Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages 665-671Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.107
Keywords
Autohydrolysis; Cellulose; Dissolving pulp; Soda-AQ; Sodium borohydride
Funding
- Finnish Bioeconomy Cluster (FIBIC)
- Finnish Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) within the FuBio Joint Research 2
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The potential of hot water extraction of birch wood to produce highly purified dissolving pulp in a subsequent soda-anthraquinone pulping process was evaluated. After intermediate extraction intensities, pulps with low xylan content (3-5%) and high cellulose yield were successfully produced. Increasing extraction intensity further decreased the xylan content in pulp. However, below a xylan content of 3%, the cellulose yield dramatically decreased. This is believed to be due to cleavage of glycosidic bonds in cellulose during severe hot water extractions, followed by peeling reactions during alkaline pulping. Addition of sodium borohydride as well as increased anthraquinone concentration in the pulping liquor increased the cellulose yield, but had no clear effects on pulp purity and viscosity. The low intrinsic viscosity of pulps produced after severe extraction intensities and soda-anthraquinone pulping corresponded to the viscosity at the leveling-off degree of polymerization, suggesting that nearly all amorphous cellulose had been degraded. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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