Biotechnology for Pulp and Paper Processing - Bajpai, Pratima

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Résumé :
Introduction.- Brief description of Pulp & Paper making process.- Tree improvement.- Biotechnology in Forestry.- Biodebarking.- Biodepitching.- Bioretting.- Use of microorganisms in pulping.- Use of enzymes in mechanical pulping.- Biobleaching.- Biodeinking.- Fiber modification.- Laccase application in fibreboard.- Removal of shives.- Production of dissolving grade pulp.- Biological treatment of pulp paper mill effluent.- Slime control.- Stickies control.- Enzymatic modification of starch.- Pectinases in papermaking.- Biofiltration of odourous gasses.- Management/utilisation of waste water treatment sludges.- Integrated Forest Biorefinery.- Products from hemicelluloses.- Value added products from biorefinery.
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Biographie:
Dr. Pratima Bajpai has a Ph.D from the National Sugar Institute (NSI) Kanpur, India. She is presently a Technical Consultant in Pulp and Paper Industry and has over 30 years of experience in research at National Sugar Institute Kanpur, Universitiy of Saskatchewan and Universitiy of Western Ontario in Canada and Thapar Center for Industrial Research and Development in India. She has also worked as Visiting Professor at University of Waterloo, Canada and Visiting Scientist at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Bajpai's main areas of expertise are industrial biotechnology, pulp and paper and environmental biotechnology. She has immensely contributed to the field of industrial biotechnology and is a recognized expert in the field. Currently, she is actively engaged in commercializing biotechnological processes for the pulp and paper industry. Her research accomplishment has resulted in more than 150 publications in the leading International Journals and conference proceedings. She haswritten several advanced level technical books on environmental and biotechnological aspects of pulp and paper, which have been published by leading publishers - PIRA International, UK...

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