What is it about?
Presteaming is performed to remove air entrapped in chips and thereby improve impregnation. However, it can also dissolve some of the Wood Components.
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Why is it important?
This is a common industrial practice in kraft cooking, but not much studied.
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This page is a summary of: Influence of chip presteaming conditions on kraft pulp composition and properties, Holzforschung, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2015-0104.
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