Humidification, psychometry, and drying. Multiple effect evaporators, cooling towers, packed towers, screening, showering, and pump sizing. Includes descriptions of basic colloid properties of fibers, fines, and other papermaking materials. Engineering solutions to problems are presented and reviewed in light of economic and social circumstances. Methods used in coating paper and properties of coating formulation.
Emphasis is placed on oral and written communication skills.
Students from different academic backgrounds are assigned to multidisciplinary project teams in order to utilize their varied experiences, knowledge, learning styles, and skills to achieve a successful conclusion to each project. Block diagrams, steady-state and dynamic response, Laplace transforms, computer simulations and closed loop control. Stability, tuning, and controller synthesis. Student preparation and presentation of lectures on scientific and engineering topics related to thesis research areas. Introduction to unit operations as applied to paper industry with emphasis on fluid mechanics.