Corrosão de digestores contínuos: influência dos processos de cozimento e análise das tecnologias protetoras

• Autor(a) principal: Paoliello, Flávio Abelha
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5895
• topic: Digestor; Corrosão; Potenciais; Proteção anódica; Weid; Overlay; Digester; Corrosion; Potential; Anodic protection; Weid; Overlay; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL::TECNOLOGIA E UTILIZACAO DE PRODUTOS FLORESTAIS::TECNOLOGIA DE CELULOSE E PAPEL

Most of the Kraft pulp produced in the world come from continuous digesters. Digester corrosion has become a significant topic for the pulp and paper industry since it brought about the need for high expenditures with repairs, replacement of components and upgrade of materials, as well as losses in connection with unplanned outages. Risks to life and property are also significant, as catastrophic failure of pressure bearing equipment may also result. From the Eighties to present days, corrosion problems in many pulp and paper mills around the world have been increasing, for reasons ranging from materials and design aspects of the digesters themselves, to process modifications introduced ever since. The present work examines this scenario, studies the corrosive behavior of continuous digesters in its several forms, and seeks to indicate the main causes. Actual corrosion cases are presented and the main current protective technologies are discussed. Electrochemical testing, metallurgical analyses, corrosivity testing and field inspections are used to support the discussions and conclusions. Highlight is given to the field experience with a type 316 stainless-clad digester, the only known continuous cooker built in such material in the industry, whose prospective corrosion hazards prompted the execution of studies and protective measures that are unique for stainless cooking vessels. The risks to carbon or austenitic stainless steel digesters running on modern cooking processes are demonstrated to be significant. The effectiveness of the main protective technologies, as well as the compatibility among them, was proved. The need to include these technologies in cooking plant retrofit projects was established.