TAPPI Press: The SMOOK Book - Pulping
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Handbook For Pulp and Paper Technologists (The SMOOK Book), Fourth EditionTechnical editor: Michael Kocurek
The Handbook For Pulp and Paper Technologists (The SMOOK Book), is by far the best-selling text to introduce the entire technology of pulp and paper manufacture. The major objective of the fourth edition was to produce a readable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook. This week, information was released by TAPPI PRESS for the first time detailing the chapters dealing with pulping.
Chapters on pulping include:
- Characteristics of Wood and Wood Pulp Fibers (including sections on Wood Species Identification and the Effect of Fiber Structure on Fiber and Paper Properties)
- Overview of Pulping Methodology (including sections on Pulpwood Measurement and Chip Handling and Storage)
- Mechanical Pulping (Including sections on Thermomechanical Pulping and Heat Recovery)
- Sulfite Pulping (including sections on Process Description, Operation and Control of Cooking and Future Prospects for Sulfite Pulping)
- Kraft Pulping (including sections on Chemistry of Kraft Pulping and Process Modifications)
- Processing of Pulp (including sections on Defibering, Deknotting, Brown Stock Washing, and Pulp Storage & Blending)
- Pulp Mill Operating Strategy & Economics (including sections on Production Control, Inventory Control and Cost Control).
The Fourth edition features include:
- Descriptions and illustrations of the latest technical developments
- Directives for eliminating obsolete material
- Approximately 90 new illustrations
- Updated chapters.
Chapters have been altered materially to reflect the latest technology and the current state of the North American industry. The most significant changes occur in the areas of Wood and Chip Handling (Chapter 3), Mechanical Pulping (Chapter 5), Recycled Fiber (Chapter 14), Non-fibrous Additives (Chapter 15), and Surface Treatments (Chapter 18).
