Batch cooking is an industrial chemical process used to convert wood chips to pulp fibers that can be used to make paper and other cellulose fiber-based products. This module provides background on wood fibers and chemical pulping, and then provides specifics about the batch cooking process. It also discusses the impact of several important batch cooking variables on pulp quality.
•Identify the three main components of wood
•Describe mechanical, chemical, and semichemical types of pulping
•Describe what happens to wood components during chemical pulping
•Describe the three process steps in the batch cooking cycle
•Describe how the batch cooking process is controlled
•Define "kappa number"
•Identify the process variables that affect the uniformity of pulp quality in batch cooking
•Identify safety hazards associated with batch cooking
Industrial Libraries
- Convergence Industrial Maintenance Library
- Convergence Pulping Library
- Industrial Premium