Review: Effects of wood quality and refining process on tmp pulp and paper quality

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3569-3584

  Li, Bin ^a   Li, Haiming ^a,b   Zha, Quanqing ^a   Bandekar, Rohan ^a   Alsaggaf, Ahmed ^a   Ni, Yonghao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Basic density; Black spruce; Pulp quality; Refining intensity; Specific energy; Thermomechanical pulp

Indexed keywords

BALSAM FIR; BASIC DENSITY; BLACK SPRUCE; PULP QUALITY; REFINING INTENSITY; SPECIFIC ENERGY; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; PAPER PRODUCTS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PULP; REFINING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULP; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PULP REFINING;

ABIES AMABILIS; PAPER MACHINES; PAPER PRODUCTS; PICEA MARIANA; PULP QUALITY; PULPS; REFINING; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 80051569081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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