Computer Model for Economic Study of Unbleached Kraft Paperboard Production.

Abstract

Unbleached kraft paperboard is produced from wood fiber in a industrial papermaking process. A highly specific and detailed model of the process is presented. The model is also presented as a working computer program. A user of the computer program will provide data on physical parameters of the process and on prices of material inputs and outputs. The program is then used to calculate material and energy requirements of the process, and to calculate related revenues and variable costs. The program does not derive capital costs or fixed costs. The program is most useful in estimating precisely the economic impact of changes in physical parameters of the process, changes in technology, or changes in related process. As such, the model can be used to estimate the economic effect, on revenues and costs, of technological changes or changes in prices. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA146379

Entities

People

  • P. J. Ince

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Heaters
  • Birds
  • Calorific Value
  • Computer Programs
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electric Power
  • Enthalpy
  • Flue Gases
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Loss
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Recovery
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Moisture Content
  • Refining
  • Sodium Hydroxide

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Forest Ecology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.