Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of optimization of the refining energy supplied by a refiner to a fiber composition during a refining operation, the refiner comprising at least two refining disks separated from each other by an adjustable gap. The invention also relates to a refining system adapted to the implementation of such a method.

Abstract: A method for depositing, on a substrate, a composition of cellulosic fibers, includes preparing an aqueous suspension SA comprising at least cellulosic fibers, spraying, at a pressure no lower than 3 MPa, the aqueous suspension SA onto a substrate, wherein the spraying is carried out by means of a nozzle having a size between 0.05 mm and 3 mm, and obtaining a fibrous deposit DF on the substrate. The aqueous suspension SA includes at least 3% by weight of cellulosic fibers relative to the total weight of the aqueous suspension SA, and the aqueous suspension SA and the fibrous deposit DF have dry matter with identical composition.

Abstract: A device for separating the constituents of a fluid medium includes an element for separating the constituents, helping to define, upstream and/or downstream from the separation element, a closed chamber, to which at least one conduit is connected. The conduit includes at least one activatable sealing device, the activation of which is capable of at least partially closing and opening the conduit. The device also includes a controller for the activation of the sealing device, controlling the closing and opening, at least partially, of the conduit cyclically, at a frequency greater than 0.008 Hz.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition containing water, plant fibers and mineral fillers, the weight ratio between the plant fibers and the mineral fillers being comprised between 99/1 and 2/98, the plant fibers and the mineral fillers having been refined simultaneously, wherein the refined fibers have a mean size of between 10 and 700 ?m, and wherein the refined fibers at least partially embed the refined mineral fillers.

Abstract: The serial multistage flotation process for eliminating hydrophobic particles from a stream of materials to be treated includes a step of introducing into one stage a layer of materials to be treated, originating either from a higher state or directly from the inlet of the system. There is an aeration step in which air extracted from the lower stages is mixed, diffused and dispersed in the layer of materials to be treated then escapes to the higher stage or to a foam discharge zone. After the aeration step, there is a deaeration step in which air is no longer introduced into the layer of materials to be treated before the departure thereof from one stage and that enables the discharge of the dispersed air to the higher stages or in the case of the highest stage to foam discharge zone. There is also a step of recovering the deaerated material.

Abstract: Process for the filtration of paper pulp with a device that comprises a rotor and a stator; one of the two, filter (1), has perforations of slot or hole types, and the other, the backwashing element, includes means that are intended to generate pressure pulses that consist in combatting the gradual clogging of the perforations of the filter and the gradual flocculation of the pulp during the creep of the pulp between the rotor and the stator by creating deflocculation zones and/or increasing the relative speed between the pulp and the backwashing elements.

Abstract: Cylindrical screen, particularly for paper pulp, of the type comprising at least one filtering element (10) positioned between two flanges (1, 2) by means of a number of bars (3). The filtering element is composed by wires (10) placed side by side and held by rings (11). This filtering element is rigid in the axial direction and is placed upstream from the above mentioned bars (3), in relation to the direction of flow of the pulp. The filtering element is held against the bars (3) through the rings (11) that are in contact with the bars without being attached to them, so as to maintain its shape by withstanding the pressure exerted by the pulp.