Dewatering and Structural Analysis of Foam-Formed, Lightweight Fibrous Materials

Janne T. Keränen; Petri Jetsu; Tuomas Turpeinen; Antti I. Koponen

doi:10.15376/biores.18.1.531-549

Dewatering and Structural Analysis of Foam-Formed, Lightweight Fibrous Materials

Janne T. Keränen^*
, Petri Jetsu
, Tuomas Turpeinen
, Antti I. Koponen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work studied the effect of the dewatering conditions on the behavior of fiber foams during dewatering and on the final structure of the formed, thick, lightweight lignocellulosic materials. The vacuum level, fiber type, consistency, and basis weight of the fiber foam were all varied. During dewatering, the time evolution of the thickness of the fiber foam in the mold was studied, and the dryness of the fiber foam immediately after dewatering was measured. The density and pore size profiles of the final dry materials was measured using X-ray microtomography (µCT).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	531-549
Journal	BioResources
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.18.1.531-549
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund under Grants A73092 and A75938 (Projects “Future Fibre Products” and “Piloting Alternatives for Plastics”).

Keywords

Dewatering of foam
Foam formed materials
Foam forming
X-ray microtomography

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PAfP (ERDF): Piloting Alternatives for Plastics

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