Refining Effects on Pulp Fibers and Physical Properties of Paper Using Domestic Refiner Plates

Sol Kwon; Chul-Hwan Kim; Ji-Young Lee; Hyeung-Hun Park; Hyun-Tek Yim; Ho-Gyeong Gu; Byung-Gul Min

doi:10.7584/JKTAPPI.2017.12.49.6.13

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Refining Effects on Pulp Fibers and Physical Properties of Paper Using Domestic Refiner Plates 국산 리파이너 바를 이용한 리파이닝 효과 연구

30 December 2017. pp. 13-21

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Abstract

Bleached kraft pulps with different dimensions were refined by the refiner plates designed and manufactured for this study. One pulp has a length-weighted mean fiber length of 2.90 mm and a coarseness of 15.5 mg/100 m. Another pulp has a length-weighted mean fiber length of 0.68 mm and a coarseness of 9.25 mg/100 m. The long- and thick-fiber pulp (Pulp I) was refined by the plate of coarse fillings with lower cutting edge length (CEL), and the short- and thin-fiber pulp (Pulp II) was refined by the plate of fine fillings with higher CEL. The fiber length of pulp I was sharply reduced at the beginning of refining, and, on the other hand, that of pulp II was more slowly reduced. Coarse fillings against Pulp I led to more cutting rather than fibrillation, and fine fillings against Pulp II promoted more external and internal fibrillation. Due to the dimensional characteristics, the long and coarse fibers required more refining energy in gaining the designated freeness level than did the short and thin fibers. At a given refining amount, the finer fillings led to the slower increment in tensile strength than did the coarser fillings. However, tear strength of pulp I sharply improved at first and thereafter rapidly dropped, whereas pulp II steadily increased and then gradually decreased with prolonged refining. Based on these results, more gentle refining for the pulp such as pulp II was required to obtain desirable fibrillation and energy savings, and therefore a novel manufacturing technology such as a laser technology and diffusion bonding differently from casting should be applied to develop much finer filling with the combination of high cutting edge length and hydraulic capacity.

Keywords

Refining

coarse fillings

fine fillings

fiber cutting

fibrillation

cutting edge length

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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 : 49
No :6
Pages :13-21
Received Date : 2017-11-13
Revised Date : 2017-11-28
Accepted Date : 2017-11-29
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7584/JKTAPPI.2017.12.49.6.13

Journal of Korea TAPPI ISSN:0253-3200(Print) 펄프종이기술

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