Cellulosic nanomaterials are a new family of renewable biomaterials that have the potential to widely expand the application range of cellulose fibres. For this reason, they have been under extensive research over the last decade. The purpose of this Master’s thesis was to provide an outlook on the process optimization of mechanical processing of cellulose nanofibrils, focusing on the composition of the process medium. More precisely, the effects of the process medium on the energy efficiency and product quality of cellulose fibril production were studied. The effect of the process medium was studied by comparing the fibrillation of never-dried birch kraft pulp dispersed in reverse osmosis water, tap water and a 5 % dose of a green addit...