Seasonal variation of microflora and their effects on the quality of wood chips intended for pulping.
Eucalyptus, pine and wattle are the predominant exotic wood species used in the production of dissolving pulp in South Africa. On entering the mill, wood is chipped and stored in outdoor piles where it becomes vulnerable to microbial degradation and spontaneous combustion. Major losses of stored chi...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9959 |