Black liquor measurements

Black liquor measurements The measurement problems of black liquor originate mainly from the liquor itself. Its contents and properties depend on several factors and those change when it proceeds in the processing system. The solids content rises from 15-25 % in weak black liquor, even up to 80-85 % in strong black liquor going from

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Professor Emeritus Kauko Leiviskä, University of Oulu

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