Recycling Technology and Pulps (3 cr)
Code: 5P00CQ91-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 30.11.2015 - 10.01.2016
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2016 - 31.07.2016
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Bioproduct Engineering
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 8 - 30
- 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
In April 2016
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation:
Exam
Activiness in contact lessons and tasks, >80% -> 10% of Grade
Grades 1-5
Teaching methods
Contact lessons
Tasks and process demonstrations
Studen town work
Interactive working in groups
Exam
Learning materials
Material in Moodle-application,
FAPET: part Recycling technology
KnowPap-application
Student workload
Contact lessons 40h
Student own work 3x26h
Content scheduling
Week 2 Introduction, Implementation,
Task, Terminology,
General information on recycling and dip- and OCC-pulping.
Week 3
Grades of recycled papers and paperboards; Grades, Quality, Sta-tistics, Applications
Storage and handling of recycled papers and other raw
materials
Week 4
De-inked pulping:
Pulping of recycled papers
Coarse screening and cleaning
Week 5
Fine screening and de-inking
Week 6
De-inking: flotation, de-inking chemicals, handling of de-inking re-jects, Water purification
Week 7 Washing and dispersing
Week 8 Bleaching and finishing of pulp
Week 9 Season holiday
Week 10 Process automation, Pulp quality monitoring, Quality of pulp, Different DIP-processes
Week 11 OCC- and mixed waste pulping
Week 12 OCC- and mixed waste pulping
Week 13 and 14 End use applications of DIP-pulps and OCC-pulps, Properties, Quality problems, Cost of pulps
Week 16 Exam
40 h
Completion alternatives
The student can subsitute this course (with the university level course)