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Advancing Sustainability in Packaging with Innovative High Barrier Paper-Based Solutions, TAPPICon25

Packaging Solutions: A Conversion Checklist – Technical Considerations for Conversion to Packaging Grades

Part 1 of the Papermaking Technical and Operations Committee (PTOC) Paper Machine Conversion Webinar Series – Dave Burton discusses technical considerations specific to conversion of paper machines to produce packaging grades.

Flow rheology of light foams generated from aqueous solutions of polyvinyl alcohol, TAPPI Journal January 2023

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have shown that foam-assisted application of additives into a wet web has advantages over the conventional way of adding the chemicals into the pulp suspension before forming, e.g., increased mechanical retention as well as high dosage giving increased wet strength without impairing the sheet uniformity. To engineer processes utilizing this new technology, the complex flow behavior of applied foams must be quantified. At the minimum, the foam viscosity and the slip velocity at the solid surfaces need to be known to build practical models that can be used in analyzing and upscaling unit processes of the foam-assisted application.In this study, the rheological behavior was quantified for foams having polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), a widely used strength additive chemical, as the surfactant. The foam density was varied between 100 g/L and 300 g/L, and the concentration of the PVOH solution was varied between 0.5% and 6.0% (w/w). The foams were generated with a commercial foam generator, and the rheological properties of the foams were measured by using a horizontal pipe bank. At the outlet from the generator, the volumetric flow rate, the absolute pressure, and the bubble size distribution of the foam were measured. In the measurement pipe section, the viscous pressure gradient and the slip velocity were measured, after which the foam was discharged to ambient air pressure. The viscosity and the dynamic surface tension of the PVOH solutions were quantified with commercial laboratory devices. In the viscosity analysis, the apparent shear rate was calculated from the volumetric flow rate, and the resulting apparent viscosity was translated to real material viscosity data by applying the Weissenberg-Rabinowitsch correction. The results indicated that PVOH foams can be described with high accuracy as shear-thinning power-law fluids where the detailed behavior depends on the foam density and the PVOH concentration. Slip flow, as usual, increased with increasing wall shear stress, but it was also dependent on the PVOH concentration, the air content, and the bubble size. For both the foam viscosity and the slip flow, a correlation was found that described the quantitative behavior of all the studied foams with good accuracy.

Reliability and Maintenance: Management: What Comes First? SOLUTIONS May 2005 [05MARSO08.pdf]

What Comes First?, Solutions!, March 2005, Vol. 88(3) (46KB)

Characterizing refining action in PFI mills, TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! March 2005, Vol. 4(3)

Characterizing refining action in PFI mills, TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! March 2005, Vol. 4(3)

Characterization of facial tissue softness, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, April 2004, Vol. 3(4) (185KB)

Characterization of facial tissue softness, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, April 2004, Vol. 3(4) (185KB)

Corrosivity of liquors in continuous digesters, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, July 2004, Vol. 3(7) (233KB)

Corrosivity of liquors in continuous digesters, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, July 2004, Vol. 3(7) (233KB)

Mill scale application of peroxyboost, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, August 2004, Vol. 3(8) (172KB)

Mill scale application of peroxyboost, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, August 2004, Vol. 3(8) (172KB)

Investigations of the flocculation behavior of microparticle retention systems,TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! December 2004

Investigations of the flocculation behavior of microparticle retention systems,TAPPI JOURNAL & Solutions! December 2004

Characterization of kenaf by chemimechanical pulping, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, June 2003, Vol. 2(6) (418KB)

Characterization of kenaf by chemimechanical pulping, Solutions! & TAPPI JOURNAL, June 2003, Vol. 2(6) (418KB)