PULSATION APPARATUS FOR DELIGNIFICATION OF CELLULOSE-CONTAINING PLANT MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC C10B53/02 D21C3/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: material is fed into a mixer 1 and treated with steam from a pipe 10. The treated material is then fed into a screw feeder 2 which is provided with valve locking device. The reactor 3 is in form of a vertical cylindrical vessel which is provided with means of loading and unloading material and a means of intensifying agitation of the reaction mass, having a pulsation chamber 4, which encloses the reactor 3, and a pulsator - pulse generator 12. Cooking liquor is fed into the reactor 3 through pipe 5. Spent cooking liquor is removed from the reactor 3 through pipe 6. Steam is fed into the reactor 3 through pipe 7, which is fitted with steam injectors. The reaction mass is subjected to acoustic energy pulses with frequency of 5-70 pulsations per minute with energy density of 3-100 MJ/mol. The pulsator - pulse generator 12 consists of a compressor 13, a receiver 14, a pipe 16 and a pulse generator 15. The reaction mass is moved into the top part of the reactor 3 and, using a blade or scrapping device 8 of a screw device 9, the ready product is separated from the cooking liquor to obtain the end product - edible cellulose.

EFFECT: simple reactor design and delignification technology, low power consumption, while improving quality of the cellulose mass.

3 cl, 3 dwg