Strategies for yield maximizing eucalyptus pulping kraft process This work aimed to evaluate changes in the kraft process aiming at the global increase of the bleached eucalyptus pulp production process. For this, the raw material was characterized and then the intensity delignification impact was evaluated, using an industrial unit operating condition with Lo-Solids® digesters, where kappa numbers 17, 23 and 26± 5% were considered. It was also evaluated the inclusion effect of an impregnation vessel for the production 26±5% kappa number pulp where 100 and 120°C temperatures were tested with the 30 and 60 minutes retention time for each temperature tested. Based on the highest yield and the lowest alkali consumption obtained in this step, the optimized condition was determined and than was replicated for kappa number 17 and 23. As high kappa number tends to consume more reagents during the bleaching process and thus a greater environmental impact, the oxygen delignification conditions were changed for each delignification level. Two bleaching sequences were used, after this step the pulps went through the refining process and the physical-mechanical properties were analyzed. The results show that in pulping process using standard condition, the lower delignification intensity the higher yield and consequently the lower specific wood consumption. The impregnation vessel with 30 minutes of retention time and 100°C presented higher yield and lower alkaline consumption, being named in this study as optimized condition. In this condition delignification levels 23 and 26 presented higher yield values, lower specific wood comsumption and lower solids content.The calculated yield after oxygen delignification, which takes into account the pulping process yield and the oxygen delignification yield, present higher yield when the initial pulp kappa nember was higher. In the bleaching sequence DA(Ep)DP, the brightness was similar for the two evaluated pulps, however, brown pulp kappa number 23 presented higher chemical reagents consumption. In the A(PO)DP sequence the 89.5%ISO brightness was not achived under the conditions used. The overall yield in the eucalyptus bleached pulp production showed a gain of 2.39% and a 2.16% in the specific wood consumption 23 kappa number pulp from the impregnation vessel process (otimized condition). In the physical-mechanical tests the brown pulp 23 kappa number presented higher bulk, higher opacity and higher klemm capillarity, while the pulp 17 kappa number presented higher tensile index, burst index and tear index.