Characterization of paper sheets from agricultural residues

Summary In this work we characterized olive tree fellings, wheat straw, sunflower stalks, vine shoots and cotton plant stalks, as well as pulp and paper sheets obtained from them. Thus, we determined the 1% NaOH solubles, alcohol-benzene extractables, ash, holocellulose, lignin, -cellulose and pentosans in the aforementioned agricultural residues and their pulps, as well as the breaking length, stretch, burst index, tear index, porosity and water absorption of the resulting paper sheets, which were also subjected to the concora medium, concora crush and rings crush tests. Wheat straw and vine shoots were found to be the most and least suitable raw material, respectively, for paper production.The authors are grateful to the DGICyT for financial support of Project PB87 0820     

Use of butanol-water mixtures for making wheat straw pulp

Summary A central composite design was used to investigate the influence of the cooking conditions (time, temperature and butanol concentration) for wheat straw with butanol-water mixtures on the properties of the pulp obtained (yield and holocellulose, α-cellulose, lignin and ethanol-benzene extractives contents) and the pH of the resulting waste water. A second-order polynomial model consisting of three independent process variables was found to accurately describe the organosolv pulping of wheat straw. The equations derived predict the yield, the holocellulose, α-cellulose, lignin and ethanol-benzene extractives contents of the pulp, and the pH of the waste water with multiple-R, R², adjusted-R² and Snedecor' F values of 0.99, 0.99, 0.99 and 310.33; 0.98, 0.97, 0.95 and 56.63; 0.91, 0.84, 0.74 and 9.14; 0.99, 0.98, 0.96 and 70.52; 0.97, 0.94, 0.92 and 40.42; and 0.98, 0.95, 0.93 and 49.33, respectively. The process variables must be set at low values in order to ensure a high yield and pH. On the other hand, if a high holocellulose content and low lignin and ethanol-benzene extractives contents are to be obtained, then the process variables must be set at high values. Finally, obtaining pulp with a high α-cellulose content entails using a long cooking time and a high temperature, as well as a low butanol concentration. Received 1 July 1996     

The influence of the ethanol pumping of wheat straw and of the beating of pulp on the resulting paper sheets

This paper reports on the influence of independent variables in the pulping of wheat straw (viz. cooking temperature and time, and ethanol concentration), and of the number of PFI beating revolutions to which the pulp is subjected, on the yield and Shopper-Riegler index of the pulp, and on the breaking length, stretch, burst index and tear index of the resulting paper sheets. By using a central composite factor design and the BMDP software suite, equations that relate each dependent variable to the different independent variables were obtained that reproduce the experimental results for the dependent variables with errors less than 25% at temperatures, times, ethanol concentrations and numbers of PFI beating revolutions in the ranges 140–180°C, 60–120 min, 40–80% and 0–1750, respectively. Ensuring the optimal Shopper-Riegler index for the pulp (73.18°SR), and also the optimal breaking length (6276 m), stretch (2.57%) and burst index (3.72 kN/g) for the papers sheets, entails using a high temperature (180°C), a large number of PFI beating revolutions (1750) and medium-to-high ethanol concentration and time values; these conditions, however, decrease the tear index for the paper sheets below the optimum level (4.60 mNm²/g). A high temperature and a large number of PFI beating revolutions, in conjunction with a low ethanol concentration (60%) and a short time (60 min), can be used to save solvent and increase the production; the values thus obtained for the dependent variables differ by less than 30% from their optimum levels in the worst case.     

高地钩叶藤材化学成分含量分析

为构建棕榈藤材材性数据库,提升棕榈藤材高附加值加工利用水平,文章以高地钩叶藤为研究对象,对其主要化学成分含量进行测定和分析。结果表明,高地钩叶藤材综纤维素、酸不溶木质素、α-纤维素、半纤维素、苯-醇抽提物、热水抽提物、冷水抽提物、1%NaOH抽提物及灰分含量的均值分别为67.98%、16.72%、43.91%、24.38%、9.78%、18.85%、15.02%、38.60%和1.46%。径向上,综纤维素、α-纤维素、酸不溶木质素及灰分含量均为藤皮>藤中>藤芯;而半纤维素、冷水抽提物、热水抽提物、苯-醇抽提物及1%NaOH抽提物含量均为藤芯>藤中>藤皮。轴向上,综纤维素、α-纤维素、酸不溶木质素及灰分含量最大值均在中部,而半纤维素及4种抽提物含量最大值均在梢部。酸不溶木质素和α-纤维素含量最小值在梢部,综纤维素、半纤维素及灰分含量最小值在基部,冷水抽提物、苯-醇抽提物及1%NaOH抽提物含量最小值均出现在基部以上2 m处,而热水抽提物含量最小值在中部。     

The influence of acetosolv pulping conditions on the enzymatic hydrolysis of Eucalyptus pulps

Eucalyptus globulus wood was subjected first to HCl–catalysed delignification with 70% acetic acid under conditions realizing an incomplete 3 × 3 × 3 factorial design (HCl concentration 0, 0.025 or 0.05%; temperature 120, 140 or 160 °C; reaction time 1, 2.5 or 4 h), and then to enzymatic hydrolysis. The hydrolysis kinetics conformed to both Ghose's empirical model and a biexponential equation. The biexponential fit implies the presence of both readily and reluctantly hydrolysed cellulose fractions, and the fitted coefficients show hydrolysis yield to depend largely on the digestibility of the latter. Multiple regression of performance variables on pulping conditions showed that neither the rate nor the extent of hydrolysis is greatest for pulps with minimum lignin or xylose contents; we attribute this circumstance to the condensation and precipitation of lignin under severe pulping conditions, which protects the cellulose of the pulp from enzymatic attack. Received 20 June 1998     

Fiber swelling favoured by lignin softening

Summary The effect of temperature on the uptake of water by various pulps has been studied at temperatures from 20 to 95°C. In the case of lignin-containing pulps, i.e. pulps which have been chlorite-delignified to various degrees, the swelling increases rapidly above a temperature of 60 to 75°C. For a CTMP where the softening temperature of the lignin has been lowered, a maximum in swelling is obtained at 50 to 60°C. When no lignin is present, as in cotton linters and holocellulose, the temperature has no effect on the swelling but the level of swelling in the holocellulose pulp is very high. It is suggested that the increase in swelling above 60 to 75°C is due to the softening of the lignin, the flow of which makes swelling possible. Below its softening temperature, the stiff lignin restricts the swelling which is primarily promoted by water uptake in the hemicelluloses. Some implications for pulping processes are discussed.The authors thank Miss Madeleine Ansén for skilful experimental assistance and Dr. J. A. Bristow for the linguistic revision     

European hardwoods versus Eucalyptus globulus as a raw material for pulping

The importance of eucalypt as a raw material for pulping is steadily growing. Eucalyptus globulus was compared with European hardwood species using two alkaline pulping processes, kraft and alkaline sulfite, anthraquinone pulping (ASA), which is a recently developed modified alkaline sulfite process. All cooks were performed to similar kappa numbers. Poplar cooks resulted in the highest yields followed by eucalypt and birch which were on the same level. Yield of beech pulps was definitely lower. ASA pulps show a moderate higher yield due to the less alkaline pH-profile of the cooking liquor. This yield advantage was maintained and even enhanced after TCF-bleaching. The bleaching response of all pulps was excellent. The birch pulps had the highest tensile strength followed by the poplar and beech pulps. Surprisingly eucalypt pulps had the lowest tensile strength. But this was compensated by the very good tear index of eucalypt pulps. The runnability factor, as an index for the overall strength potential, was on the same level for all pulps. Due to the higher hemicellulose content of the ASA pulps their tensile strengths were higher, but tear strengths lower compared to the kraft pulps. The different morphology of the hardwoods investigated resulted in different volumes and light scattering coefficients of the corresponding pulps. Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult.Walter Liese on the occasion of his 80th birthday.     

杞柳的化学成分及其木质素微区分布的研究

采用传统的化学成分测试方法和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术(CLSM)研究了杞柳的化学成分以及木质素在各细胞及纤维细胞各微区的分布,分析了株高不同部位化学成分的变异规律。结果表明:杞柳的1%Na OH抽提物、热水抽提物、冷水抽提物、苯醇抽提物、综纤维素、α-纤维素、酸不溶木质素、酸溶木质素、多戊糖和灰分分别为32.11%、10.85%、7.11%、3.27%、70.46%、35.50%、20.18%、4.50%、15.51%、0.90%;在不同部位,除了α-纤维素和多戊糖含量差异不显著,其余各指标均差异显著;木质素在各细胞及纤维细胞各微区分布不均一,导管细胞壁木质素浓度高于木纤维和射线,纤维细胞角隅处木质素浓度高于次生壁和复合胞间层。     

Industrial utilization of tobacco stalks II: preparation and characterization of tobacco pulp by steam explosion pulping

Our previous paper showed tobacco stalks to posses the characteristics of a raw material for pulp and paper application. It contains the major biomass constituents and cell components common to wood species. In this study, preparation and characterization of tobacco stalk pulp by steam explosion (SE) pulping at two chemical pretreatments were attempted. Chemical pretreatment prior to SE pulping improved the brightness, yield, and strength properties of the resulting tobacco SE pulps in the order: 6% Na₂SO₃ + 1% NaOH > 6% Na₂SO₃ > control (untreated). The 6% Na₂SO₃ + 1% NaOH-impregnated tobacco stalks produced SE pulps of good fiber length distribution and considerable properties that compare well with pulps from other raw materials obtained from previous studies, and the nonimpregnated ones showed strength properties superior to those of their poplar counterpart. Prior to bleaching, pretreating the tobacco stalk SE pulps with two stages, 2% NaOH at 90°C, improved the initial pulp brightness by about 5 points. Two-stage 6% H₂O₂ bleaching gave a comparable effect with hypochlorite bleaching for both tobacco and poplar, giving a 29–34 brightness point increase for tobacco SE pulp and 61 for the poplar samples. The differences in the bleaching responses for untreated tobacco and poplar SE pulps were attributed to the differences in their lignin structure, as shown in the total yield of their respective nitrobenzene oxidation products and FT-IR spectra. Tobacco SE pulps contain more of the guaiacyl-type lignin and poplar the syringyl-type lignin.This paper was presented in part during the 1998 CORESTA (Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco) Congress, Brighton, UK, October 1998     

薄壁型巨龙竹秆材化学成分分析

巨龙竹是至目前为止所发现最粗的竹子,单株竹材生物量居同类竹材之首。对3-5年生薄壁型巨龙竹秆材不同部位的主要化学成分进行了测定,包括灰分、木素、综纤维素、多戊糖、冷水抽出物、热水抽出物、1%Na OH抽出物、乙醚抽出物、苯-醇抽出物。结果表明：薄壁型巨龙竹的木素、综纤维素、多戊糖的含量与常用纸浆造纸原料木材接近,灰分含量介于木材和草类原料之间;除冷水抽出物外,薄壁型巨龙竹其它抽出物含量在秆高方向上均表现出递增的分布规律。     

Combination treatment of kenaf bast fiber for high viscosity pulp

The viscosity of kenaf bast fiber has been found to be highly sensitive and variable with different pulping methods; therefore, it is important to choose proper chemicals and conditions for pulping and bleaching of kenaf bast fiber. From several pulping experiments, a nonconventional pulping method with a combination of ammonium oxalate pretreatment followed by soda pulping at normal pressure and then acidic chlorite delignification was developed to obtain high-viscosity pulp (162 centipoise). The optimum level of alkali dosage of soda pulping for high-viscosity pulp was found to be 15% (on pulp as NaOH). Pulps showed linear relations between viscosity and xylose or glucose contents, but the combination pulping method gave extremely high pulp viscosity, beyond the relations. The highest viscosity pulp from kenaf bast fiber demonstrated a tear index about twofold and a folding endurance 6.2-fold higher than those of Manila hemp pulp with comparable tensile and burst indexes. The high-viscosity pulp could be used in the production of high-quality currency paper or longevity paper for special uses.Part of this paper was presented at the 43rd Lignin Symposium, Fuchu, Tokyo, October 26–27, 1998     

Comparison of Quality of Pulping and Paper-Making between Normal Wood and Tension Wood of Poplar Clone 107(Populus×euramericana‘Neva’) Tree

Both of straight and inclining poplar clone 107 tree were selected for studying materials in this paper.The optimal pulping conditions was established by orthogonal experimental design both for normal wood and tension wood,and the quality of pulping and paper-making between normal wood and tension wood was compared with each other. Finally,potential application for improving paper quality of tension wood through increasing beating revolutions was discussed.The result showed that the optimal cooking condition for normal wood was alkali concentration 15%,the highest temperature 164℃,time at highest temperature 75 min,and for tension wood it was alkali concentration 13%,the highest temperature 160℃,time at highest temperature 40 min.Path coefficient of effect of alkali concentration both on pulp yield and kappa value was significant at different levels.By comparison between average result of normal wood and tension wood in quality of pulping and paper-making,it was found that tension wood had higher pulping yield and lower kappa value than normal wood. Furthermore,for all mechanical properties of paper, normal wood hold higher value than tension wood, and even near two times than tension wood,such as burst index and tensile index.However,difference of tear index was quite narrow.Result of one way ANOVA showed that difference of burst index and tear index between normal wood and tension wood was significant at the 0.001 level,of tear index was significant at the 0.05 level.Based on observation of cross surface of paper,it was assumed that contribution of gelatinous layer to rigidity of single fiber had hampered collapse and compression of fiber during paper formation,which is essential for exerting combination between fibers in paper.So, mechanical properties of tension wood paper were decreased accordingly.However,owing to high cellulose content of gelatinous layer,tension wood was easier to pulping than normal wood.Mechanical properties of tension wood paper could be improved by increasing beating revolutions,     

欧美杨107杨正常木与应拉木制浆造纸性能比较

选取直立和倾斜欧美杨107杨为研究材料,根据正交试验确定正常木和应拉木最佳制浆条件,比较正常木和应拉木的制浆造纸性能,通过提高打浆转数对应拉木纸张性能的提高进行探讨。结果表明:正常木的最佳制浆条件为用碱量15%、最高温度164℃、最高温度保温时间75min;而应拉木最佳制浆条件为用碱量13%、最高温度160℃、最高温度保温时间40min。用碱量对正常木和应拉木制浆得率和卡伯值影响的通径系数在不同水平上显著。通过对正常木和应拉木制浆造纸性能比较发现,应拉木比正常木制浆得率高、卡伯值低、纸张力学性能均低,且抗张指数和耐破指数差距较大(约2倍),而撕裂指数差距较小。正常木和应拉木之间卡伯值、制浆得率、抗张指数、耐破指数均在0.001水平上差异显著,撕裂指数在0.05水平上差异显著。结合纸张断口形貌分析认为,胶质层的存在使得应拉木纤维成纸时不容易扁平坍陷,极大地阻碍了成纸时纤维之间的结合,因此降低了纸张力学性能;但是,由于其胶质层纤维素含量很高,因此其制浆性能优于正常木。随着打浆转数的提高,应拉木纸张力学性能增强,且接近正常木纸张水平,但过高会降低纸张力学性能。     

速生材制生物机械浆研究Ⅱ、泡桐(Paulownia elongata)酶液预处理机械浆

研究了兰考泡桐（Ｐａｕｌｏｗｎｉａｅｌｏｎｇａｔａ）木片用４种酶液（纤维素酶液ＥＳ２８、半纤维素酶ＥＡｎ７６、木质素酶Ｅ０２５及Ｅ０１４）预处理制生物机械浆。测定了预处理对木片主要化学组成、磨浆能耗、纸浆强度的影响。结果表明：（１）Ｅ０１４、Ｅ０２５、ＥＳ２８、ＥＡｎ７６预处理后，木片失重３．１８％～３．７２％，其中３．９％～１８．６％为木质素损失，纤维素损失则高达３８．２％～４６．２％；（２）磨浆度为５５ＳＲ时，４种酶液可节省能耗２．０％～７．０％，裂断长变化为－１８．１％～７．９％，耐破度变化为－１３％～７．３％，撕裂度为－１２．９％～８．４％，光学性质（如白度、光散射系数）变化不大，不透明度几乎不变。综合能耗节省与强度性质的提高，Ｅ０１４及ＥＡｎ７６效果较好，ＥＳ２８则由于纤维素酶对纤维的损伤效果不佳，Ｅ０２５效果则一般。     

人工林米老排木材化学成分及其在树干高度上的变异

采用我国木材化学成分分析国家标准,对人工林米老排木材化学成分进行了测定和研究分析.结果表明:人工林米老排木材冷水抽提物含量和热水抽提物含量分别为2.67%和3.12%,1%NaOH抽提物含量为17.08%,纤维素含量为47.49%,综纤维素含量为80.42%,木素含量为28.80%,pH值为5.44;木材冷水抽提物和综纤维素含量在树干的不同高度上略有差异,但方差分析检验,差异不显著,热水抽提物、1%NaOH抽提物、纤维素和木素含量在树干的不同高度上差异显著,达到1%显著性水平;由树基往上,热水抽提物含量略呈两端高、中间低的趋势,冷水抽提物、1%NaOH抽提物和木素的含量逐渐降低,综纤维素含量和木材pH值逐渐升高;纤维素含量在树干上的分布规律为中间高、两端低,而且从树干中部往上的降低幅度较大.     

Lignin-carbohydrate bonds in a residual soda spruce pulp lignin

Summary The behaviour of lignin-polysaccharide complex of spruce wood in soda pulping was studied by the characterization of lignin-saccharide fractions isolated from a series of soda pulps. The dioxane pulp lignins contain 8–14% of carbohydrates in which glucose was the predominant component. Its content increased with increasing degree of delignification indicating the formation of secondary lignin-carbohydrate linkage. Both glycosidic and ether type of bond between residual lignin and cellulose in pulp was proved by methylation analysis of the pulp dioxane lignin.The work was supported by the Slovak Academy of Sciences grant number 2/999389/92.     

A mathematical model for neutral sulfite pulping of various broadleaved wood species

Summary A mathematical model for neutral sulfite pulping process was derived. This model represented by a linear logarithmic relationship of the main pulping characteristics (yield and lignin content) to time and temperature parameters, both determined by the H-factor, is expressed by a logarithmic straight line equation. The relationship of yield to lignin content in the high yield pulps after neutral sulfite pulping is also expressed by a logarithmic straight line equation. A suitable way to calculate the main characteristics of neutral sulfite pulping is the power form of the logarithmic straight line equation for the dependence of the ratio yield/lignin vs. lignin content, yield/H-factor vs. H-factor, lignin/H-factor vs. H-factor and their mathematical equivalents (i.e. reciprocal ratio and/or product). A set of power equations characterizing the relationships yield vs. lignin content as well as yield and lignin content vs. H-factor for woodpulps prepared by neutral sulfite pulping of various broadleaved wood species are given.     

Cellular UV-microspectrophotometric investigations on pine wood ( Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii) delignification during biopulping with Ceriporiopsis subvermispora (Pilát) Gilbn. & Ryv. and alkaline sulfite/anthraquinone tr

Scanning UV-microspectrophotometry was used to investigate the topochemistry of lignin removal from pine wood (Pinus taeda and P. elliottii) chips during biopulping involving wood treatment with Ceriporiopsis subvermispora (Pilát) Gilbn. & Ryv. followed by alkaline sulfite/anthraquinone delignification. A delignification front starting from the lumen towards the compound middle lamella was clearly observed in micrographs recorded from individual cell wall layers of wood samples biotreated for 30 days. Lignin was removed without cell wall erosion. UV-micrographs of wood samples cooked for a short time (90 min pulping) showed that the S2 of biotreated samples are more homogeneously delignified compared to the S2 of the undecayed controls. Similarly, the compound middle lamella and cell corners are also more delignified in biotreated samples. On the other hand, UV-micrographs of samples cooked for a long time (150 min pulping at 170°C) showed that there are no significant differences in the contents of residual lignin retained in the S2 of undecayed and biotreated wood samples.     

麦草化学机械制浆预处理方法研究

使用麦草原料制取漂白化学机械浆,为了后续多段漂白能够获得高白度的纸浆,研究了3种不同的化学药品用于预浸渍阶段对未漂白浆的光学和物理性能的影响,包括成浆白度、成浆强度指标、纤维筛分级分,并比较了磨浆的比能耗和废水污染负荷.研究结果表明,与碱性过氧化氢(2.0%NaOH、1.5%H2O2、0.4%DTPA)处理(P工艺)磨浆相比亚硫酸钠(2.0%Na2SO3、2.0%Na2CO3、0.4%DTPA)预处理(S工艺)磨浆比能耗降低了33%,果胶酶(10IU/g以绝干浆计)/碱性过氧化氢(2.0%NaOH、1.5%H2O2、0.4%DTPA)预处理(Pe/P工艺)也可以降低磨浆比能耗10%,P工艺预处理与S工艺预处理均能提高成浆白度,Pe/P工艺预处理成浆呈现暗红色;P工艺预处理成浆物理强度高于其他两种浆;S工艺预处理磨浆段废水化学耗氧量(COD)发生量较高,达到84.09kg/t(以绝干浆计).