Pulp and Paper Industry: Chemical Recovery examines the scientific and technical advances that have been made in chemical recovery, including the very latest developments. It looks at general aspects of the chemical recovery process and its significance, black liquor evaporation, black liquor combustion, white liquor preparation, and lime reburning.

The book also describes the technologies for chemical recovery of nonwood black liquor, as well as direct alkali regeneration systems in small pulp mills. In addition, it includes a discussion of alternative chemical recovery processes, i.e. alternative causticization and gasification processes, and the progress being made in the recovery of filler, coating color, and pigments. Furthermore, it discusses the utilization of new value streams (fuels and chemicals) from residuals and spent pulping liquor, including related environmental challenges.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction2. Properties, Composition, and Analysis of Black Liquor3. Evaporation of Black Liquor4. Combustion of Black Liquor5. Preparation of White Liquor6. Reburning of Lime Mud7. Recovery of Chemicals From Nonwood Black Liquor8. Alternative Recovery Processes9. Recovery of Coating Color, Pigments, and Fillers10. Chemicals and Fuels From Residuals and Spent Pulping Liquors11. Environmental Issues and Challenges12. Future Perspectives