advanced pulp processing pilot laboratory

纸浆筛选和低浓度打浆是提高纸浆质量的主要工业方法，在机械纸浆生产中具有显著的节能效果。这项拟议的研究工具和基础设施赠款将用于在UBC的制浆和造纸中心(PPC)创建最先进的实验低浓度(LC)纸浆处理设施，其中将包括完全仪表化和受控的工业规模纸浆压力筛、圆锥形LC磨浆机和大型不锈钢储罐和搅拌器。这一基础设施将立即被一大群学生、工业合作伙伴和教职研究人员使用。这将是一项耗资220万美元、为期5年的大型NSERC-CRD研究计划的核心部分，该计划专注于减少机械纸浆生产中的电能。该项目的具体目的是增加能效更高的LC精炼的使用，以取代效率较低、浓度较高的精炼所传递的能量。该项目汇集了8名教职员工(7名在不列颠哥伦比亚大学，1名在多伦多大学)和10名学生和教职员工以及11个在该领域工作的行业合作伙伴。这一基础设施将使每个研究人员能够在各个方面测试新的想法和概念，从化学和生物处理到新的控制策略。这一关键基础设施将确保整个计划的成功。基础设施也将能够被我们的工业合作伙伴用来帮助他们自己的发展和工艺改进努力。

Pulp screening and Low consistency refining is the primary industrial method of improving pulp quality and provides significant energy savings in mechanical pulp production. This proposed research tools and infrastructure grant would see the creation of a state-of-the-art experimental low consistency (LC) pulp processing facility at UBC's Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) which will include fully instrumented and controlled industrial scale pulp pressure screen, conical LC refiner and large scale stainless steel tanks and mixers. This infrastructure would be immediately used by a large team of students, industrial partners and faculty researchers. It would be the centre piece for a large, $2.2 Million dollar, 5 year, NSERC-CRD research program that is focused on reducing electrical energy in mechanical pulp production. This project is specifically aimed at increasing the use of the more energy efficient LC refining to replace energy transferred in the less efficient, high consistency refining. This project brings together 8 faculty members (7 at UBC and 1 at the University of Toronto) and 10 students and staff and 11 industrial partners working in this area. This infrastructure will allow each researcher to be able to test new ideas and concepts in all aspects, from chemical and biological treatments to new control strategies. This key infrastructure will ensure the success of the entire program. The infrastructure will also be able to be used by our industrial partners to aid their own development and process improvement efforts.