Environmental technology for pulp and paper mills

The course covers the following:
- Aerobic and anaerobic biological waste treatment techniques suitable for process waste from the forest industry. Oxygenation of aerobic biological processes. Separation methods: sedimentation and flotation. Chemical sedimentation and flocculation for process waste from the forest industry.
- An overview of energy use for different waste treatment techniques.
- Dimensioning of different types of waste treatment technology based on operational data.
- The potential for manufacturing new products, such as biogas, bioplastic, and biochar, from process waste.

This is a distance course which offers group discussions and supervision in the virtual learning environment for the duration of the course.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Introduction to Pro2Be Expert, 1.5 ECTS credits, and work experience in the forest industry equivalent to two years of full-time employment, or 90 ECTS credits completed in an Engineering programme, including an independent project of 15 ECTS credits, plus upper secondary level English 6 and Swedish 3, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.