CHE 515–Wood Pulp and Paper Chemistry

COURSE PARTICULARS
Course Code: CHE515
Course Title:Wood Pulp and Paper Chemistry
No. of Units: 2
Course Duration:Two hours of theory per week for 15 weeks. Status:
Compulsory
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Prerequisite: NIL

COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Professor L. Lajide
Room 3, 3rd Floor,
Academic Building, Obanla
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Phone: +2348034721396
Email:[email protected]

and

O. O.Oluwasina (PhD)
Room 2,Chemistry Environmental and Analytical Laboratory
Dept. of Chemistry, Oba Kekere,
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Phone: +2348035462618
Email:[email protected]

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course seeks to introduce the undergraduate students in the department of chemistry and other
related fields to the science and technology involved in the utilization of wood as chief raw
materials for the production of wood pulp, paper, wood- and pulp- based value-added products.
Basic topics to be covered in this course include: an overview of wood production from different
types of forests; wood as renewable natural resource; wood chemistry; wood pulping processes;
pulp bleaching; paper production and recycling.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course are to:

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 • introduce students to the use of wood, non-woody and agricultural waste as viable
industrial raw material;
• introduce students to the basic chemistry of wood and separation of basic wood
components, through various chemical, mechanical and chemo mechanical methods; and
• take the students through various chemical reaction methods for wood components
modification and their uses.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES / COMPETENCIES

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
(Knowledge based)
• develop know-how to provide technology for the adoption of alternative raw materials for
industrial purposes as they face future industrial challenges;
• know the basic chemical structures of wood and being able to separated them;
• learn the details of the chemistry of pulping and bleaching; and
• understand the purpose and procedures for chemical modification of wood based raw
materials for industrial uses

GRADING SYSTEM FOR THE COURSE

This course will be graded as follows:
Class Attendance 05%
Assignments 15%
Test(s) 20%
Final Examination 60%
TOTAL 100%

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Attendance: It is expected that every student will be in class for lectures. Attendance records will
be kept and used to determine each person’s qualification to sit for the final examination. In case
of illness or other unavoidable cause of absence, the student must communicate as soon as possible
with any of the instructors, indicating the reason for the absence.

Academic Integrity: Violations of academic integrity, including dishonesty in assignments,

examinations, or other academic performances are prohibited. You are not allowed to make copies
of another person’s work and submit it as your own; that is plagiarism. All cases of academic
dishonesty will be reported to the University Management for appropriate sanctions in accordance
with the guidelines for handling students’ misconduct as spelt out in the Students’ Handbook.
Assignments and Group Work:Students are expected to submit assignments as scheduled. Failure
to submit an assignment as at when due will earn you zero for that assignment.Only under
extenuating circumstances, for which a student has notified any of the instructors in advance, will
late submission of assignments be permitted.

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 Code of Conduct in Lecture Rooms and Laboratories: Students should turn off their cell phones
during lectures. Students are prohibited from engaging in other activities (such as texting, watching
videos, etc.) during lectures. Food and drinks are not permitted in the laboratories.

READING LIST
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Robert, J. C., (1991). Paper Chemistry.Published by Blackie Academic and Professional,
Chapman and Hall, WesterCleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, Glassgow.
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Shukla, S.D. and Pandey, G.N., (1979): Published by Vikas Publishing House PVT LTD. New
Delhi.268p.

3 Sharma, B.K. (2006): Industrial Chemistry. KRISHA Prakashan Media (P) Ltd., Darya Ganj,
Delhi.1191p
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Philip, J. C., (2002): Survey of Industrial. Kluwe Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York,
Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow.
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Martin, B. H., (2006): Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control. 3rd Edition.
Elsevier Science and Technology Book

Legend

1- Available in the University Library 2-

Available in Departmental/School Libraries 3-
Available on the Internet.
4- Available as Personal Collection
5- Available in local bookshops.

COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topic Remarks
1 Introduction and Course During this first class, the students are
OverviewForest introduced to course and were taught
Conservation, Exploitation and Afforestation on the importance and adverse effects
of conservation of forest, exploitation
and afforestation.
Wood : A renewable resource Students will know types of wood that
2 • Different types of wood exist and what makes a wood to be
• Paper making characteristics of soft- and good raw material for paper making.
hard-wood Students should be able to provide
• Sources of promising non-woody species
alternative raw materials for existing
as alternative fiber source

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 ones in their future industrial
challenges

Wood Chemistry Students would be taught the different

4 • Holocellulose(cellulose and chemical compositions of wood, their
hemicellulose) sub-monomer and their functions as
• Lignin related to wood.
• Extractives
• Inorganic matters
5 Wood Preparation for Pulping Wood harvesting , transportation,
• Wood Preparation drying, debarking, grinding, sieving
• debarking and storage as a method for preparing
• Chipping wood for pulping would be introduced
• Sieving to students

6&7 Wood pulping processes :Part A

Mechanical pulping Students will be expected to
• Stone ground-wood understand the concept of mechanical
• Chip refiner ground-wood pulping, differences in the various
• Thermo-mechanical pulping methods and the end use of the
• Chemo-mechanical pulping obtained products.

MID-SEMESTER TEST
8& 9 Wood pulping processes :Part B Students will be expected to
Chemical pulping understand the concept of chemical
• Sulphite pulping pulping, differences in the various
• Kraft pulping methods and the end use of the
• Alkaline pulping
obtained products.
• Organosolv pulping

10 &11 Pulping Screening and Cleaning To teach students the method of

Chemical recovery in Kraft pulping isolating and purifying pulp fiber after
pulping processes and the
environmental methods of spent liquor
treatment for recovery of
useful chemical and reuseable of the
recovered chemicals
12 & 13 Pulp Bleaching

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 Mechanical pulp bleaching Students are expected to know the: the
Chemical pulp bleaching aim of bleaching;
chemistry of chemical reaction of
bleaching technology; and the end use
of product for which a particular
bleaching method must be used

14 Revision and Test Students are expected to ask questions

on aspect of the course that is not well
understood and test would be given to
evaluate the student
15 Solving the test questions Test question would be treated in order
to clear any grey area and to prepare
the students for the coming
Examination.