Objective TO ESTABLISH VARIOUS WAYS OF UTILIZING COMMON EEC HARDWOODS IN HIGH PULPING FOR VARIOUS PAPER AND PRODUCTS THIS VAST PROJECT COMBINES SEVERAL DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE NEED TO EXPLOIT AVAILABLE EEC WOOD. THE SPECIES USED WILL BE OAK, BEECH POPLAR, HORN BEAN AND EUCALYPTUS WHILE BIRCH, ABOUT WHICH SOME KNOWLEDGE IS AVAILABLE FROM SCANDINAVIA, USED AS A COMPARISON. THE WORK COMPRISES TO BEGIN WITH, A STUDY OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE FIBRES AND THE REACTION TO VARIOUS DEGREES OF SULPHONATION TREATMENT. PULP WILL BE MADE ON A LAB SCALE IN SWEDEN AND ON A PILOT SCALE IN ITALY. THE EFFECT OF METAL CATALYSTS AND OF ORGANIC ACIDS AND ORGANOSOLVS SUCH AS METHANOL WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN GERMANY, WHILE BLEACHING WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WILL BE STUDIED IN FRANCE AND DENMARK. THE PULPING METHODS TO BE TRIED WILL BE CMP AND CTMP BY CTP IN FRANCE, BUT ALSO STONE GRINDING UNDER PRESSURE IN A PILOT PLANT IN GERMANY WHERE THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT STONE SURFACE WILL BE EVALUATED. REFINING STUDIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN ITALY, ALSO PAPER PRODUCED IN CTP AND IN THE CENTRAL RES. LABS. IN FINLAND. IN SUCH CASES WHERE THE PULPING PROCESS IS MIXED - HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD, INDUSTRIAL SCALE TRIALS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN ATHENS. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryorganic acidsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry Programme(s) FP1-RAWMAT 3C - Research programme (EEC) on materials (raw materials and advanced materials), 1986-1989 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Finnish Pulp and Paper Research Institute EU contribution No data Address 00101 Helsinki Finland See on map Total cost No data
