Kappa number control in batch digesters

Authors & references

Edited by:

Professor Emeritus Kauko Leiviskä, University of Oulu

Based on: Leiviskä, K., Process control in the fibre line (Chapter 5). In: Leiviskä, K. (ed), Process and Maintenance Management, (Book 14), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd edition. Jyväskylä, 2009, Paper Engineer’s Association/Paperi ja Puu Oy. pp. 95–130.

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