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Environmentally Friendly Production of Pulp and Paper

ISBN: 978-0-470-52810-5

September 2010

365 pages

Description
This important reference for professionals in the pulp and paper industry details how to improve manufacturing processes that not only cut down on the emission of pollutants but also increase productivity and decrease costs. Cleaner production measures in the pulp and paper industry, including pulping processes (Kraft, Sulphite and Mechanical), bleaching, recovery, papermaking, and emission treatment, are examined in depth. Covering every aspect of pulping and papermaking that are essential to the subject of reducing pollution, this is a must-have for paper and bioprocess engineers, environmental engineers, and corporations in the forest products.
About the Author
PRATIMA BAJPAI is presently a technical consultant in the pulp and paper industry. She has over thirty years of experience in research at National Sugar Institute Kanpur and Thapar Center for Industrial Research and Development in India, and University of Saskatchewan and University of Western Ontario in Canada. Her main research activities are in the areas of pulp and paper, and industrial and environmental biotechnology. Dr. Bajpai has published twelve books and contributed over seventy-five articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has also contributed chapters to a number of books and encyclopedia, obtained eleven patents, and has written several technical reports.