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Rice Straw Pulp Mill Machinery

Rice Straw Pulp Mill Machinery — Turnkey Solution by Rajshree India

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Rajshree Group provides complete turnkey Rice Straw Pulp Mill Machinery for producing paper pulp from agricultural rice straw waste. Rice straw is one of the largest agricultural residues in Asia and a promising sustainable raw material for the paper industry.

Product Overview

Our solutions convert this waste into high-value pulp, creating economic and environmental benefits.

Key Features

  • Straw washing and depithing system
  • Soda or kraft pulping digester for straw
  • Silica management in black liquor
  • Brown stock washing with press washers
  • Chlorine-free bleaching sequence
  • Effluent treatment with silica recovery
  • Straw storage yard with fire protection
  • Energy recovery from black liquor

Applications

  • Printing and writing paper
  • Newsprint and newsprint base
  • Tissue and hygiene products
  • Specialty paper grades
  • Handmade paper units

Our Turnkey Project Process

1
Consultation & Feasibility
We understand your requirements, site conditions, and budget to prepare a detailed feasibility report.
2
Engineering & Design
Complete process design, P&IDs, civil layout, electrical single lines, and equipment specifications.
3
Manufacturing & Supply
In-house and vendor-sourced equipment manufactured, quality-inspected, and dispatched on schedule.
4
Installation & Commissioning
Our engineers supervise erection, electrical, instrumentation, and commission the plant to design parameters.
5
Training & After-Sales Support
Hands-on operator training, performance guarantee trial, and ongoing technical support for the life of the plant.

Technical Specifications

Raw MaterialRice Straw
Capacity10 – 100 TPD
ProcessSoda / Kraft / Semi-chem
Silica ContentUp to 18% (handled)
Pulp Brightness70 – 82% ISO
Fibre Length0.8 – 1.5 mm (typical)
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📞+91 87996 27889 📞+1 (219) 256-9887 ✉️sales@rajshreeent.com
📍🏢 Head Office: 60, Swapnil-2 Industrial Park, Kuha, Ahmedabad - 382433, Gujarat, India |
📍 Branch Office: 1913 Gunbarrel Road, Suite 105 Chattanooga, TN 37421, USA |
📍 Branch Office: D7, Varsity Chateau, Uniport Road Aluu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria |

Why Choose Rajshree?

  • 20+ years industry experience
  • 22+ successful projects delivered
  • Serving India, Africa & Middle East
  • Complete turnkey — single point responsibility
  • After-sales support and spare parts
  • Competitive pricing and financing options

Rice Straw Pulping: Converting Asia's Most Abundant Agricultural Waste into Paper

Asia produces over 700 million tonnes of rice annually, generating approximately 700 million tonnes of straw — most of which is field-burned, causing severe air quality episodes across India, China, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia. Rajshree Group's rice straw pulp mill technology converts this environmental liability into a sustainable paper fibre resource, providing farmers with a commercial alternative to burning and paper mills with a locally available, low-cost raw material independent of global wood pulp price cycles.

Rice straw pulping presents unique technical challenges: high silica content (8–12% of dry weight, versus 0.1–0.5% in wood) requires dedicated silica management in the cooking and chemical recovery stages; short, weak fibres require careful refining to develop adequate paper strength; and straw collection and baling logistics demand coordination with seasonal harvesting windows. Rajshree has addressed all of these challenges in our rice straw pulp mill designs for Punjab, Haryana, and UP-based clients in India.

Our soda-anthraquinone (soda-AQ) cooking process for rice straw achieves kappa numbers of 8–14 at cooking temperatures of 155–165°C — producing bleachable pulp with brightness achievable to 78–82% ISO through a CEH bleaching sequence. The cooking chemical (sodium hydroxide) is recovered through a dedicated rice straw chemical recovery loop that manages silica precipitation separately from the main evaporator train.

🌾 Farmer Partnership Model

Rajshree has developed a farmer engagement model for rice straw collection — working with aggregators within 50 km radius of the mill to collect, bale, and transport straw at a fair farmgate price. This creates rural livelihood income while giving the mill a predictable, costed fibre supply — a model successfully operating at two Rajshree-commissioned mills in northern India.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Rice straw is one of the most widely used non-wood raw materials for paper making globally, particularly in China, India, and Egypt. Bleached rice straw pulp achieves 72–80% ISO brightness and is suitable for newsprint, writing and printing paper, and tissue. The major challenge is high silica content (10–18%), which requires special process design.
The primary challenge is high silica (SiO₂) content (10–18% of dry straw), which dissolves in cooking liquor (as sodium silicate) and causes severe scaling on evaporator tubes, reducing heat transfer and requiring frequent cleaning. Secondary challenges include straw collection and storage logistics and the high fines content of straw that affects paper machine drainage.
Unbleached rice straw pulp (kappa 30–45) is used for packaging and newsprint grades. Bleached rice straw pulp (brightness 72–80% ISO) is used for writing, printing, tissue, and specialty papers. Rice straw pulp is typically blended with wood or agro-fibre pulp to improve paper strength, as straw fibres are short and have limited bonding strength on their own.
Rajshree addresses silica through: (1) hot water washing of straw before cooking to pre-extract 30–40% of silica, (2) designing the evaporator with wide-gap falling-film tubes resistant to silica scaling, (3) implementing a black liquor desilication stage (pressure desilication with CO₂) to remove silica before evaporation, and (4) providing CIP systems on the evaporator for regular chemical cleaning.
Rajshree supplies rice straw pulp mills from 10 TPD to 150 TPD, configured for the local straw availability and paper market. For a 50 TPD mill, a straw collection radius of 50–100 km is typically needed. Rajshree provides complete straw receiving, baling, storage, and preparation systems alongside the pulp mill.

Countries We Serve

Rajshree Group supplies and installs our Rice Straw Pulp Mill Machinery — and complete pulp & paper mill machinery — for mills across India, Africa and the Middle East, with sea-freight delivery, on-site erection, commissioning and after-sales support in every market we serve.

IndiaNigeriaKenyaGhanaSouth AfricaEgyptTanzaniaUgandaSaudi ArabiaUAE

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