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Wheat straw as an alternative pulp fiber, TAPPI Journal December 2024

Author: Peter W. Hart | TAPPI J. 19(1): 41(2020) - ABSTRACT: The desire to market sustainable packaging materials has led to an interest in the use of various fiber types as a raw material. It has been suggested that the use of annual crops for partial replacement of wood fiber would result in more sustainable products. Several life cycle analyses (LCA) have been performed to evaluate these claims. These LCAs provided conflicting and contradictory results because of the local conditions and the specific pulping processes investigated. Selected LCAs are reviewed and the underlying reasons for these conflicting results are analyzed.

Review of coating cracking and barrier integrity on paperboard substrates, TAPPI JournalDecember 2024

Authors: Joel C. Panek and Peter W. Hart | TAPPI J. 21(11): 589(2022) - ABSTRACT: Barrier packaging formats are major growth areas for the pulp and paper industry. It is technically challenging to maintain barrier properties during converting and end-use applications. Improved manufacturing capabilities and coating formulation knowledge will help maintain barrier integrity and enable growth of barrier products in challenging applications. These improvements will accelerate product development and commercialization, and allow faster response to product performance issues such as cracking. The literature on coating cracking provides knowledge mostly on the effects of coating formulations and to a lesser extent on substrate effects. Despite a large number of publications dedicated to coating failures, the approach to improve coating cracking remains empirical, and the transferability between studies and to real life applications has not been well established. Model development that successfully predicts commercial performance is in its infancy. However, some of these simplified models do a fairly good job predicting experimental data. The current work reviews the state of understanding as regards coating and barrier cracking and highlights the need for more research on cracking and barrier integrity.

An analytical method to quantitatively determine the amount of polyamide epichlorohydrin (PAE) in paperboard and white water, TAPPI Journal February 2023

Mechanistic aspects of nanocellulose–cationic starch–colloidal silica systems for papermaking, TAPPI Journal February 2023

Editorial: Nonwovens sector provides opportunities for professional and advanced textiles growth, TAPPI Journal February 2023

Slot die coating of nanocellulose on paperboard, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Slot die coating of nanocellulose on paperboard, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Discrete element method to predict coating failure mechanisms, TAPPI JOURNAL January 2018

Discrete element method to predict coating failure mechanisms, TAPPI JOURNAL January 2018

An effective method for determining the retention and distribution of cellulose nanofibrils in paper handsheets by dye labeling, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018

An effective method for determining the retention and distribution of cellulose nanofibrils in paper handsheets by dye labeling, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018

Factors affecting particulate removal efficiency of kraft recovery boiler electrostatic precipitators: a technical review, TAPPI JOURNAL May 2018

Factors affecting particulate removal efficiency of kraft recovery boiler electrostatic precipitators: a technical review, TAPPI JOURNAL May 2018

Dry chip feedrate control using online chip moisture, TAPPI JOURNAL May 2018

Dry chip feedrate control using online chip moisture, TAPPI JOURNAL May 2018