SWEDISH PAPER MILL WRINGS OUT WATER AND GENERATES SAVINGS INSIGHT A large, integrated pulp and paper mill in Sweden asked Nalco Water to investigate new methods for improving its overall sludge handling and"Our innovative sludge dewatering units contain unique mixing technology combined with automated dosing control systems." dewatering operations. The Nalco Water team noted an excessively high volume of various chemicals consumed in the mill’s sludge dewatering operations. This also impacted the associated sludge incineration and biofuel costs at its bark boiler unit. INNOVATION In a series of trials, Nalco Water introduced FLOCMASTERTM Technology to the fiber dewatering lines and wasted biological sludge dewatering centrifuges. “Our solution increased the heating value of the sludge whic

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