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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
Course Email Address:
Course Webpage:
Prerequisite: NIL

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

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

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.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course are to:
 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.

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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 [Link]
under extenuating circumstances, for which a student has notified any of the instructors in
advance, will late submission of assignments be permitted.

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 [Link] 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.

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 COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topic Remarks
1 Introduction and Course OverviewForest During this first class, the students
Conservation, Exploitation and Afforestation are introduced to course and were
taught on the importance and adverse
effects of conservation of forest,
exploitation and afforestation.
Wood : A renewable resource Students will know types of wood
2  Different types of wood that exist and what makes a wood to
 Paper making characteristics of soft- and be good raw material for paper
hard-wood making. Students should be able to
 Sources of promising non-woody species provide alternative raw materials for
as alternative fiber source existing ones in their future industrial
challenges
Wood Chemistry Students would be taught the
4  Holocellulose(cellulose and different chemical compositions of
hemicellulose) wood, their sub-monomer and their
 Lignin functions as 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
 Chipping preparing wood for pulping would be
 Sieving introduced to students

6&7 Wood pulping processes :Part A

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

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 useful chemical and reuseable of the
recovered chemicals
12 & 13 Pulp Bleaching
 Mechanical pulp bleaching Students are expected to know the:
 Chemical pulp bleaching the 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.