Fibre length effect on fibre suspension flocculation and sheet formation

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Yan, Huawei ^a   Norman, Bo ^a   Lindström, Tom ^b   Ankerfors, Mikael ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crowding factor; Fibre flocculation; Fibre length; Fibre suspension; Floc size; Flow contraction; Pulp mixture; Refining; Sheet Formation

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FLOCCULATION; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CROWDING FACTORS; FIBRE FLOCCULATION; FIBRE SUSPENSION; FLOC SIZE; FLOW CONTRACTION; PULP MIXTURES;

PAPER SHEETING;

CONTRACTION; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTATION; FLOW; FORMATION; KRAFT PULPS; LENGTH; PAPER SHEETS;

EID: 33645678800     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2006-21-01-p030-035     Document Type: Article

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