This brand new e-book provides in-depth investigation of the current and potential future use of biotechnology for enhancement of the various production and manufacturing processes involved in pulp and papermaking, including the management of waste streams generated by the pulp and paper industries. It gives details of the key raw materials and manufacturing processes, as well as emerging applications and future trends for biotechnology in papermaking.
Introduction and methodology
- Objective and scope
- Methodology
- Definitions
Biotechnology developments for papermaking
- Introduction
- Overview of biotechnology
- Platform biotechnologies
- Biotechnology in primary production
- Biotechnology in industrial production
- Bio-based economy
- Overview of biotechnology in pulp and papermaking
- Production of woody biomass feedstock for pulp and papermaking
- Fibre, pulp and paper processing
- Bio-based materials
- Wastewater treatment
- Bio-refining
Raw materials and production processes
- Introduction
- Forest biotechnology
- Propagation
- Molecular markers, MAS and 'omics'
- Genetic engineering
- Non-wood feedstock for the pulp and paper industry
- Grass fibres
- Bast fibres
- Leaf fibres
- Fruit fibres
- Enzymes in pulping and papermaking
- Traditional pulping processes
- Biocatalysts for pulping
- Bio-pulping
- Pitch control
- Bio-bleaching
- Control of microbial fouling
Biotechnology applications in papermaking
- Introduction
- Enzymes in fibre recycling
- Refining and drainage
- De-inking
- Stickies control
- Fibre modification
- Biopolymer coatings
- Protein-based coatings
- Polysaccharide-based coatings
- Lipid and composite coatings
- Biotechnology demand drivers
Future trends
- Introduction
- Pulp and paper mills and the environment
- Pulp and paper mills as bio-refineries
- Non-woody biomass as feedstock
- The outlook for biotechnology in pulp and paper
References