The products of the paper and pulp industry. Pulp manufacturing. Papermaking (forming, pressing, drying, post-drying operations, coating). The use of chemicals in papermaking. End-use and converting properties. Nanocellulose. Fundamental business aspects for the pulp and paper industry.
Crash Course in Pulp & Paper Technology for non scientists
- O-course
Course content:
Learning objectives:
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
May 24-25, 2021
ECTS:
- 3.0
LOCATION:
- Online
REGISTER BEFORE:
Contributors:
Prof. Mikael Lindström, Prof.. Daniel Söderberg, Doc. Peter Rättö,
Prof. Lars Wågberg, Prof. Sören Östlund, Dr Mikael Ankerfors, Dr Paul Krochak,
M.Sc. Nippe Hylander
Literature:
Lecture notes, magazine papers and scientific papers.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of university mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Course fee:
For Treesearch associated Ph.D-students and post-doc the course is free of charge. For persons from Industries associated to Treesearch the course cost is 5000:- SEK for one person, 9000:- (4500:-/person) SEK for two persons and 12000:- (4000:-/person) for three persons.
For persons belonging to organizations not associated to Treesearch the cost is 21.300 SEK
Course responsible:
Prof. Sören Östlund, KTH
- The course is given in cooperation with KTH, RISE

If you have problems with the registration please contact education@treesearch.se