Review: Reduction of energy consumption in TMP refining through mechanical pre-treatment of wood chips

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-161

  Gorski, Dmitri ^a   Hill, Jan ^a   Engstrand, Per ^b   Johansson, Lars ^c  

^a Norske Skog   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Papir og fiberinstituttet AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

ATMP; Chip pre compression; Chip pre treatment; Energy reduction; TMP refining

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; PULP; REFINING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ATMP; ENERGY REDUCTION; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-COMPRESSION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRESSURIZED CONDITIONS; VOLUMETRIC COMPRESSIONS;

PULP REFINING;

ANATOMY; CHEMITHERMOMECHANICAL PULPING; CHIPS; CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; PRETREATMENT; REFINING; DEFIBRATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; REDUCTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79551553499     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2010-25-02-p156-161     Document Type: Article

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