Abstract

In the pulp and paper industry, there is a need to replace some of the time-consuming, expensive pulp analyses used today. These methods could be replaced by rapid, non-destructive analyses. Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has proven to be an important tool in that context and has been used for several purposes in the sulphate pulping industry. However, very little work has been published for the sulphite industry. In this work, calibration models were made to predict Kappa number and viscosity of unbleached pulp. Since these pulp analyses are impossible to perform during processing, the NIR spectra were measured on the cooking liquor instead and then used to create calibration models for pulp properties. In order to find models with good predictive ability, four different preprocessing methods of the NIR spectra were tested, along with four different calibration methods. The results from this work demonstrate that NIR on cooking liquor can be used to predict pulp properties and, based on the validation results, the recommended model is partial least squares on 1^st derivative spectra.

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