Fluid Mechanics of Papermaking

Papermaking is to a large extent a multiphase flow process in which the structure of the material and many of the relevant properties of the final product are determined by the interaction between water and the wood fibers. The dominant feature of a suspension composed of wood fibers and water is it...

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Published in:Annual review of fluid mechanics 2011-01, Vol.43 (1), p.195-217
Main Authors: Lundell, F, Soederberg, L D, Alfredsson, PH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bundles
Engineering mechanics
fiber orientation
fiber suspension
Fibers
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluid mechanics
jet flow
Multiphase flow
Papermaking
stability
TECHNOLOGY
TEKNIKVETENSKAP
Teknisk mekanik
Wood
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Summary:Papermaking is to a large extent a multiphase flow process in which the structure of the material and many of the relevant properties of the final product are determined by the interaction between water and the wood fibers. The dominant feature of a suspension composed of wood fibers and water is its inherent propensity to form bundles of mechanically entangled fibers, known as fiber flocs. However, the phenomena apparent throughout the papermaking process are not unique but in fact have a generic fluid dynamical nature.
ISSN:0066-4189
1545-4479
1545-4479
DOI:10.1146/annurev-fluid-122109-160700