Crash Course in Pulp & Paper Technology for non scientists

After the course you should be able to ...
 Define different types of products made from paper and board
 Describe the different unit operations in manufacturing of products made from wood fibres prepared for papermaking and apply this for design of new such products
 Describe the pulp manufacturing processes and methods for evaluation of pulp properties
 Define and evaluate pulps with respect to the properties of the end product
 Describe physical limitations that governs the production capacity
 Define the basic mechanism behind the interaction between paper chemicals and fibres
 Describe how certain chemicals function as process improving chemicals and/or product quality enhancing chemicals
 Describe the most commonly used additives in papermaking
 Describe the relations between products, end-use and converting properties, and the most important physical and appearance properties of paper and board
 Describe the fundamentals of nanocellulose