The influence of fibre wall thickness and fibril angle on fibre development in the TMP process

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-13

  Rusu, Marius ^a   Liukkonen, Sari ^b   Gregersen, Øyvind ^a   Sirvió, Jari ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Fibre development; Fibre wall thickness; Microfibril angle; TMP

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; REFINING;

FIBRE DEVELOPMENT; FIBRE WALL THICKNESS; LABORATORY CHIPPERS; MICROFIBRIL ANGLES; NORWAY SPRUCE; SCOTS PINE;

FIBERS;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIBERS; FIBRILS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REFINING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING;

EID: 79955421669     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2011-26-01-p006-013     Document Type: Article

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