THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology

WS 400: Pulp and paper technology - 2021/22

Course objectives

At the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Assess the suitability of wood and non-wood raw materials for pulp and paper making.
2. Isolate the cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and extractives from plant materials
3. Carryout laboratory chemical pulping
4. Carryout lab pulp bleaching
5. Make Paper Handsheets
6. Test the properties of pulp and paper
7. Describe how chemicals from pulping are recovered
8. Understand the paper manufacturing process and factors that affect paper quality
9. Understand the pollutants from pulp and paper mill operations and how to control them.

Contents: 8.0.Properties and testing of pulp and paper

9.0.Paper end uses
1.0.Introduction to Paper Making 10.0. Economics of pulp mill and paper
2.0.Wood and Fiber fundamentals machine operation
3.0.Pulping 11.0. Pollution abatement
3.1.Mechanical Pulping 12.0. Forestry Biorefinery
3.2.Sulfite pulping
3.3.Kraft and Soda pulping Assessments
3.4.Chemical Recovery
3.5.Cooking equipment CA - 40%
3.6.Fibers from Recycled Paper Test 1: 3 March 2022, 10:30-12:30 (6%)
4.0.Pulp Bleaching
5.0.Preparation of Stock for paper Making 1. Test 2: 26 May 2022, 10:30-12:30 (7%)
6.0.Paper Manufacturing 2. Test 3: 4 August 2022, 10:30-12:30 (7)
6.1.Introduction 3. Project: 29 July 2022 (20%)
6.2.Wet-end operations
Final Exam - 60%
6.3.Dry-end operations
6.4.Paper Making Chemistry
6.5.Quality Control
6.6.Paper Preservation
7.0.Manufacturing techniques for specific
paper and board grades
Essential Reading • Biermann C.J. (1996): Handbook of
Pulping and Papermaking; 2nd Ed
• Smook G.A. (2008): Handbook for Pulp • Rowell R.M. (2005): Handbook of
and Paper Technologists; 3rd ed. Wood Chemistry and Wood
• Sjostrom E. (1981): Wood Chemistry: Composites.
Fundamentals and Applications.

Paper Making Project

Determining the feasibility of making paper shopping bags from corn stalk and thatching grass. You will
first need to determine the chemical composition (Cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, extractives) of
feedstock using standard procedures. The material will then be pulped to determine the pulp yield. Paper
handsheets will then be fabricated the handsheets which will later be tested for strength. Appropriate
paper shopping bags will be manufactured from the handsheets whose. The project should be completed
by 29 July 2022.