A black liquor recovery boiler has two main functions. On one hand, it generates steam from the heat energy liberated upon combustion of the organic constituents of black liquor burned in the boiler, whereby the recovery boiler serves as a steam boiler. On the other hand, the chemicals from pulp digesting sulphur and sodium are recovered from the black liquor, the recovery boiler then serving a...

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