption of the mill is 994 kWh per ton of product.
The electrical energy consumption of the mill a little high in comparison with standard.
Electrical energy saving can be done by improving the technology, replacing old
equipments. The steam supply to process for cooking and drying paper is. The steam
produced at a rate of 2.8 ton/hour. The steam consumption was found to be 7.5 ton per
ton of product. This value is higher than standard (6 ton/ton of product).

It was the fact that the mill consumes a large amount of water partly due to poor
housekeeping practices. Poor housekeeping such as not closing of water taps after using,
not to repair of leaking valves and connection was found regularly. It was found that the
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amount of leaking and overflow water is accounted for around 9% of total water supply
amount.

In the study of the fiber recovery unit of the Van Diem mill, it was found that the
efficiency of the unit is very low. The final effluent of the mill was analyzed by using the
Imhoff cone and then by alum as a coagulant. The results of SS and COD removal was
found to be 97% and 55% respectively. Therefore we can recognize that the fiber
recovery unit efficiency could be improved by using alum. The results is obtained in
following table :

Method SS removal SS Investment Benefits

(%) remaining
(kg/d)

Coagulation 97 1850m3/d * -tank for mixing - 68% of total SS is

2.20 g/L = -pump SS70 (2,767,600 kg)
121.1 kg/d -coagulant (for which contain long
alum 1,600 D/kg fiber to reproduce
paper
( 1,000 D/kg)

6.2 Noise and Air Pollution in the Mill

From the results, it can be conclude that:

• Airbone particulate matter does not harm. But pith dust and flight ash causes affect
on athletics aspect.

• About 20.8% in 24 sampling points of noise measurement exceed the maximum noise
levels. The location of those are in cutting, depithing and steam boiler area.

• The air pollution in the mill was found causing by alkaline vapour in digest house.
The concentration of NaOH vapour was 0.187mg/L , 347 times higher than standard.
Worker here should be provided with protective equipment.

6.3 Recommendation on Cleaner Production Opportunities

Options of cleaner production opportunities for the mill were ranked in table 5.15

1. It was recommended to implement the segregation of the stream. Figure 6.1

illustrate the proposed stream segregation of the mill.
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2. The concentrated black liquor collected was proposed to condensate for using
as construction material additives. It both brings profit to the mill and reduces pollution
load to the environment. The economic feasibility was analyze in table D-3 Appendix D.

3. Installation fiber recovery unit for paper machine was recommended.

4. Insulation for digestor and steam pipeline system was suggested.

In addition, 8 another cleaner production opportunities were recommended in

table 5.15.
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 Table 1: Number of Cellulose and Paper Enterprises in Vietnam and
Their Product Output

No Type of Enterprise Number of Enterprises

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

1 State-owned enterprise 53 48 43 39 -
* Central 15 13 13 13 -
* Local 38 35 30 26 -

2 Industrial Coopeartives 188 154 141 100 -

3 Private Medium-scaled Enterprises 11 12 30 46 -

4 Private Household-scale Enterprises 1605 1594 1978 2222 -

Total Product Output

(paper and packing materials) 79 109 118 128 145
thousand tons/year

Source: GENERAL STATICAL OFFICE (1995)

Table 2: Designed Capacity of Existing Enterprises establishment

Items Tons/year
Pulp Paper

Total 181,000 220,300

• Central State-owned 137,000 150,700
• Local State-owned 44,000 46,500
• Cooperative - 9,700
• Private Enterprises - 13,450

Source: DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (1994)

 APPENDIX A
INFORMATION ON PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM
 APPENDIX B
DATA INFORMATION
 Outlet
2.5m

2.5m
11.1m

9.6m
10.7m
2.5m

2.5m

Inlet
15m

2.5m

2.5m
1.8m

0.2m

Figure B-1 Fiber Recovery Unit of Van Diem Paper Mill

Table B1 Electricity loading of the Mill

Item Number of Electricity Total

Item loading (kW) Electricity
Loading (kW)
Cutting Machine 1 5 5.0
1 10 10.0
1 3 3.0
Main Engine of PM3 1 40/13.3 40/13.3
Main Engine of PM1 1 30/10 30/10
Main Engine of PM2 1 30/10 30/10
Vacuum Pump 2 20 40
1 14 14
Fan for de-humidity 2 4.5 9.0
2 9.5 19.0
White Water Pump 3 7.5 22.5
1 5.5 5.5
Stirrer 2 4.5 9.0
1 10 10.0
1 2.8 2.8
1 7 7.0
Fine Pulp Pump 2 7.5 15.0
1 13 13.0
1 14 14.0
Roll Machine 1 3 3.0
Beater 3 55 165.0
7 30 210.0
Raw Pulp Pump 2 10 20.0
2 20 40.0
1 14 14
Digestor 6 4.5 27
Table B1 (continue)

Item Number of Electricity Total Electricity

Item Loading (kW) Loading (kW)
NaOH Pump 1 10.0 10.0
Belt Conveyor 4 4.5 18.0
Depithing Machine 1 55 55
Pith Blower 1 20 20
Water Supply Pump 4 30 120
Wastewater Pump 2 30 30
Steam Boiler
• Engine 2 1.1 2.2
• Water Pump 1 7.5 7.5
• Conveyor for Coal 1 4.5 4.5
• Cooling Fan 2 1.7 3.4
Utility Section
• Planning Machine 1 4.5 4.5
• Drilling Machine 1 1.7 1.7
• Lather 1 4.5 4.5
• Grinder 1 2.8 2.8
1 1.7 1.7
• Saw Machine 1 1.7 1.7
1 4.5 4.5
Lighting 20
Table B2 Input Materials Consumption and Their Cost

Section/ Cost/ton Annual Consumption

Input Material (dong) consumption (ton /ton of paper)
(ton/year)

Bagasse 42,000 8300 3.07

Waste Paper 1,290 1360 0.50
Caustic Soda 4,600 350 0.13
Alum 1,600 46 0.02
Rosin 6,500 8 0.003
Dye 4,100 1.3 0.002
Coal 270,000 4400 1.63
Electricity 620/kWh 2565 MWh/year 950kW/ton

Table B3 Time of Operation for Water Supply Pump

Date Shift 1 Shift 2 Shift 3 Total

Time (h)
Pump No1: 2:00 - 9:30 Pump No1: 10:35 - 17:12 Pump No1: 18:00 - 2:00
15/3/96 Pump No2: 2:00 - 9:00 Pump No2: 10:15 - 16:55 Pump No2: 18:50 - 1:40 43.61

Pump No1: 2:00 - 10:00 Pump No1: 10:22 - 17:55 Pump No1: 18:00 - 1:35
16/3/96 Pump No2: 2:00 - 10:00 Pump No2: 10:05 -17:24 Pump No2: 18:20 - 1:47 45.98

Pump No1: 2:00 - 9:40 Pump No1: 10:25 - 17:27 Pump No1: 18:53 - 1:46
17/3/96 Pump No2: 2:20 - 9:10 Pump No2: 10:30 - 17:48 Pump No2: 18:00 - 1:15 42.80

Average 44.13

Capacity of the pump is 100 m3/h.

The efficiency of the pump is 70%.
The average volume of water is pumped per day : 100 x 44.13 x 0.7 = 3089 m3.
Table B4 The Water Consumption for a Digestor by Using Bucket and
Stop Watch System.

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 13.7 0.58
2 8 14.2 0.56
3 8 13.0 0.62
4 8 13.5 0.59
5 8 13.8 0.58
6 8 13.6 0.59
Average 0.59

Time of taking water for a digestor is (from 10:01 - 10:59) = 58 min.

Water consumption = 2.05 m3/digestor or batch
In addition, 500 L of water in caustic soda solution is added to digestor.
Water consumption for a digestor is 2.55m3/batch
For 9 tons of paper (16 batch of cooking) per day
Total water consumption for cooking is 40.8m3/day

Table B 5 The Water Consumption for Pulp Washing

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 4.0 2.00
2 8 4.2 1.90
3 8 3.8 2.11
4 8 3.9 2.05
5 8 3.8 2.11
6 8 4.3 1.86
Average 2.01

Washing time per batch of cooking is (from 3:02 - 4:49) = 107 min
Water consumption = 12.9 m3/batch
For 9 tons of paper (16 batch of cooking) per day
Total water consumption for pulp washing = 206.4 m3/day
Table B6 The Water Consumption for Beating

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 3.6 2.22
2 8 3.4 2.35
3 8 3.8 2.10
4 8 3.4 2.35
5 8 3.5 2.29
6 8 3.7 2.16
Average 2.25

Time of supplying water into beater per bath is 65 min.

Water consumption = 8.78 m3 /batch
For 9 tons of paper (57 batch of beating) per day
Total water consumption for beating = 500.5 m3/day

Table B7 The Water Consumption for Wire Washing in Paper Machine 1

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 5 2.3 2.17
2 5 2.1 2.38
3 5 2.4 2.08
Average 2.21

Table B8 The Water Consumption for Blanket Washing in Paper Machine 1

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 2.0 4.00
2 8 2.2 3.62
3 8 2.4 3.33
Average 3.64

Water consumption for paper machine is total water using for wire and blanket washing.
The velocity of PM 1 is 0.095 kg/s
Therefore the water consumption for paper machine per ton of product is :
1000/0.095 (2.21+3.64) = 61.65 m3/ton
The water consumption per day for PM1 and PM2 producing carton product (8.5 tons of
carton) = 61.65 x 8.5 = 524 m3/day

Table B9 The Water Consumption for Wire Washing in Paper Machine 3

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 3.5 2.29
2 8 3.2 2.50
3 8 3.4 2.35
Average 2.38

Table B10 The Water Consumption for Blanket Washing in Paper Machine 3

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 1.9 4.21
2 8 2.1 3.81
3 8 1.8 4.44
Average 4.15

Water consumption for paper machine is total water using for wire and blanket washing.
The velocity of PM 3 is 0.084 kg/s
Therefore the water consumption for paper machine per ton of product is :
1000/0.084 (2.70+4.15) = 81.55 m3/ton
The water consumption per day (0.7 tons of note-book cover paper) of PM3 is
81.55 x 0.7 =57 m3/day

Table B11 The Water Consumption for Pulp Diluting before Coming to Beater

No Vol. (L) Duration (s) Flowrate (L/s)

1 8 2.3 3.48
2 8 2.1 3.81
3 8 2.1 3.81
4 8 2.2 3.64
5 8 2.0 4.00
Average 3.75

Time of supplying water for diluting per batch is (from 11:07 - 12:31) = 84 min
Water consumption = 18.9 m3
For 9 tons of paper (16 batchs of cooking) per day
Total water consumption for beating = 302.4 m3/day
Table B12 Water Consumption for Cleaning Beater
Date Working time (s) Water Consumption
(m3)
16/3/96 129 0.285
17/3/96 183 0.404
3/4/96 96 0.212
4/4/96 101 0.223
5/4/96 89 0.197
10/4/96 115 0.254
Average 0.263

The flowrate is 2.21 L/s (measured by using 8L bucket and stop watch)
Beater is cleaned once per day.
Water consumption (for 10 beater) is 2.6 m3/day.

Table B-13 Water Consumption for Floor Washing

Date Working time (s) Flowrate (L/s) Water consumption

(m3)
18/3/96 165 3.51 0.579
19/3/96 177 2.58 0.456
20/3/96 184 3.01 0.553
3/4/96 199 3.61 0.718
5/4/96 139 2.96 0.411
6/4/96 143 2.77 0.396
Average 0.519

Normally, floor cleaning at pulp mill section and paper mill once per shift (3 shifts per
day). Water consumption for floor cleaning is 3.1 m3/day.
Table B-14 The Leaking Water Water at Various Points

Location Flowrate Water leaking/overflow

(L/min) (m3/day)
Washing tank 1 1.91 2.29
Washing tank 2 0.62 0.74
Washing tank 3 1.35 1.62
Washing tank 4 1.24 1.49
Washing tank 5 1.07 1.28
Washing tank 6 0.72 0.86

Total 8.28

Beating tank1 0.60 0.72

Beating tank 2 0.81 0.97
Beating tank 3 0.90 1.08
Beating tank 4 0.72 0.86
Beating tank 5 0.38 0.46
Beating tank 6 0.53 0.64
Beating tank 7 0.37 0.44
Beating tank 8 1.01 1.21
Beating tank 9 0.55 0.66
Beating tank 1 0.98 1.18

Total 8.22

The amount of water overflow from the malfunction tap at the digestor house is
169.2 m3. This figure was obtained by measuring flowrate of the tap (2.25 L/s) and
calculated for duration of water pumping is 20 hours.

In addition leaking and over flow water at paper machine and other water taps in
the mill was estimated with the amount 10m3/day.

The total amount of leaking and overflow water is 195.7 m3/day.

Table B-15. The Flowrate of Wastewater Discharging from a Digestor

Date No Vol. of Wastewater Duration Flowrate

(L) (s) (L/s)
18/3/96 1 8 8.1 0.99
2 8 8.0 1.00
3 8 7.6 1.05
4 8 7.8 1.03
5 8 8.2 0.98
6 8 8.0 1.00
19/3/96 1 8 7.6 1.05
2 8 7.7 1.04
3 8 8.3 0.96
4 8 8.2 0.98
5 8 7.9 1.01
6 8 8.1 0.99
Average 1.01

The average discharging time is 21 minute/digestor (or batch)

Wastewater generated per digestor = 1.15 m3/batch
Wastewater generated per day (16 batch of cooking) = 22.1 m3/day

Table B-16 The Flowrate of Wastewater Discharge from Washing Unit Operation

Date No Vol. of Wastewater Duration Flowrate

(L) (s) (L/s)
18/3/96 1 8 4.1 1.95
2 8 4.0 2.00
3 8 3.7 2.16
4 8 4.2 1.90
5 8 4.1 1.95
6 8 3.9 2.05
19/3/96 1 8 3.8 2.10
2 8 4.1 1.95
3 8 3.7 2.16
4 8 3.6 2.22
5 8 3.9 2.05
6 8 4.4 1.82
Average 2.03

The average discharging time is 110 minutes/batch

Wastewater generated per batch = 13.4 m3/batch
Wastewater generated per day (16 batchs) = 214.4 m3/day

Table B-17 The Flowrate of Wastewater Discharge from Beating Unit Operation

Date No Vol. of Wastewater Duration Flowrate

(L) (s) (L/s)
2/4/96 1 8 3.5 2.29
2 8 4.0 2.00
3 8 3.8 2.11
4 8 5.3 1.51
5 8 4.1 1.95
6 8 4.3 1.86
3/4/96 1 8 3.7 2.16
2 8 4.0 2.00
3 8 4.2 1.90
4 8 4.2 1.90
5 8 3.9 2.05
6 8 3.6 2.22
Average 2.00

The average discharging time is 56 minutes/batch

Wastewater generated from a batch of beating = 6.72 m3/batch
Wastewater generated per day (57 batchs) = 383 m3/day

Table B-18 The Wastewater Discharging from PM 1

The flowrate was calculated from the velocity of flow as measured with a velocity
indicating instrument (propeller) and refer calibration curve Figure B-2 Appendix B
-Cross section of the flow is 34x40 cm
-Velocity of propeller

No Velocity
1 20
2 10
3 23
4 33
5 13
6 29
Average 21.3
-From velocity of propeller and the calibration curve (vl:1 24327 line) it was found
velocity of the flow to be 7.5 cm/s. Therefore flowrate F= 7.5x34x40=10.2 L/sec
-The velocity of PM1 is 0.095 Kg/sec
-Therefore, the wastewater from PM1 per ton of product is
 10.2x1000/0.095=107.4m3 /ton.
-Wastewater discharge from PM1and PM2 (produce 8.5 tons of product per day) is
912.9 m3/day

Table B-19 The Wastewater Discharging from PM 3

The flowrate was calculated from the velocity of flow as measured with a velocity
indicating instrument (propeller) and refer calibration curve Figure B-2 Appendix B
-Cross section of the flow is 37x30 cm
-Velocity of propeller

No Velocity
1 39
2 12
3 25
4 29
5 10
6 36
Average 25.2

-From velocity of propeller and the calibration curve (vl:1 24327 line) it was found
velocity of the flow to be 8 cm/s. Therefore flowrate F= 8x37x30=8.88 L/sec
-The velocity of PM3 is 0.084 Kg/sec
-Therefore, the wastewater from PM3 per ton of product is
8.88x1000/0.084=104.76m3 /ton.
-The wastewater discharging from PM 3 (produce 0.7 tons of product per day) is
73.33m3/day .
Table B-20 Flowrate of Wastewater Discharge Point before Fiber Recovery Unit

-The flowrate was calculated from the velocity of flow as measured with a velocity
indicating instrument (propeller) and refer calibration curve Figure B-2 Appendix B
-Average cross section of the flow is 34x25 cm
-Velocity of propeller (vi) then refer calibration curve getting velocity of flow(vf)

No Time (25/4/96) vi vf (cm/s)

1 9:00 14 12
2 11:00 35 30
3 13:00 28 24
4 15:00 29 25
5 17:00 17 15
6 19:00 25 22
7 21:00 26 23
8 23:00 43 36
9 1:00 28 24
10 3:00 36 32
11 5:00 20 18
12 7:00 33 28
Average 24.1

-The flowrate of the wastewater is 24.1x34x25=20485cm3/s=20.5 L/s

-The flow of the wastewater per day is 1771.2 m3/day

Table B-21 Flow rate of wastewater discharging at sump on 2/4/96

Time Flowrate at Line1 Flowrate at Line2 Total Flowrate

(L/s) (L/s) at sump(L/s)
8:00 0.18 12.65 12.83
10:00 3.11 27.13 30.24
12:00 0.10 18.05 18.38
14:00 1.88 18.41 20.29
16:00 2.34 22.40 24.74
18:00 2.98 28.51 31.49
20:00 1.13 24.57 25.70
22:00 0.71 17.0 17.71
24:00 1.44 11.73 13.17
2:00 2.89 22.08 24.97
4:00 0.32 22.03 22.35
6:00 1.87 18.21 20.08
Average 1.58 20.23 21.81
Note: flowrate of the wastewater was measured by using bucket with volume of 20 L
and stop watch.

Table B-22 Flowrate of Wastewater Discharging at Sump on 7/4/96

Time Flowrate at Line1 Flowrate at Line2 Total at sump

(L/s) (L/s)
8:00 2.21 12.12 14.33
10:00 3.43 34.97 38.40
12:00 1.1 27.9 29.00
14:00 0.82 22.95 23.77
16:00 0.73 20.52 21.25
18:00 2.30 23.24 25.54
20:00 3.12 25.25 28.37
22:00 2.60 19.52 22.12
24:00 1.22 17.89 19.11
2:00 0.60 27.19 27.79
4:00 0.43 21.48 21.91
6:00 0.37 15.29 15.66
Average 1.58 22.36 23.94

Note: flowrate of the wastewater was measured by using bucket with volume of 20 L
and stop watch.

Table B-23 Flowrate of Wastewater Discharging at Sump on 12/4/96

Time Flowrate at Line1 Flowrate at Line2 Total at sump

(L/s) (L/s)
8:00 2.32 13.15 15.47
10:00 0.30 20.81 21.11
12:00 1.24 17.15 18.39
14:00 3.57 13.70 17.27
16:00 0.16 17.82 17.98
18:00 1.62 14.26 15.88
20:00 1.91 22.88 24.79
22:00 0.43 21.49 21.92
24:00 1.02 18.10 19.12
2:00 0.50 26.64 27.14
4:00 2.70 17.91 20.61
6:00 0.66 14.46 15.12
Average 1.37 18.15 19.52
Note: flowrate of the wastewater was measured by using bucket with volume of 20 L
and stop watch.
The average flowrate at sump was: (21.83+22.85+19.57)/3= 21.42L/s.
The flow of wastewater at sump per day (24 hours) was 1850.6 m3/day.

Table 33 Monthly Energy Consumption for the 1995

Month Electricity (MWh) Coal (ton)

January 238.75 432.40
February 240.66 451.32
March 227.00 400.34
April 199.46 486.89
May 201.40 435.78
June 210.78 444.45
July 189.97 396.71
August 250.45 421.31
September 196.88 354.66
October 215.32 481.42
November 204.12 412.37
December 206.00 479.98
Average 215.06 433.13

Table B34- Average Electricity Load at Different Sections of the Mill

Section Load (kW)

Material Preparation: Depithing 67.2
Cooking 73.6
Beating 333.2
PM1 112.5
PM2 90.2
PM3 75.2
Utilities for boiler 14.1
Water supply pumping 96
Wastewater pumping 24
Utilities section of the mill 12.84
Lighting 16
Total 914.84

PM 1: Paper Machine1 producing carton

PM 2: Paper Machine 2 producing carton
PM 3: Paper Machine 3 producing note-book cover
Utilities section for the mill including maintenance workshops (saw, drilling machine...)
Table B-35 Sound Pressure Level (dBA) at Various Measured by Sound Pressure
Level Meter

Sound Pressure Level (dBA)

No Working Area 10/3/96 15/4/96 Max
1 Cutting 1 90-92 89-92 92
2 Cutting 2 89-91 88-90 91
3 Cutting 3 87-90 87-92 92
4 Paper Machine1 85-87 84-86 87
5 Paper Machine 2 83-86 82-86 86
6 Paper Machine 3 83-86 84-87 87
7 Beater 1 85-88 87-89 89
8 Beater 2 85-86 84-88 88
9 Beater 3 83-84 84-86 86
10 Beater 4 84-85 85-87 87
11 Beater 5 82-86 83-84 86
12 Beater 6 83-86 82-85 86
13 Beater 7 85-87 84-86 87
14 Beater 8 84-86 85-89 89
15 Beater 9 85-89 84-87 89
16 Beater 10 88-89 87-90 90
17 Digestor1 78-80 79-80 80
18 Digestor2 76-78 77-78 78
19 Digestor3 76-77 75-77 77
20 Digestor4 79-80 80-82 82
21 Digestor5 78-80 78-79 80
22 Digestor6 80-81 78-80 81
23 Depithing House 94-96 91-93 96
24 Steam Boiler 90-92 91-92 92
 Table B-24 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging from Digestor

Date pH Temp Cond Turb BOD COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L)

(s/m) (mg/L) (mg/L)
27/01/96 11.86 61.3 1.71 2252 3040.2 23.29 2.89 11.25
16/03/96 12.2 65.2 1.68 2853 4887.4 28.13 2.20 10.95
3/04/96 12.4 70.3 1.75 3252 4785.4 27.36 1.71 10.29
5/04/96 11.9 63.5 1.58 1001 3120 21.30 1.60 9.78
2/05/96 12.5 64.0 1.70 2560 3550.4 21.66 2.02 10.70
Average 12.17 64.9 1.68 2383.6 3876.6 24.35 2.08 10.59

Sampling point No1 (see Figure 4.3)

Table B-25 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging from Washing Operation

Date pH Temp Cond Turb BOD COD SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70

(s/m) (mg/L) (mg/L) (g/L) (g/L)
6/03/96 9.91 24.4 0.31 1020 780.1 9.96 2.69 6.31 2.19
15/03/96 10.27 25.0 0.42 1100 845.6 11.85 3.27 7.02 2.78
3/04/96 10.15 26.5 0.39 1456 860.6 11.96 3.48 7.14 3.07
5/04/96 10.47 28.4 0.29 1255 736.0 10.12 2.95 6.43 2.14
10/05/96 10.1 29 0.28 980 702.0 10.67 3.03 6.77 2.71
Average 10.18 26.7 0.34 1162.2 784.9 10.91 3.08 6.73 2.58

Note: sampling point No1 when pulp washing is done.

 Table B-26 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging from Beating Operation

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) BOD COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
(mg/L)
6/03/96 8.51 21.9 0.11 1243 903.4 10.00 4.96 8.23 2.84
15/03/96 8.01 22.0 0.23 927 779.5 10.50 3.67 6.40 2.57
4/04/96 8.13 23.5 0.19 1050 820.0 11.69 3.95 6.85 2.74
19/04/96 8.04 22.7 0.15 998 810.0 11.35 3.80 6.50 1.99
22/04/96 8.43 24.0 0.16 1001 897.0 11.63 3.92 7.49 2.21
Average 8.22 22.8 0.17 1043.8 842.0 11.43 4.06 7.09 2.47

Note: Sampling point No2

Table B-27 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging from Paper Machine 1

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
6/03/96 7.13 20.0 0.05 100.2 1.49 1.30 2.23 1.12
15/03/96 7.43 21.5 0.07 112.3 2.42 2.12 3.25 1.97
4/04/96 7.51 23.0 0.08 115.0 1.84 1.54 2.66 1.33
5/04/96 7.32 22.5 0.06 99.6 2.10 2.12 2.89 2.09
22/4/96 7.28 23.8 0.05 105.0 1.54 1.33 1.44 1.18
Average 7.33 22.16 0.06 106.42 1.88 1.68 2.49 1.54

Note: Sampling point No3

 Table B-28 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging from Paper Machine 3

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
15/03/96 7.22 20.1 0.06 98.7 1.77 1.86 4.01 1.45
4/04/96 7.40 21.5 0.05 128.3 1.70 1.45 3.21 0.97
6/04/96 7.36 22.9 0.08 129.5 2.13 2.00 3.78 1.36
18/04/96 7.31 22.6 0.07 101.0 2.07 1.87 3.92 1.52
22/4/96 7.29 24.0 0.06 100.9 1.84 1.40 3.15 1.02
Average 7.31 22.2 0.064 111.68 1.90 1.72 3.61 1.26

Note: Sampling point No4

Table B-29 Characteristic of Wastewater at Sump

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) BOD (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
15/03/96 7.55 21.8 0.24 1272.1 569.0 4.12 1.53 5.21 1.54
16/04/96 7.30 22.0 0.32 1644.3 658.5 5.13 2.47 5.84 1.87
6/04/96 7.42 23.5 0.25 1512.4 612.4 4.91 2.42 5.58 1.79
8/04/96 7.41 24.0 0.20 1327.5 540.0 5.08 2.43 6.35 1.85
18/4/96 7.38 25.0 0.17 1172.8 497.3 4.94 1.97 5.67 1.65
Average 7.41 23.3 0.24 1385.8 575.4 4.84 2.10 5.73 1.74

Note: Sampling point No8

 Table B-30 Characteristic of Wastewater inlet Fiber Recovery Unit

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) BOD (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
16/03/96 8.72 22.1 0.42 774.1 994.0 4.44 2.35 4.87 1.40
2/04/96 8.81 22.3 0.53 798.0 1025.5 4.85 2.71 5.02 1.58
6/04/96 8.85 23.0 0.44 783.0 1000.0 4.37 2.28 4.95 1.28
8/04/96 8.56 23.8 0.39 692.3 952.8 3.95 2.14 4.64 1.42
22/4/96 8.62 25.7 0.31 688.7 935.0 3.87 2.30 4.55 1.33
Average 8.71 23.4 0.42 747.2 981.2 4.30 2.34 4.81 1.40

Note: sampling point No5

Table B-31 Characteristic of Wastewater outlet Fiber Recovery Unit

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) BOD (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
16/03/96 10.12 21.9 0.13 425.7 858.6 3.83 1.77 3.98 1.05
2/04/96 10.00 22.1 0.15 399.0 712.0 3.18 2.15 4.21 1.13
6/04/96 10.21 23.4 0.13 430.6 785.5 2.97 1.65 3.78 0.84
8/04/96 9.92 24.2 0.11 373.7 758.0 3.15 1.60 3.83 0.90
22/4/96 9.98 24.9 0.09 364.6 745.4 3.08 1.52 3.47 0.93
Average 10.05 23.3 0.12 398.7 771.9 3.24 1.74 3.85 0.97

Note: Sampling point No6

 Table B-32 Characteristic of Wastewater Discharging at Point before Sump (Line 1)

Date pH Temp Cond (s/m) Turb (mg/L) BOD (mg/L) COD (g/L) SS (g/L) TS (g/L) SS70 (g/L)
16/03/96 10.01 21.7 0.31 305.0 1383.0 11.92 2.22 2.74 1.73
2/04/96 10.42 22.5 0.28 296.8 1202.8 10.86 2.13 2.72 1.63
6/04/96 9.89 24.0 0.36 320.0 1400.4 10.40 2.25 2.37 1.74
8/04/96 10.11 24.2 0.26 273.5 1210.5 10.75 2.07 2.31 1.62
22/4/96 10.19 25.6 0.28 284.6 1214.0 10.91 2.18 2.59 1.70
Average 10.12 23.6 0.30 295.9 1282.1 10.85 2.17 2.59 1.69

Note: Sampling point No7

 Table D-3 Using Black Liquor as Construction Material Additives Alternative

Condensating 1m3 of black liquor consumes 3-5 tons of steam

Production 4 tons of steam consumes 0.8 tons of coal

Investment Profit

1. Man Power: 120,000 D/m3

2. Power Cost: 7,000 D/m3
(Pump, Light, Fan...) 400 m3 BL/month
3. Coal 216,000 D/m3 Condensate BL sell:700,000D/m3
3. Mislenous : 50,000 D/m3
Total production cost: 393,000 D/m Turnover : 700,000*400=280,000,000
4. Equipment and Installation Cost Profit : (700,000-393,000)* 400
- Steam boile 300,000,000
- Storage tank: 100,000,000
- Condensate system 200,000,000
- Design and installation cost: 200,000,000
- Recovery pipeline system : 100,000,000
Total of construction cost :1,180,000,000