Pretreatment and usage of pulp and paper industry residues for fuels production and their energetic potential
¹Institute of Technology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 56,
EE51014 Tartu, Estonia; e-mail: andres.menind@emu.ee
²Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences,
Kreutzwaldi 1, EE51014 Tartu, Estonia; e-mail: liis.oper@emu.ee
³Department of Polymer Materials, Tallinn University of Technology;
e-mail: jaan.kers@ttu.ee
Abstract:
This paper gives an overview about Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI) residues, their properties and some solutions for converting those materials into fuels. The main leftovers are bark, sludge of aerobic digestion, primary floto sediment (PFS) and pulp rejects (PR). PFS and PR after applying dewatering (press fluids) have considerable biogas potential. Bark and press cake of PR are a good resource for briquetting. Ethanol potentials of bark and PR cake are presented.
Key words:
bark, biogas, briquetting, dewatering, ethanol, press cake, press fluids, pulp and paper, residues