Recovery boiler sootblowers: History and technological advances

This work was conducted as part of the research program on “Increasing Energy and Chemical Recovery Efficiency in the Kraft Process,” jointly supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and a consortium of the following companies: Andritz, AV Nackawic, Babcock & Wilcox, Boise, Carter Holt Harvey, Cellulose Nipo- Brasileira, Clyde-Bergemann, DMI Peace River Pulp, Eldorado, ERCO Worldwide, Fibria, FP Innovations, International Paper, Irving Pulp and Paper, Kiln Flame Systems, Klabin, MeadWestvaco, StoraEnso Research, Suzano, Tembec, Tolko Industries, and Valmet. The authors also wish to acknowledge Diamond Power International for its past support of the sootblowing research program at the University of Toronto.