Registration Deadline At Hand for the Intro to Kraft Pulping and Bleaching Course

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The deadline is close at hand to register for the Intro to Kraft Pulping and Bleaching Course!

This course, to be held August 8-9, 2011 in the TAPPI Training Room (Norcross, GA), is ideal for anyone new to the kraft pulping process, particularly process engineers and operators. In addition to a wide range of knowledge about specific unit operations, process variables and key technologies, the course provides a big picture view of these operations as well. Attendees learn to recognize how one part of the process affects other operations, in order to increase awareness of thinking on a mill wide scale. In addition, the course provides insight that extends awareness of the complex environmental challenges associated with kraft pulp production.

Participants will learn specifically about:

• Wood and Fiber Raw Materials
• Preparation of Wood and Chips for Pulping
• Preparation of White Liquor
• Pulping Terminology, Properties and Tests
• Batch and Continuous Cooking
• Kraft Pulping Chemical Reactions
• Pulping Variables and Effects on Properties
• Trends in Kraft Pulping and Bleaching
• Brown Stock Washing
• Screening and Cleaning
• Bleaching and Oxygen Delignification

Learn more and register at the Course Webpage