Energy Reduction in Mechanical Pulping
Collaboration Case Study: Energy Reduction in Mechanical Pulping Overview The Advanced Fibre Processing Lab is collaborating with fourteen pulp and paper industry partners and NSERC CRD to develop a 5-year, $4 million program to reduce total pulp and paper energy consumption by at least 20%. High energy costs and strong competition have forced many pulp […]
UBC MECH researchers plumb the secrets of tissue paper
Canada’s tissue manufacturers are now much closer to producing the perfect paper, thanks to new UBC research. A team working with UBC mechanical engineering professors Sheldon Green and Srikanth Phani have created what is likely the first complete mathematical model of creping, the crinkling process that helps make tissue paper soft and resilient. “The […]
FPInnovations grants fellowship to UBC professor developing bio-economy strategy for BC
FPInnovations has awarded the FPInnovations Professorship in Pulp and Paper Engineering to Professor James Olson, director of the Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) at the University of British Columbia, for his leadership in helping to position British Columbia’s pulp and paper sector to prosper in the emerging bio-economy. Olson is working closely with industry […]
Pulp industry energy research gets $2.7M in funding
The University of British Columbia’s Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC) has received $2.7 million to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions of one of B.C.’s largest industries by 50 per cent before 2020. James Olson of UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre, which received a $2.7 million grant. Photo: Don Erhardt The grant, funded by the […]
Dr. James Olson Appointed Pulp and Paper Center Director
Dr. James Olson, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been announced as the new director for UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre. “He will be taking on the leadership of the center at a very critical time when the industry is at a crossroads,” says Applied Science Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr. “Dr. Olson is committed […]