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Flow characteristics of drag-reducing natural bamboo fiber suspensions with minimal environmental load, TAPPI Journal September 2019

ABSTRACT: The reduction of pipe friction loss by adding drag-reducing agents has attracted attention as an aid to energy conservation. Drag-reducing agents induce drag reduction (DR) effects and should have a minimal environmental load, with natural resource-saving potential. This study demonstrates bamboo fiber as a drag-reducing agent that saves natural resources and has a low environmental load. Using pressure drop measurements, we report DR with suspensions of bamboo fibers with the average diameter of 13.3 µm and aspect ratio of 98.7. The maximum DR obtained in this experiment is 43% at the concentration of 4000 ppm and pipe diameter of 30 mm; DR is affected by the Reynolds number, suspension concentration, and pipe diameter. In addition, the bamboo fibers can be easily removed from the suspensions by filtration. We found that low-environmental-load bamboo fiber has DR effects like those of other fibers; its effects are greater than those of conventional synthetic fibers and wood pulp. Furthermore, it is resistant to mechanical degradation, recoverable, and recyclable. Therefore, DR effects can be selectively obtained by adding the fibers only when DR is needed; the fibers can then be collected when DR is no longer necessary. This method might greatly expand the application range of DR agents. The results demonstrate the usefulness of bamboo fibers as DR additives.

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A novel unit operation to remove hydrophobic contaminants, TAPPI Journal April 2020

ABSTRACT: For mills making paper with recovered fiber, removal of hydrophobic contaminants is essential for trouble-free operation of paper machines. Significant cost savings on paper machine operation can be achieved by reducing deposits, which results in better quality, reduced downtime, increased fiber yield, and reduced energy consumption. Bubble nucleation separation (BNS) is a relatively new process for removing hydrophobic particles. When vacuum is applied to a slurry, dissolved gas bubbles nucleate on hydrophobic particles and drag them to the surface for easy removal. We constructed a 16-L batch unit to evaluate the effect of operating parameters on removal of hydrophobic particles, using statistical design of experiments. These results were used to guide our design of a 16-L continuous unit. We tested this unit on laboratory and mill samples. The removal of 60%•80% of hydrophobic particles was achieved with a low reject rate of < 2%.Following on this success, we built a 200-L pilot unit and tested it in our pilot plant. With promising results there, we installed the pilot unit at a commercial paper recycling mill. Over the course of several mill trials, we showed that it was possible to remove a considerable amount of suspended solids from paper machine white water with less than 2% rejects. Unfortunately, due to the unit only treating 50 L/min and the mill flow being 12000 L/min, we were not able treat a sufficient portion of the white water to know whether a large-scale implementation of BNS would improve paper machine runnability.

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Editorial: Gaurav Pranami: Nonwovens and coatings R&D expert, TAPPI JOURNAL November 2014

Editorial: Gaurav Pranami: Nonwovens and coatings R&D expert, TAPPI JOURNAL November 2014

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Fundamental study on developing wood powder as an additive of paperboard, TAPPI JOURNAL November 2014

Fundamental study on developing wood powder as an additive of paperboard, TAPPI JOURNAL November 2014

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The potential of fly ash-based calcium silicate as paper filler: Physical properties and printability

The potential of fly ash-based calcium silicate as paper filler: Physical properties and printability, TAPPI JOURNAL October 2014

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Multistage fiber fractionation of softwood chemical pulp through smooth-hole screen cylinders and its effects on paper properties 15APR259

Multistage fiber fractionation of softwood chemical pulp through smooth-hole screen cylinders and its effects on paper properties, TAPPI JOURNAL April 2015

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A novel method for the determination of linting propensity of paper, TAPPI JOURNAL October 2012

A novel method for the determination of linting propensity of paper, TAPPI JOURNAL October 2012

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Impact of fiber structure on edge-wicking of highly-sized paperboard, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2018

Impact of fiber structure on edge-wicking of highly-sized paperboard, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2018

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Operational issues in high-speed curtain coating of paper, part 1: the principles of curtain coating, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2004, Vol. 3(11) (173KB)

Operational issues in high-speed curtain coating of paper, part 1: the principles of curtain coating, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2004, Vol. 3(11) (173KB)

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Improvement of paper properties using starch-modified precipitated calcium carbonate filler, TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! February 2005, Vol. 4(2) (304KB)

Improvement of paper properties using starch-modified precipitated calcium carbonate filler, TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! February 2005, Vol. 4(2) (304KB)

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