... divided into three main parts, the wire section, the press section, and the drying section, see Figure 1.1. When the stock enters the head box in the wire section, it contains roughly 1 % of fibers ... the drying section affects a lot of the important physical properties of the final product, such as paper sheet elasticity, twist, and curl. 99 % 80 % 50 % 5 %Wire section Press section Drying ... Studies have shown that the drying section uses around Ҁ of the total energy requirement in paper making [Fellers and Norman, 1998]. This implies that the drying section is the most expensive...