Recycling Technology (3 cr)
Code: 5P00BQ67-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 27.07.2015 - 06.09.2015
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2015 - 18.10.2015
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Bioproduct Engineering
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Paper, Textile and Chemical Engineering, students who began in 2013 or earlier
Objectives (course unit)
The student knows
- the raw-materials, production and usage of recycled pulp
- the cost structures and environmental effects of recycled pulp
- control the processes and the quality.
Content (course unit)
Raw materials: Availability and use of recycled paper in Finland and abroad, recycled paper and cardboard. Production of recycled fibre pulp: de-inking. De-inking process: handling recycled paper, dispersion, cleaning, de-inking, de-inking chemicals, washing, bleaching, clarification. Environmental effects: de-inking waste and slurry, life cycle analysis. Characteristics and use of recycled fibre pulp.
Exam schedules
October th 2015
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation:
Exam
Activiness in contact lessons and tasks, >80% -> 10% of Grade
Grades 1-5
Teaching methods
Interactive group works and tasks, own work, contact lessons, demonstration, examination
Learning materials
Material in Moodle-application, PTK-IPPT
FAPET: part Recycling technology
KnowPap-application
Student workload
Contact lessons 40 h,
Student own work 72 h
Content scheduling
Week 36 Introduction, Implementation,
Task, Terminology,
General information on recycling and dip- and OCC-pulping.
Week 36
Grades of recycled papers and paperboards; Grades, Quality, Sta-tistics, Applications
Storage and handling of recycled papers and other raw
materials
Week 37
De-inked pulping:
Pulping of recycled papers
Coarse screening and cleaning
Week 37
Fine screening and de-inking
Week 38
De-inking: flotation, de-inking chemicals, handling of de-inking re-jects, Water purification
Week 38 Washing and dispersing
Week 39 Bleaching and finishing of pulp
Week 39 Process automation, Pulp quality monitoring, Quality of pulp, Different DIP-processes
Week 40 OCC- and mixed waste pulping
Week 41 OCC- and mixed waste pulping
Week 41 End use applications of DIP-pulps and OCC-pulps, Prop-erties, Quality problems, Cost of pulps
Week
Week 43 Exam
Completion alternatives
If the student have already done recycling techology course with high grades on university level, the student can apply.. the AHOT-process.