Pulp and Paper Industry

Pulp and Paper Industry: Chemical Recovery examines the scientific and technical advances that have been made in chemical recovery, including the very latest developments. It looks at general aspects of the chemical recovery process and its significance, black liquor evaporation, black liquor combustion, white liquor preparation, and lime reburning. The book also describes the technologies for chemical recovery of nonwood black liquor, as well as direct alkali regeneration systems in small pulp mills. In addition, it includes a discussion of alternative chemical recovery processes, i.e. alternative causticization and gasification processes, and the progress being made in the recovery of filler, coating color, and pigments. Furthermore, it discusses the utilization of new value streams (fuels and chemicals) from residuals and spent pulping liquor, including related environmental challenges.

Pratima Bajpai is currently working as a consultant in the field of paper and pulp. Her research career spans about 40 years, having worked at the National Sugar Institute, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Western Ontario, and the Thapar Research and Industrial Development Centre in India. She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and as a visiting researcher at the Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai's main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper, and environmental biotechnology.

1. Introduction2. Properties, Composition, and Analysis of Black Liquor3. Evaporation of Black Liquor4. Combustion of Black Liquor5. Preparation of White Liquor6. Reburning of Lime Mud7. Recovery of Chemicals From Nonwood Black Liquor8. Alternative Recovery Processes9. Recovery of Coating Color, Pigments, and Fillers10. Chemicals and Fuels From Residuals and Spent Pulping Liquors11. Environmental Issues and Challenges12. Future Perspectives