Black Liquor Waste Management in the Pulp and Paper Industry

This book systematically discusses the fundamental, principle and method of pulping and reaction process intensification, recovery of value-added products from black liquor waste in the paper industry. The book chapters are authored by leading experts who bring together years of innovative research in black liquor waste management describing the latest developments in pulping process from different sources of raw materials, properties and recovery technologies of black liquor, extraction of value-added chemicals and clean hydrogen through industrial waste management. The book effectively bridges the gap between academic research and industrial applications through the systematic introduction of the basic principles of recovery technologies leading up to industrial case studies. It also demonstrates the circular economy growth of the pulping industry and environment sustainability through waste management. This book aims to be a reference guide for researchers and engineers in related fields to jointly promote the energy conservation, emission reduction and green development of process industry.

Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into black liquor waste management in the pulp and paper industry Provides latest developments in pulping process, properties, and recovery technologies of black liquor Demonstrates the promotion of circular economy growth and environment sustainability through waste management

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Suresh Sundaramurthy is a faculty and head of Department, Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MA-NIT) Bhopal, India. He has received Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Dr. Suresh was the recipient of Post-Doctoral Fellow awarded by IUSSTF, Govt. of India, and that time, he was associated at the City University of New York, USA. He was also the recipient of Visiting Faculty and Researcher awarded by Govt. of India. During this award, he was deputed to the Asian Institute of Technology Thailand and International Centre for Materials Science (JNCASR), Bengaluru, India. He has published over 150 journal articles in the area of new sorbents and catalysts, reactor design, environmental biotechnology, waste-to-energy, nanoengineered materials, gas separation, sensing of toxic gases, process safety, Decarbonization and Green hydrogen.

Dr. Surendra Pratap Singh is currently working as Department Head (Quality Control and Labs) in Harihar Polyfibers , GRASIM Industries Ltd. Kumarapatnam, Haveri, Karnataka,India.He did M.Sc. (Chemistry),  PG Diploma (Pulp and  Paper Technology) from Forest Research Institute Dehradoon, M.Tech. (Energy Technology) and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee. His areas of research interests include pulp and paper industry/Rayon grade pulp and fiber process engineering, process design for energy efficiency, hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres.

Dr. Anuj Kumar Verma is currently working as a head of Quality and product development in Akemi Minerals, Ahmadabad. He did his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from NIT Warangal, M.Tech.(Exchange Program) in Pulp & Paper Engineering from IIT Roorkee and Technical University Darmstadt Germany. He did his Ph.D. from MANIT Bhopal. His areas of research interests includes specialty chemical for paper industry, artificial pulp and clay-polymeric coating.

Prof. Dr. Mohamad Jawaid is  currently working as Distinguished Professor at Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, UAE.  He has been working in composite field since 2008 and has 25 years of experience in teaching, research in the field of composites. His areas of research interests include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, advanced materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and solid wood, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres. Forty Ph.D. and 12 Master students graduated under his Supervision in 2014–2020. He has several research grants at university/national/international level on polymer composites and its related research of around RM 6 million (USD 1.5 million).

Prof. Dr. Eldon R. Rene is currently working as an Associate Professor at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands. He obtained his University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) diploma from IHE Delft and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India). Eldon’s broad research interests are related to the development of biological treatment processes for wastewater and waste-gas treatment, resource recovery, integrated urban water/waste management and the use of artificial intelligence tools for environmental monitoring and environmental process control.

Inhalt

Black Liquor Chemical, Physical and Combustion Properties and their Importance in Chemical Recovery Operations.- Potential Use of Black Liquor as Lignin Source for Synthesis of Polyurethane Foam.- Lignin analysis techniques and its significance.- Modification of black liquor properties to enhance chemical recovery efficiency.- Development of modern materials from lignosulphonates.- Recent Advances in Chemical recovery Furnace in efficient combustion of Black Liquor.- Production of bioethanol as by-product in pulp and paper industry.- Valorization of Rice Straw for Ethanol Production and Lignin Recovery Through Acidic and Alkaline Pre-treatments.- Limited climate benefits of global recycling of pulp and paper.- Opportunities for green technology initiatives in Indian paper industry.