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WPAT-02 - Distance training course | Main pulping processes

Objectives

  • To have an overview of the main pulping processes for producing lignocellulosic fibres
  • To know how to compare qualitatively the different obtained fibres.

Teaching method

Lectures - Pedagogical documents.
Remote mode by videoconference.
Duration: 2h30 including 30 minutes Questions-Answers

Contents

2h30

Exposés

  • Context of the pulp industry
  • Presentation of structure of wood and fibres
  • Preparation of raw materials for its use in the pulping processes
  • High-yield pulping processes
    - History of processes
    - Stoneground wood pulps (SGW, PGW)
    - Refiner mechanical pulps (RMP, TMP, CTMP, APP)
    - Bleaching of high-yield pulps
  • Discovery of pulping processes
  • Chemical pulping processes
    - History of processes
    - The different processes and the main steps
  • Comparison of properties of different virgin pulps
English.
Also available in French on demand (pedagogical documents in english)

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