Fibre and fines quality development in pilot scale high and low consistency refining of ATMP

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 872-881

  Gorski, Dmitri ^a   Mörseburg, Kathrin ^b   Olson, James ^c   Luukkonen, Antti ^d  

^a Norske Skog   (Norway)

^b Papir og fiberinstituttet AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ANDRITZ INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ATMP; Energy efficiency; Fibre characterization; Fibre development; High consistency refining; Low consistency refining

Indexed keywords

ATMP; BONDED SHEETS; FIBRE DEVELOPMENT; FIBRE FRACTIONS; FIBRE WALL THICKNESS; FINES CONTENT; FINES PROPERTIES; HAND SHEETS; INCREASED FLEXIBILITY; LC REFINING; LOW-CONSISTENCY; PILOT SCALE; PROPERTY PROFILES; REFINING PROCESS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SURFACE AREA; THERMO-MECHANICAL; LOW CONSISTENCY; MECHANICAL PULPING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PULP; REFINING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOMECHANICAL PULP;

PULP REFINING;

CONSISTENCY; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY; MECHANICAL PULPS; QUALITY; REFINING; TENSILE STRENGTH; DEVELOPMENT; FIBERS; FIBRILLATION; FINES; LOW CONSISTENCY; MECHANICAL PULPING;

EID: 84871807673     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: 20000669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/NPPRJ-2012-27-05-p872-881     Document Type: Article

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