Björn Sjöstrand

Björn Sjöstrand is a PhD student, with Licentiate Degree from 2017, in chemical engineering at Karlstad University. The main research focus on energy efficiency of paper manufacturing by understanding dewatering mechanisms.

Publications

Björn has published two scientific articles together with Christophe Barbier and Lars Nilsson, one about rewetting in Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal [1] and one about forming fabric structure in Tappi Journal [4]. Björn also presented research about forming fabric structure at Tappi PaperCon 2016 [2]. Björn has also published a licentiate thesis in early 2017 [3].

Sjöstrand, B., Barbier, C. & Nilsson, L., 2015. Rewetting after high vacuum suction boxes in a pilot paper machine. Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, 30(4), pp.667–672.
Sjöstrand, B., Barbier, C. & Nilsson, L., 2016. Influence on sheet dewatering by structural differences in forming fabrics. In Paper Conference and Trade Show (PaperCon 2016). Cincinnati, Ohio: TAPPI Press, pp. 767–776.
Sjöstrand, B. (2017). Dewatering aspects at the forming section of the paper machine (Karlstad University studies, nr. 2017:5). Licentiate Thesis, Karlstad: Karlstads universitet.
Sjöstrand, B., Barbier, C. & Nilsson, L., 2017. Modeling the influence of forming fabric structure on vacuum box dewatering. Tappi Journal, 16(8), pp.477-483.

Academic Degrees

2017 Tech. Licentiate in Chemical Engineering, 8 March 2017, at Karlstad University

2013 M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, 10 June 2013, at Karlstad University

Research topics

2013 - 2015 Study of dewatering and rewetting of high vacuum suction boxes on a paper machine, both in laboratory and pilot scale.

2015 - 2017 Study of forming fabrics’ influence on dewatering in the wire section on a paper machine in laboratory scale and with numerical models

2017 - ... Creating numerical models for estimating the total energy consumption for papermaking and optimizing the process with regard to energy efficiency. Working with dewatering of new materials such as Micro- (MFC) and Nano-fibrillated Cellulose (NFC)