CX-033031: Mild co-solvent pulping to decarbonize the paper and forest products sector

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of California Riverside (UCR) for the design, development, and assembly of a mild co-solvent paper pulping strategy that can reduce the carbon emissions compared to current pulping processes. Project efforts would include pulp optimization, pulp bleaching, lignin analysis, and technoeconomic and lifecycle analysis.