Pulp & Paper Questions and Answers – General Chemical Pulping

This set of Pulp and Paper Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (MCQs) focuses on “General Chemical Pulping”.

1. What is the name of the process of breaking down the chemical structure of lignin and rendering it soluble in a liquid?
a) Delignification
b) Dissolving pulp
c) Cross recovery
d) Kraft green liquor semi-chemical process
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Answer: a
Explanation: Delignification is the name of the process of breaking down the chemical structure of lignin and rendering it soluble in a liquid. The liquid is water, except for organosolv pulping.

2. What is the correct definition of Kappa number?
a) It is the measure of the protein content of pulp
b) It is the measure of the lignin content of pulp
c) It is the measure of the minerals content of pulp
d) It is the measure of the bleaching content of pulp
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Answer: b
Explanation: It’s the measure of the lignin content of pulp. The more the Kappa number more the Lignin content.

3. What is the other name of permanganate number?
a) L number
b) K number
c) M number
d) C number
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Answer: b
Explanation: The number is used to monitor the amount of delignification of chemical pulps after pulping process and in between bleaching stages.
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4. The pulp viscosity is a measure of the average chain length of cellulose.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: The pulp viscosity is a measure of the average chain length of cellulose. It’s determined after dissolving the pulp in a suitable solution such as cupriethylenediamine solution.

5. What is the name of the hidden black region?
The name of the hidden black region is Pre-streaming Chamber
a) Pre-streaming Chamber
b) Post-streaming chamber
c) Residue-streaming chamber
d) Slurry-streaming chamber
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Answer: a
Explanation: The Kamyr continuous digester.

6. What is the name of the question mark region?
The name of the hidden black region is Blow line
a) Screw feeder
b) Rotary feeder
c) Blow line
d) Discharger
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Answer: c
Explanation: Blow tank’s vessel is used to receive pulp discharged from a digester and to reduce the pressure level to atmospheric.

7. What is the name of the question mark region?
The name of the hidden black region is Vent
a) Screw feeder
b) Stock line
c) Vent
d) Digester
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Answer: c
Explanation: Blow tank’s a vessel used to receive pulp discharged from a digester and to reduce the pressure level to atmospheric.
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8. What is the name of the question mark region?
The name of the hidden black region is Rotary feeder
a) Screw feeder
b) Stock line
c) Rotary feeder
d) Digester
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Answer: c
Explanation: Horizontal digester, multi- tube (2-8 digester). Screw feed. Kraft pulping of sawdust. Semi-chemical pupling of chips, non-woods (straw), short cooking times.

9. Fill in the blank.
___________ in liquor=(percent chemical on wood)/(liquor to wood ratio)
a) Chemical concentration
b) Pulping liquor mass
c) Chemical charge
d) Liquor to wood ratio
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Answer: a
Explanation: The chemical concentration is the measure of concentration of the pulping chemical in the liquor.
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10. Fill in the blank.
__________ = (total pulping liquor mass)/(dry wood mass)
a) Wood to pulp ratio
b) Liquor to wood ratio
c) Delignification selectivity
d) Defiberating
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Answer: b
Explanation: The liquor to wood ratio, liquor : wood is normally expressed as a ratio: typically, it has a value 3:1 to 4:1 in full chemical pulping.

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