Abstract:
Chemical pulping technology today is dominated by the kraft proc-ess due to its well known advantages. Unfortunately' this process is very capital intensive, 'mainly because of the chemical, recovery system required to recycle cooking chemicals' and the 'pollution abatement equipment needed for environmental
control. .
Pulp
makers and researchers
in many ' parts of
the
world
are
look-
ing for a ' number
of alternate ' processes
that could help
the
pulp
and '
paper
industry in energy savings, cutting operating costs, lowering chemical requirem-ent and meet the environmental restrictions to mill effluents.
A very promising alternative suggested is Alcohol Pulping. or "Organ®-
Solv Puling".
Much Research and Technology development is done in countries having large resources of softwoods and to some extent on hardwoods. But non-woody fibrous raw materials which form a bulk of raw materials in third world countries have received little attention towards development of suitable technology..
