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FLOW OF LIQUOR THROUGH WOOD CHIPS IN A MODEL DIGESTER

ABSTRACT Electrical resistance tomography was used to evaluate liquid flow trough a 40 L model digester filled with wood chips. Tests were made with cooked and uncooked chips, both uncompressed and at two levels of chip compression (giving external liquid void fractions of 0.53, 0.43, and 0.33). The chips were stationary in all tests. Flow situations (symmetrical and asymmetrical liquid upflow, symmetrical liquid downflow) were studied with liquor recirculated through the downcomer-screen circulation loop. The creation of distinct liquor flow zones both above and below the screen section depended on the ratio of liquor flow in the downcomer-screen circuit to the axial liquor flow (either upflow or downflow) and did not depend on the level of chip compaction attained. Asymmetrical flows created by closing one-half of the screen set established nonuniform zones within the model digester. The significance of these findings for operating digesters is discussed.