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Product Flow Data set: Thermo-mechanical Pulp (TMP) (en)
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Name Thermo-mechanical Pulp (TMP)
Synonyms TMP; ThermoMechanical Pulp,热磨机械浆
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • ILCD 1.1: Materials production / Paper and cardboards
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General comment Thermo-mechanical pulping, or TMP, is a high-yield, energy- and resource-efficient technology for splitting larger wood chips into individual papermaking fibres. In the TMP process, wood is chipped and then fed into large steam-heated refiners where the chips are squeezed and fiberized between two steel disks. The refining process is steam pressurized to allow temperatures up to 170 °C. The wood lignin is softened and the wood fracture location is controlled, by temperature, to inside the fiber wall at 130 °C or in the lignin-rich middle lamella region between fibers at higher temperatures.
Quantitative reference
Reference Flow Property
LCI method
Type of flow Product flow
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Time stamp (last saved) 2024-05-13T14:40:36.533287+08:00
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UUID 76de3e65-5386-4b36-935d-6a26f1c714d2
Data set version 01.00.005
Flow Property Mean value Minimum value Maximum value Uncertainty distribution type Relative StdDev in % Data derivation type / status General comment
1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 %