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Mount st. helens - 20 years of recovery, TAPPI JOURNAL, May 2000, Vol. 83(5)
Mount st. helens - 20 years of recovery, TAPPI JOURNAL, May 2000, Vol. 83(5)
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Health check: market pulp, TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2000, Vol. 83(11)
Health check: market pulp, TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2000, Vol. 83(11)
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Pitfalls of trading market pulp on the internet, TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2000, Vol. 83(11)
Pitfalls of trading market pulp on the internet, TAPPI JOURNAL, November 2000, Vol. 83(11)
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The r & t system: everyone is responsible for innovation, TAPPI JOURNAL, September 2000, Vol. 83(9)
The r & t system: everyone is responsible for innovation, TAPPI JOURNAL, September 2000, Vol. 83(9)
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Mechanical modification of softwood pulp fibers using a novel lightweight vertical bar plate, TAPPI Journal April 2021
ABSTRACT: Refiner plates made using sand casting have a draft angle, which results in a trapezoidal bar shape. These trapezoidal bar plates have a limited throughput compared to the vertical bar plates, and eventually the edges of the bars become dull, resulting in longer time to reach the target freeness and shorter service life. The new light-weight refiner plate with a bar insertion method into a plate base was developed by selecting an aluminium-based alloy as the plate base material and a stainless steel alloy with high wear resistance as the bar material. The light-weight plate with sharp bar edges was very effective in reducing refining energy by reaching the target freeness faster than the sand-cast bar plate. Finally, the lightweight sharp bar plate, which weighed only about half the weight of the cast bar plate, was expected to significantly contribute to easy replacement, improved paper quality, and larger throughput without excessive loss of fiber length.
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Evaluating the effect of recovery boiler operation on green liquor dregs concentration using multivariate analysis, TAPPI Journal June 2023
ABSTRACT: Poor settling and filterability of green liquor dregs has been a persistent problem in many kraft pulp mills. While the concentration and settling/filtering behaviors of dregs are expected to be related to how black liquor is burned in recovery boilers, the effect of boiler operation is not well understood. A systematic study was conducted to examine how recovery boiler operation may affect the dregs concentration in the raw green liquor (RGL) at three kraft pulp mills using SIMCA, a multivariate data analysis (MVDA) program. Daily average boiler operating data from three kraft mills were analyzed over a 3-year period. Results of both principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares regression (PLS) suggest that the main boiler operations contributing to high dregs concentrations in RGL are low liquor firing load, low bed temperature, poor char burning, and unstable char bed.
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Removal of silicon from green liquor with low-temperature precausticizing, TAPPI JOURNAL January 2017
Removal of silicon from green liquor with low-temperature precausticizing, TAPPI JOURNAL January 2017
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Fiber-based characterization of pulp refining, TAPPI Journal September 2022
ABSTRACT: Fiber development in pulp refining can be characterized by three parameters: number of impacts on pulp, N; energy per impact, I, and bar force on fibers, F. These parameters enable comparisons of radically different refining conditions; determination of intensity for hardwoods and softwoods; assessment of effect of bar width on fiber shortening; and predictions of tensile strength increases.
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Advantages of lean duplex stainless steels in the pulp and paper industry, TAPPI Journal April 2023
ABSTRACT: The performance of lean duplex stainless steels has been utilized by the pulp and paper industry since their introduction to the market almost 20 years ago. Experience has shown that this group of stainless steels has exceptional performance in, for example, alkaline environments towards typical deterioration mechanisms, i.e., uniform corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. The chemistry of the “lean” duplex steels is designed so that the content of volatile and expensive elements like nickel and molybdenum can be reduced to an absolute minimum without sacrificing the technical performance. This reduces the raw material cost and most importantly provides predictability of the steel price, which is often challenging with conventional austenitic and duplex stainless steels.Thanks to a dual phase microstructure and high nitrogen content, lean duplex steels have at least two times higher strength compared to standard austenitic stainless steels. This is often a preferred feature in pulp and paper construction, as it enables lighter structures and less material to be utilized. Today, lean duplex steels are widely available in various dimensions, from thin cold rolled sheets up to thick hot rolled plates. Lean duplex steels are also fully recyclable after the decommissioning stage of the equipment, thereby contributing to the circular economy.
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Predicting boiler emissions with neural networks, TAPPI JOURNAL, May 1997, Vol. 80(5)
Predicting boiler emissions with neural networks, TAPPI JOURNAL, May 1997, Vol. 80(5)