A technique to measure mean residence time in TMP refiners based on inherent process fluctuations

Journal of Pulp and Paper Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-89

  Senger, J ^a,d   Ouellet, D ^a,d   Wild, P M ^b   Byrnes, P ^b   Sabourin, M ^c   Olender, D ^c  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ANDRITZ INC   (United States)

^d Xillix Technologies Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disk Refiners; Flow; Machine Design; Measurement; Measuring Instruments; Pulp Properties; Refining; Thermomechanical Pulps; Variations

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; PULP REFINING;

PULP RESIDENCE TIME; RADIAL LOCATIONS; REFINER BARS; REFINING INTENSITY;

THERMOMECHANICAL PULP;

DISK REFINERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MACHINE DESIGN; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PULP PROPERTIES; REFINING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPS; VARIATIONS;

EID: 33748508427     PISSN: 08266220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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