Fibre floc behaviour of softwood kraft pulp in flowing suspensions

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Yan, Huawei ^a   Norman, Bo ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibre flocculation; Fibre suspension; Floc behaviour; Floc size; Flow contraction; Image analysis; Manual evaluation; Power Spectrum

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; FLOW CONTROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

FIBRE FLOCCULATION; FIBRE SUSPENSION; FLOC BEHAVIOR; FLOC SIZE; FLOW CONTRACTION; MANUAL EVALUATION; POWER SPECTRUM;

KRAFT PULP;

CONCENTRATION; CONTRACTION; DISPERSIONS; FLOCS; INCREMENTS; KRAFT PAPERS; PULPS; REDUCTION;

EID: 33645685668     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2006-21-01-p024-029     Document Type: Article

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