• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.52-57
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• 2012

In this study, we investigated the possible use of a new inorganic material as alternative filler in the paper industry. The inorganic material is a mineral composed of calcium sulfate, that is generated when manufacturing phosphate fertilizer. The inorganic material was dehydrated by the thermal treatment to $200^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$, $700^{\circ}C$, and $900^{\circ}C$ to prepare white filler powders. Their basic properties, including color, particle shape, elements, and average particle size were identified. To determine the effect of new inorganic filler on paper's physical properties and strength, handsheets were prepared from HwBKP, SwBKP, and thermal treated inorganic fillers. Handsheets' ISO brightness, opacity, bulk, breaking length, and stiffness were measured. Results confirmed that thermal treated inorganic filler could be beneficial to the bulk and opacity of paper while maintaining higher level of breaking length and stiffness that is achieved using talc.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.30-35
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• 2013

To conserve wood resources for papermaking, chemical compositions of the hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) bast fiber cultivated in Korea such as holocellulose, ${\alpha}$-cellulose, lignin, alcohol-benzene extractives, hot and cold water extractives, and ash contents were investigated to manufacture the specialty packaging paper effectively. Significantly very low klason lignin content of 3.3% was accomplished by removing of the outer shell of bark. Laboratory soda pulping method which is very useful for the nonwood fiber was adapted, and it was found that there was no significant difference in both kappa number and H-factor between 25% and 30% NaOH charge. Hemp pulp cooked with the laboratory digester in 25% NaOH at $170^{\circ}C$ were mixed together with the wood pulp(NBKP:LBKP=1:1) in order to find the optimum mixture ratio which exhibited acceptable paper strength properties such as tensile index, burst index, and tear strength. When 10% of hemp soda pulps was mixed with 90% of wood pulps comprised of SwBKP and HwBKP (1:1), all physical strength increased significantly. The physical strength decreased as the amount of hemp pulp increased because the cell wall of bast fiber is very thick which causes low conformability and low fiber-fiber bonding. These results showed that paper made of hemp-wood pulp can be used for the specialty packaging paper which requires both the characteristic surface properties and the high physical strength of hemp fiber.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.39-44
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• 2010

To increase the fracture toughness of paper made of Sw-BKP, refining and kneading conditions were analyzed. Curl and kink was known to increase the strain at break and the fracture touhness. Sequence of multiple stage beating, beating load and kneading were compared. When we applied a kneading treatment using a kneader at the final step, the most of the fiber transformation such as curl and kink occurred, the more the bulk and air-permeability improved. Physical strength and TEA(tensile energy absorption) were increased higher when kneading treatment before refining than only refining treatment was performed. TEA was increased because of higher elongation. It was found that the highest fracture toughness was obtained when applying the kneading treatment to the fibers in the pre-treatment step rather than in the middle step of beating or in the final step of beating.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.39 no.1 s.119
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• pp.16-24
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• 2007

This study was performed to investigate the reaction between alkylketene dimer(AKD) and cellulose molecules in AKD-sized paper sheet. AKD was added to highly beaten($80{\pm}3^{\circ}SR$) SwBKP(ca. 0.8% on pulp) in order to have much AKD retention in the paper sheet. This AKD-sized paper sheet was aged at different temperatures, $60^{\circ}C,\;80^{\circ}C,\;105^{\circ}C\;and\;125^{\circ}C$. Changes in FT-IR spectra of AKD in paper sheet during the ageing were measured. In addition, sizing degrees of the AKD-sized paper sheet pretreated for 30 sec. at $105^{\circ}C$ were measured by HST size tester during the storage at different temperature. IR spectra of AKD-sized paper sheet preheated at $105^{\circ}C$ for 30 sec. showed unchanged spectra two absorption bands at $1849cm^{-1}\;and\;1722cm^{-1}$ which refer to the typical AKD IR bands. However, these typical AKD bands were gradually reduced with increasing ageing, completely disappeared after 6 hrs. and formed new absorption band at $1706cm^{-1}$, which refers to carbonyl stretching vibration of dialkylktone. Eventually the AKD molecule was hydrolyzed to diakylketone without formation of ${\beta}$-ketoester with cellulose in paper sheet. After 6 days ageing, a little amount of ${\beta}$-ketoester bands was identified in 6 or 7 days ageing, because of the absence of water due to long-term heating. The same tendency was observed at different ageing conditions. At the practical papermaking process, AKD reacts prevailing with water, and mostly seems to be hydrolyzed to dialkylketene. Concerned to the sizing development, AKD-sized paper sheet was shown no sizing development at the initial stage of ageing at $60^{\circ}C$ after heating treatment at $105^{\circ}C$ for 30 sec., and gradually increased the sizing degree with increasing ageing, such as Hercules Sizing Tester (HST) 130 see for 12 hr, HST 300 sec. for 3 days and HST 400 sec. for 5 days. It was concluded that hydrolyzed AKD could contributed to the sizing development of the paper sheet.

• Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.48-48
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• 2000

효율적인 wet-end시스템의 적용으로 중성 초지시스템의 이점을 최대한 구현하고 이에 따른 초지계의 안정성 및 원가절감 등을 얻기 위해서는 중성 초지 시스템에서 사용되는 사 이즈제 및 사이징 공정에 대한 연구가 매우 중요하다. 현재 중성 사이즈제로는 AKD와 A ASA가 가장 널리 사용되고 있는데, 유럽에서는 주로 AKD가 쓰이고 있으며, 미국에서는 A ASA가 50%정도 사용되고 있다 .. AKD에 비해서 ASA는 사이즈도의 발현이 매우 빨라 사이 즈 프레스에서 사이즈도가 발현되므로 사이즈 프레스에서의 픽엽 조절 및 지절감소에 유리 한 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만 ASA는 AKD에 비해 반웅성 높아 습부에서의 가수분해되어 초지 조업성을 악화시키는 문제점을 지니고 있다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해서는 ASA 유화액의 정착성을 개선시키기 위한 연구가 시급히 요청되고 있으며 여기에는 ASA의 유화 에 사용되는 양성전분의 최적화가 가장 핵심적인 기술로 평가된다. 현재 ASA용 유화제로는 양성전분이 가장 많이 사용되고 있다. ASA 에멀션 제조에 있 어서 양성전분의 역할은 음전하를 가지고 있는 ASA 입자에 홉착되여 양전하를 부여함으로 써 콜로이드 업자의 안정성을 부여할 뿐만 아니라 섬유와의 정전기적 인력을 유도하여 정착 을 증진시키는 효과를 나타낸다. ASA 유화용으로 쓰이는 양성전분 중에서는 감자전분이 가 장 효과적인 것으로 알려져 있으며 옥수수나 타피오카 둥도 쓰이고 있다. 그러나 국내의 경 우 감자전분은 옥수수전분보다 가격이 비싸다는 단점이 있으므로 저렴한 옥수수 전분을 이 용하여 ASA 유화용 변성전분의 개발이 국내 제지산업의 경쟁력 강화를 위해 시급히 요망 되고 있다. 본 연구의 목표는 옥수수 전분을 이용한 ASA용 유화안정제를 개발하고 그 효과를 극대 화시킬 수 있는 적용기술을 확립하는데 있다. 옥수수전분을 이용한 ASA 유화용 변성전분은 외국에서 소개된 바가 있기는 하지만 사이즈도 발현이 감자전분의 절반 수준으로 효과적이 지 못한 것이 문제점으로 지적된 바 있다. A ASA 유화용 전분으로는 감자전분과 옥수수전분으로 제조된 외국산 기존 제품과 본 연 구를 통해 개발된 옥수수 전분을 이용하였다. 먼저 실험실적으로 최적의 ASA 에멸션의 유 화가 가능하도록 유화조건을 설정하여 유화액의 입도가 1µm 정도가 되도록 하였다. 이들 A ASA 사이즈제를 Hw. Sw-BKP로 조성된 지료에 투입하여 수초한 후 Hercules 사이즈도 측정기를 이용하여 수초지의 사이즈도를 측정하였다. 또 사이정 효과를 극대화시키기 위한 방안을 모색하기 위해 ASA 에말션의 입도, 제타전위, 탁도 등의 평가를 병행 실시하였다. 실험 결과 기존의 방법으로 유화한 경우 수입감자양성전분이 가장 높은 사이즈도를 보였 다. 그러나, 적절한 전분변성법과 유화조건을 개선함으로써 옥수수전분을 이용하여 수입 감 자전분이나 수입 옥수수전분보다 더 우수한 ASA 사이정 효과를 나타내는 양성전분이 개발 될 수 있음을 확인하였다.