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The Evaluation of Scum Recyclability from Waste Sludge in Linerboard Mills  

Kang, Kwang-Ho (Department of Forest Products, Kookmin University)
Kim, Hyoung-Jin (Department of Forest Products, Kookmin University)
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Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry / v.40, no.3, 2008 , pp. 42-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the purpose of reduction of production cost in the industrial papermaking process, the use of waste paper has been more and more increased as a fibrous raw material, and the closed system of white water became closed more than ever. "Scum" indicates the floated sludge by a flotation during primary wastewater treatment process in paper mills. If the scum is used as the raw material, it could reduce both the raw material and solid waste treatment cost with even small quantity. In this study, the element survey and the toxicity measurement was carried out for recycling scum. A load factor of stock preparation process in paper mills was measured by somerville screen. Physical properties of paper sheet containing the accepted scum from the stock of AOCC or KOCC were evaluated. The result of this study shows that recycling scum has potential to be used in paper making system. It also might be able to reduce the required energy used by the pressing or drainage process, the raw material cost, and solid waste treatment cost due to the recycling of scum.
Keywords
scum; waste sludge; primary wastewater treatment; flotation; recycling; old corrugated container;
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