Wood Fibre Recapture from Process Water during Wet-forming of Fiberboard: Process Modelling with Environmental and Economic Assessment

Abstract

This article presents the rationale for modelling the process of internal recapture of wood fibre from wastewater in fibreboard production using conventional refining methods and a new refiner disc design. New experimental studies to obtain mathematical dependencies for confirming the possibility of reusing cellulosic fines in comparing conventional and new refiner discs for fibreboard production are presented. Models reflecting the internal reuse of cellulosic fines from wastewater were developed. In this article, for comparative assessment of the efficiency of the proposed technologies, an environmental and economic assessment of cellulosic fines in modelling the process of its obtainment in fibreboard production was performed.

Keywords

• wood fibre
• flotation
• wood industry wastes
• wood fibre recapture modelling
• wood fibre recapture
• refiner discs