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Optimizing Low Consistency Refining

Optimizing Low Consistency Refining

Following our meeting at Howe Sound in August 2013, the UBC research team has performed a series of trials towards finding the optimal conditions to refine coarse softwood mechanical pulps. Francisco Fernandez, Marion Loubet and Nici Darychuk worked on designing the experiments and testing the pulp on different refining conditions. Nearly one ton of never […]

Pulp industry energy research gets $2.7M in funding

The official Media Release came from UBC News (online): Media Release | September 23, 2013 The University of British Columbia’s Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) has received $2.7 million to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions of one of B.C.’s largest industries by 50 per cent before 2020. The grant, funded by the Natural Sciences […]