US 12,247,354 B2
Method for suppressing sedimentation of suspended substance, method for suppressing pitch trouble, and method for detecting sedimentation of suspended substance
Hiroki Katsura, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/642,702
Filed by KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/034301
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095342, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-205069 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325473 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. D21C 9/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 1/24 (2023.01); C02F 1/40 (2023.01); C02F 1/50 (2023.01); D21D 5/28 (2006.01); D21F 1/66 (2006.01); D21F 1/68 (2006.01); D21F 1/70 (2006.01); D21H 21/04 (2006.01); D21H 23/08 (2006.01); C02F 103/28 (2006.01)
CPC D21C 9/008 (2013.01) [C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/24 (2013.01); C02F 1/40 (2013.01); C02F 1/50 (2013.01); D21D 5/28 (2013.01); D21F 1/66 (2013.01); D21F 1/68 (2013.01); D21F 1/70 (2013.01); D21H 21/04 (2013.01); D21H 23/08 (2013.01); C02F 2103/28 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/10 (2013.01); C02F 2209/11 (2013.01); C02F 2303/20 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
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1. A method for suppressing sedimentation of suspended substances, wherein the method is for suppressing sedimentation of suspended substances in water at a bottom of a tank disposed in a water system in papermaking equipment, the method comprising:
an aeration step of blowing an oxygen-containing gas into water which exists in the tank, for stirring and aeration;
a detection step of detecting a change with time in existence states of suspended substances which exist in the water in the tank by the stirring and the aeration; and
a control step of feeding at least one of an oxygen-containing gas and a slime control agent to the tank based on a detection result in the detection step during operation of the papermaking equipment to suppress sedimentation of the suspended substances in the tank,
wherein, in the detection step, the change with time in existence states of the suspended substances which exist in the water in the tank is detected based on a difference of a plurality of measurement results measured in terms of temperature or turbidity by at least either one among a thermometer, a turbidimeter, and an MLSS meter, and wherein the thermometer, the turbidimeter, and the MLSS meter respectively include a plurality of thermometers, a plurality of turbidimeters, and a plurality of MLSS meters disposed in a height direction of the tank.
 
3. A method for detecting sedimentation of suspended substances, wherein the method is for detecting sedimentation of suspended substances in water at a bottom of a tank disposed in a water system in papermaking equipment, the method comprising:
an aeration step of blowing an oxygen-containing gas into water which exists in the tank, for stirring and aeration; and
a detection step of detecting sedimentation of suspended substances based on a change with time in existence states of suspended substances which exist in the water in the tank by the stirring and the aeration,
wherein, in the detection step, the change with time in existence states of the suspended substances which exist in the water in the tank is detected based on a difference of a plurality of measurement results measured in terms of temperature or turbidity by at least either one among a thermometer, a turbidimeter, and an MLSS meter, and wherein the thermometer, the turbidimeter, and the MLSS meter respectively include a plurality of thermometers, a plurality of turbidimeters, and a plurality of MLSS meters disposed in a height direction of the tank.