Open AccessFibrous Fillers to Manufacture Ultra High Ash/Performance Paper
Author(s) -
Vijay K. Mathur
Publication year - 2009
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1021028
Subject(s) - carbon footprint , filler (materials) , software deployment , mill , manufacturing engineering , business , scale (ratio) , process engineering , environmental science , computer science , mechanical engineering , materials science , greenhouse gas , engineering , composite material , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , operating system
The paper industry is one of the largest users of energy and emitters of CO2 in the US manufacturing industry. In addition to that, it is facing tremendous financial pressure due to lower cost imports. The fine paper industry has shrunk from 15 million tons per year production to 10 million tons per year in the last 5 years. This has resulted in mill closures and job loses. The AF&PA and the DOE formed a program called Agenda 2020 to help in funding to develop breakthrough technologies to provide help in meeting these challenges. The objectives of this project were to optimize and scale-up Fibrous Fillers technology, ready for commercial deployment and to develop ultra high ash/high performance paper using Fibrous Fillers. The goal was to reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint, and cost of manufacturing paper and related industries. GRI International (GRI) has been able to demonstrate the techno - economic feasibility and economic advantages of using its various products in both handsheets as well as in commercial paper mills. GRI has also been able to develop sophisticated models that demonstrate the effect of combinations of GRI's fillers at multiple filler levels. GRI has also been able to develop, optimize, and successfully scale-up new products for use in commercial paper mills