Description
Book SynopsisSolving the pulp and paper industries'' environmental problems is essential to maintaining the forest industry and accommodating the changing economic needs of forest communities. This book explores the construction of new mills--operating on new technology that does not produce pollutants--which are vital to the pulp and paper industry.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
The Need for New Technologies in the Pulp and Paper Industry (M.Akhtar & R. Young) CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS TO PULP AND PAPERPROCESSING.
Developments in Organosolv Pulping--An Overview (H. Hergert).
Catalyzed Alcohol Organosolv Pulping (L. Paszner).
Steam Explosion Pulping (B. Kokta & A. Ahmed).
BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS TO PULP AND PAPER PROCESSING.
Taxonomy of Industrially Important White-Rot Fungi (H.Burdsall).
Engineering, Scale-Up, and Economic Aspects of Fungal Pretreatmentof Wood Chips (G. Scott, et al.).
Fungal Pretreatment for Organosolv Pulping Dissolving PulpProduction (A. Ferraz, et al.).
Biological Approach for Pulping and Bleaching of Nonwoody Plants(H. Sabharwal).
Bleaching Kraft Pulps with White-Rot Fungi (I. Reid).
Fungal Treatment of Wood Chips to Remove Extractives (C. Breuil, etal.).
Index.
