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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS OF SELECTED ENERGY CONSERVING MANUFACTURING PROCESS OPTIONS. VOLUME V. PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY REPORT

Citation:

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS OF SELECTED ENERGY CONSERVING MANUFACTURING PROCESS OPTIONS. VOLUME V. PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-76/034e.

Description:

This study assesses the likelihood of new process technology and new practices being introduced by energy intensive industries and explores the environmental impacts of such changes. Volume 5 examines four options in the pulp and paper industry in depth: (1) alkaline-oxygen pulping, (2) Rapson effluent-free kraft process, (3) thermo-mechanical pulping, and (4) deinking of old newsprint; all in terms of relative economics and environmental/energy consequences.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID: 32041