Course Contents
Paper history, paper industry statistics, forestry, production of fibres and minerals for papermaking, pulping, recovered paper recycling, paper production and converting, environmental aspects, process water treatment and innovative products from paper waste and water management.
Literature
Das Papierbuch, EPN Verlag, 1999.
John D. Peel: Paper Science and Manufacture, Angus Wilde Publications Inc., 1999.
Preconditions
Mechanical Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Technical Chemistry,
Mathematics for Mechanical Engineering I-III recommended
Further Grading Information
[b]Learning Outcomes[/b]
- Describe technical fundamentals of paper production and recovered paper recycling.
- Demonstrate economical and ecological problems of paper production and paper recycling.
- Describe effects of recycling on products and processes.
- Remember historic development of papermaking and actual economic trends.
- Describe adequate technical measures for environmental protection in paper production and for process water treatment.
[b]Assessment methods[/b]
Oral exam 25 min.
[b]Exam dates[/b]
-> [i][b]"HINWEISE zu PRÜFUNGEN am PMV"[/b][/i] (in German)
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
This course will discuss the use of plant-based raw materials as the basis of a sustainable bioeconomy, as well as the importance and challenges of a circular economy for the sustainable use of resources. This is all exemplified by the circular economy with paper.
Online Offerings
Teaching material in Moodle and - as far as possible - recording of lectures via Moodle
- Lehrende: Samuel Schabel