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Engineering Cellulose Fibers for High-Value Added Products for Pulp & Paper Industry
Young Chan Ko†
,
Jong-Moon Park1
SCAP-Tech Consulting, Seoul
1Departments of Forest Product & Engineering, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 28644
†E-mail: youngko2004@hanmail.net
30 December 2015. pp. 22-40
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Abstract

Cellulose fibers is one of the most abundant in nature. It has many distinctive features: abundant in nature, biodegradable, non-toxic, eco-friendly, sustainable, easy to fabricate, hydrophilic, and cost-effective.

Cellulose fibers, known as pulp, is produced from cellulose-containing materials by the pulping process. As the raw material, wood has been most commonly used while recycled pulp has been also used to some degree. Thus, pulp usually refers to wood pulp. Generally, the pulp and paper industry is regarded as the commodity market where the cost should be much more important than the quality. It also belongs to a mature market where the growth is slow, or even in decline. Accordingly, technological development has been rather stagnant for the industry.

Recently, however, the pulp and paper industry has faced very serious challenges. First, due to digital technology, there has been a steady decline in the need for pulp and paper products. The digital industry has continuously replaced printed products such as books, newspapers, and magazines. Second, there has been a trend initiated by developed countries to limit the use of wood as the raw material for the sake of environmental protection. This forces the industry to find a more efficient use of wood pulp as well as finding alternative, non-wood sources. Third, as an individual becomes wealthier and more conscious of health-care, the quality of a product becomes more important than the cost. Thus, a paradigm shift is needed from the cost-conscientious to the quality conscientious.

The objective of this article is to review the technologies aimed at engineering cellulose fibers for producing high-value added paper products.

Keywords
Engineering cellulose fibers
bulk fiber
chemically cross-linked fibers
twisted fibers
nanocellulose
microcrystalline cellulose
nanofibrillated cellulose
drying
spray drying
flash drying
supercritical point drying
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  • Publisher :Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국펄프종이공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korea TAPPI
  • Journal Title(Ko) :펄프종이기술
  • Volume : 47
  • No :6
  • Pages :22-40
  • Received Date : 2015-12-06
  • Revised Date : 2015-12-16
  • Accepted Date : 2015-12-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7584/ktappi.2015.47.6.022
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