蒸じょう解かい

noun

cooking (wood for pulp); digestion (paper production)

Technical term in paper manufacturing: the process of steaming wood chips with chemicals to separate fibers for pulp. 'Digestion' is a less common synonym in this context.

• 蒸じょう解かい工こう程ていでは、木もく材ざいチップを高こう温おん高こう圧あつで処しょ理りする。

  In the cooking process, wood chips are treated at high temperature and pressure.

• この工こう場じょうでは、蒸じょう解かいにクラフト法ほうを用もちいている。

  This factory uses the kraft process for cooking.