Filtering White Water for Reuse
Filtering White Water for Reuse
3 Pages© 2019 Kadant Solutions Division Filtering White Water for Reuse A Southern integrated linerboard mill in the U.S. requested a white water filtration system capable of delivering up to 2,800 gpm of filtered white water for reuse on non-critical paper machine showers. Non-critical showers include wet end showers except for headbox internal showers, high-pressure showers, internal suction roll showers, and press felt lube cleaning showers. Depending on width and speed of a paper machine, flow requirements for non-critical showers can be high. The mill had previously attempted to use competitive micro strainers for white water filtration, but the system was unreliable and failed to meet expectations. As a result, the mill chose to place all non-critical
