Technical and Economic Obstacles Affecting the Early Commercialization of Kenaf Pulp Manufacture in Developed Countries, 1991 Pulping Conference Proceedings
Kenaf is widely recognized as a specialty fibre crop which can be substituted for wood in the production of papermaking pulps. The two distinct fibre fractions of kenaf offer unusual versatility in the design of papermaking pulps for specific end uses.
At present, there are no large-scale or extensive production of such pulps from kenaf, anywhere in the World.
There are several technical and economic obstacles affecting the early commercialization of kenaf pulp manufacture. The technical and economic problems include kenaf supply logistics and security, the selection of optimal pulping and bleaching schemes for the available raw material, management of inputs of non-process elements with the kenaf raw material, economic management of process effluents, and market competitiveness of the finished pulp product.
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