Divisions of the Institute

OBJECTIVES:

¤ Undertake R&D work in the area of chemical recovery, desilication, thermal treatment of black liquor for viscosity reduction, black liquor characterization. .

¤ Development of alternate technologies in the area of chemical recovery for cost-effective production, viable in Indian context

¤ Co-operate with the mills in process development and extend the testing facilities in India and abroad.

¤ Conduct energy & process audits in industries.

¤ Provide training to mill personnel at all levels, demonstration of technology, organizing workshop, seminar & interaction meets to disseminate information.

¤ Assist other agencies like CII, MNES, Ministry of Power, Paper Mill Associations etc., for preparation of pre-feasibility reports, technological evaluation etc

¤ Capacity assessment and pre feasibility studies on chemical recovery system.

Quintox Flue Gas Analyser Simultaneous Thermal Analyser Automatic Bomb Calorimeter Portable Load Manager Pilot Ultra Filtration Unit

SERVICES OFFERED:

¤ Energy & process audit in pulp & paper mills.

¤ Studies for thermal analysis and combustion behaviour of black liquor and fuel samples.

¤ Estimation of non-process elements in pulp & paper mill samples, black liquor, process water.

¤ Macro molecular characterization of black liquor constituents.

¤ Energy efficiency analysis of paper mills processes and pre feasibility studies.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE :

¤ Automatic Bomb Calorimeter .

¤ Simultaneous Thermal Analyser.

¤ Advanced Rheometer.

¤ UV-Visible spectrophotometer.

¤ Automatic titration system.

¤ Pilot plant for desilication of black liquor.

¤ Pilot plant for thermal treatment of black liquor.

¤ Energy load manager.

¤ Quintox Flue gas analyser.

¤ Motor top.

¤ Ultrasonic thickness gauge.

¤ Tachometer.

¤ Light probe meter.

¤ Hydra SX30 DFD flow meter.

¤ Portaflow meter.

¤ Non contact thermometer.

¤ Micro Manometer.

ACHEIVEMENTS:

¤ Successfully developed Technology for removal of silica from the black liquor. A full mill scale plant is running in one of the Rice Straw based mill since 2006. The technology is being marketed by an engineering company

¤ Developed Direct Alkali Recovery System (DARS), a process for recovery of chemical suitable for small pulp & paper mills.

¤ Developed Thermal treatment technology for black liquor to reduce viscosity of Baggase Black Liquor and achieve high dry solids content of firing Black Liquor thereby increasing Thermal Energy Recovery Efficiency.

¤ Successfully developed a technology for reduction of Chlorides & Potassium in Chemical Recovery System. The technology is being upscaled for demonstration on Pilot scale.

¤ For the first time in India application of Thermal Pinch Technology was undertaken by CPPRI.

¤ Successfully developed a Thermal Pinch Analysis software in collaboration with IIT, Bombay.