An Evaluation Index of a Hydrocyclone for Softwood Pulp Fiber Fractionation

Abstract:

Fractionation of softwood BCTMP pulp fiber was carried out with a cylindrical hydrocyclone. Pulp fiber length characterization in different streams have been examined using FQA. The fiber length fraction density function f is calculated and the separation index H(L) is used to evaluate fiber fractionation performance for different streams, and its specific expression was formed, so the new index may be widely used in the study of the evaluation of the separation performance of the hydrocyclone.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 549)
• Pages: 979-983
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.549.979
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Xiao Jiang Lu, Lian Zhang
• Keywords: Cylindrical Hydrocyclone, Evaluation, Pulp Fiber, Separation Performance

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