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Course title -
Course code UCHTML/C809
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Filipi Michaela, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st week: Preparation of pulp using the sulfate method - preparation of cooking and auxiliary chemicals, sorting of wood chips. 2nd week: Preparation of pulp using the sulfate method - own batch of pulp in the boiler, washing the boiled pulp. 3rd week: Preparation of pulp using the sulfate method - evaluation of the effect of batch time on pulp yield and quality. 4th week: Preparation of bleached pulp - preparation of bleaching and auxiliary chemicals. Week 5: Preparation of bleached pulp - actual bleaching process and evaluation of the influence of bleaching parameters on pulp quality. Week 6: Paper dyeing methods + the effect of optical brighteners on the whiteness of the pulp. 7th week: Retention of fillers - effect of filler deposition on the properties of paper stock - methods of influencing retention of fillers. 8th week: Retention of fillers - preparation of test sheets of paper with different ratios of fillers - determination of their properties. Week 9: Determination of selected properties of paper - physical and mechanical properties. 10th week: Determination of selected properties of paper - optical properties, paper formation. 11th week: Determination of selected paper properties - surface and porosity properties. Week 12: Painting paper - preparing painting mixtures and applying them to the paper base. 13th week. Paper coating - evaluation of coating properties.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work
  • Contact teaching - 117 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Familiarity with the basic processes used in the pulp and paper industry on a laboratory scale.
The subject should give students a basic idea of papermaking materials, raw materials and products based on ligno-cellulose, as well as auxiliary papermaking agents, dyes, fillers, etc.
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for this course is completion of the materials synthesis and characterization laboratory.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation

Students submit the results of their experimental work for review, which they then process in writing in a laboratory protocol.
Recommended literature
  • Milichovský M. a kolektiv. Návody pro laboratorní práce z chemické technologie papíru a celulózy, I.část. Pardubice: VŠCHT, 1979.
  • Milichovský M. a kolektiv. Návody pro laboratorní práce z chemické technologie papíru a celulózy, II.část. Pardubice: VŠCHT, 1981.
  • Souček M. Zkoušení papíru. Praha: SNTL, 1977.


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