advanced pulp processing pilot laboratory

纸浆筛分和低浓精炼是提高纸浆质量的主要工业方法，在机械纸浆生产中提供了显著的节能。这项拟议的研究工具和基础设施拨款将在UBC的纸浆和造纸中心（PPC）建立一个最先进的实验性低浓度（LC）纸浆处理设施，该设施将包括完全仪器化和控制的工业规模纸浆压力筛、锥形LC精炼厂和大型不锈钢罐和搅拌机。这个基础设施将立即被一个由学生、工业合作伙伴和教师研究人员组成的大型团队使用。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，该计划的重点是减少机械纸浆生产中的电能。该项目旨在增加使用更节能的LC精炼，以取代在效率较低，高稠度精炼中转移的能量。该项目汇集了8名教师（7名在UBC， 1名在多伦多大学），10名学生和工作人员以及11名在该领域工作的工业合作伙伴。这种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，从化学和生物治疗到新的控制策略。这一关键基础设施将确保整个项目的成功。我们的工业合作伙伴也可以使用基础设施来帮助他们自己的开发和过程改进工作。

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.