The Sticky Behaviour of Pulp and Paper Mill Biosludge during Drying, 2018 PEERS
Pulp and paper mill biosludge is known to become sticky after being dried to a certain solids content that it agglomerates and adheres to heat transfer surfaces of the dryer. This undesirable property can lower the dryer efficiency, and in severe cases, causing the drying equipment to fail. A systematic study was conducted to examine the sticky behavior of biosludge. The stickiness was evaluated by measuring the adhesive force between a sludge cake and a stainless steel substrate, and the cohesive force between a sludge cake and a sludge substrate. The results show that i) both adhesive and cohesive forces increase markedly as the solids content increase, reaching a maximum value at about 13% solids, and then decrease steadily at a higher solids content, ii) cohesive force is stronger than adhesive force implying that biosludge tends to agglomerate than adhere to a smooth equipment surface, and iii) mixing wood fines or fly ash from a biomass boiler reduces the stickiness of the mixture. These findings help mills to improve the thermal efficiency of biosludge dryers and to turn biosludge into a more attractive fuel for burning in biomass boilers.
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