2013 TAPPI Introduction To Kraft Pulping & Bleaching Course
 
   
Earn 1.3 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
The Education Project Center of TAPPI has been reviewed and 
approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1620 I Street, NW, Suite 615, Washington, DC 20006. 
 
TAPPI will award 1.3 CEUs to participants who attend at least 80% of the educational sessions and complete a final program evaluation.

 
PROPOSED COURSE SCHEDULE 
Monday, August 5

8:00 – 8:30

Course Overview and Learning Objectives
Introductions

8:30 – 9:30

Wood and Fiber Raw Materials
- Hardwoods and Softwoods
- Wood Properties
- Fiber Properties

9:30 – 10:30

Preparation of Wood & Chips for Pulping
- Debarking
- Chipping
- Screening
- Storage and Recovery
- Chip Quality

10:30 – 12:00

Preparation of White Liquor
- Chemical Terminology
- Chemical Tests
- Chemical Recovery Cycle

12:00 - 12:45      LUNCH

12:45 – 1:30

Overview of Kraft Pulping
- Terminology
- Pulp Properties and Tests

1:30 – 2:30

Kraft Digesters and Technology
- Batch
- Continuous

2:30 – 3:30

Kraft Pulping Chemical Reactions
- Delignification
- Cellulose
- Hemicelluloses
- Extractives

3:30 – 4:30

Kraft Pulping Variables and Effects on Properties
- AA, EA
- H Factor
- Pulp Quality for Different Grades

4:30 – 5:15

Trends in Kraft Pulping
- Displacement Cooking
- MCC Cooking
- Lo-Solids
- Isothermal
- AQ
- Polysulfide

5:15   Adjournment

Note: For participants who desire additional depth and/or introductory review, Professor Kocurek will be available until 6:00 PM.

Tuesday, August 6

7:45 – 8:00

Q&A and Discussion of Day One Topics

8:00 – 8:30

Pulp Processing Overview
- Oxygen Delignification
- Fiberizing
- Washing
- Screening and Cleaning  

8:30 – 9:30

Brown Stock Washing
- Displacement
- Diffusion
- Equipment
- Washing Variables

9:30 – 10:30

Screening & Cleaning

10:30 – 11:30

Overview of Bleaching
- Sequences
- History
- ECF and TCF

11:30 – 12:00

Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching
- Equipment
- Variables
- Reactions

12:00 - 12:45      LUNCH

12:45 – 1:30

Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching (Continued)
- Equipment
- Variables
- Reactions

1:30 – 2:00

Caustic Extraction
- E, EO, EP
- Variables

2:00 – 3:00

Oxygen Delignification
- Equipment
- Variables
- Reactions

3:00 – 3:15

Other Bleaching Sequences and Trends in Bleaching
- Ozone
- Enzymatic
- Other

3:15 – 3:45

Pulp Mill Environmental Review

3:45 – 4:30

Pulp Mill Biorefinery

4:30  Adjournment

Note:  For participants with later departures, Professor Kocurek will be available for further Q&A and discussion.

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