Energy efficient production of

bulky high yield pulp grades

Valmet HT-CTMP

Valmet HT-CTMP (High Temperature - Chemi-ThermoMechanical Pulp) allows

production in the full range from traditional CTMP to high bulky HT-CTMP pulp.

Benefits

• Reduced raw material

consumption
• Lower energy consumption
• Very low shive content
• Bulk is greatly increased
• More uniform quality

More intact fibers and very low shive to produce pulp. The HT-CTMP process uses higher
content temperatures of 150 to 180 °C during this stage. This
softens the lignin even more, allowing the fibers to
HT-CTMP, is a further development of the traditional
be separated more easily. The result is a pulp with
CTMP production process. In the CTMP produc-
fibers that are more intact and have a very low shive
tion process, wood chips are first impregnated with
content (fewer bundles of fibers). The binding quality
chemicals (sulfite and/or sodium hydroxide) and
of the pulp is slightly reduced, but the bulk is greatly
preheated at 90 to 150 °C to help soften the adhesive
increased. As it is easier to separate the fibers, the
material (lignin) between the fibers. The chips are
total energy consumption of the refining process is
then refined mechanically in the pressurized refiner
reduced.

90
Valmet’s new process allows
80 pulp production in the full
range from CTMP to HT-
70
CTMP grades
Tensile index (Nm/g)

Se
mi

60
ch
em
ica
Kraf

50
pul
t pu

lp,
lp, P

40
irch
ine

C TM
P, Sp
30 ruce
/Pin
C TM e
P, Bir
ch/E
20 C TM
P, A
u ca
lypt
sp e us
HT-CTM
n P
10 HT-CTM
P

0
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,5 5,0
Bulk (cm3/g)
 Process description
HT-CTMP technology consists of Valmet’s plug screw
feeder, in which wood chips are optimally compressed
before they expand in the pressurized top impregna-
Clean wood chips tor. The chips can then absorb the impregnation
chemicals rapidly and efficiently as they pass through
the liquid while being transported upstream. The
chips are fed into a pressurized preheater, in which the
chemicals and higher temperature soften the lignin
they contain. The chips then continue to the pres-
Presteaming chip bin
surized refiner via the preheater’s plug screw feeder,
where some of the liquid is retrieved for recycling.

Main equipment
Plug screw feeder for optimal compression of the
wood chips
Pressurized impregnator for efficient impregnation
of the chemicals

Top Pressurized preheater with agitator and discharge

impregnator plug screw feeder for uniform feeding to refiner
Plug screw feeder Pressurized refiner for efficient defibration and
refining
It is recommended to have a mechanical steam
separator suitable for high pressure so steam could
be recovered back to the impregnation/preheating

Preheater with
discharge plug RGP Refiner
screw feeder

The Stora Enso Fors board mill in Sweden

The new HT-CTMP birch pulp now being produced
has greater bulk, which means the board can be
produced at lighter weights and with improved
properties. Energy consumption has been reduced.
And adding a new preheater and feed to the refiner
© Valmet Corporation, MFDU_R_2310_174-02 01/2021.

has resulted in it operating more stably, and the pulp

being more uniform in quality.

“We’ve had a good working relationship with Valmet

throughout the project. Together, we’ve planned and built a
plant that meets the project’s expectations,” say Jan Pettersson,
Production Engineer, and Stefan Neijman, Project Manager,
at the Stora Enso Fors Mill.

For more information, contact your local Valmet office. www.valmet.com

Specifications in this document are subject to change without notice.
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