A 2D CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL OF LIQUID ABSORPTION INTO PAPER FIBERS WITH HYDROPHOBIC TREATMENT

In this work, the issue of applying water or a homogeneous aqueous suspension with a uniform size of (nano)particles (e.g., ink) to the surface of SBSK (southern bleached softwood kraft) paper with randomly arranged local hydrophobic treatment is investigated and then simulated. Based on the two investigated models, various simulation approaches were compared, an own simulation model was created, and its validity was subsequently demonstrated on the experiments performed.