• 펄프종이기술
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2004

Toner used in xerographic printing process is hydrophobic powder with low surface energy. The toner ink film fused on paper surface can be efficiently detached from a fiber surface during pulping, but it does not fragment again into fine toner particles. Ink agglomerates that result have too large particle size to be deinked by flotation. The purpose of this study is to enhance toner agglomeration using 1-octadecanol for improving the toner removal by screening. The effect of pH, pulping temperature, and 1-octadecanol on toner agglomeration and removal by screening was investigated using image analysis methods. Results showed that the size of toner agglomerates increased substantially when pulping was carried out at high temperature under acidic condition. When toner agglomerates showed spherical shape, the particle removal efficiency of screening was improved.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.287-298
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• 2021

Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior Jack) is a potential source of lignocellulose material for various derivative products. This study aims to determine the chemical components, ratio of syringyl to guaiacyl units (S/G) in lignin, and crystallinity of the biomass of torch ginger. The effects of soda pulping on the chemical characteristics of torch ginger pulp were also studied. Pulping of the chips was conducted with active alkali of 15%, 20%, and 25% and a Liquor-to-Wood (L/W) ratio of 4:1, 5:1, and 6:1. The impregnation and pulping times at maximum temperature (170℃) were 120 and 90 min, respectively. To assess the effect of treatments on the properties of pulping, a two-factorial experimental design was applied. Results showed that the content of α-cellulose and hemicellulose in the torch ginger was 48.48% and 31.50%, respectively, with an S/G ratio of 0.70 in lignin. Soda pulping changed the crystalline structure of the biomass from triclinic to monoclinic. Active alkali, L/W ratio, and interactions considerably influenced the observed responses. The degree of delignification increased with an increase in the loading of active alkali, which lead to a decrease in the kappa number of the pulp. An active alkali content of 25% and an L/W ratio of 6:1 resulted in the highest delignification selectivity with a kappa number of 2.78 and a yield of 24%. Given its cellulose content and ease of pulping, torch ginger can be a potential raw material for derivative products that require delignification as pretreatment. However, the increase in cellulose crystallinity should be considered when converting torch ginger to bioethanol.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2013

An attempt was made on pulp production from the fast growing plant, Acacia hybrid to determine the total yield, screened yield, Kappa number, and fibre morphology of organosolv Acacia hybrid pulp. Uniform-sized chips were taken to undergo pulping in a digester with five different concentrations of ethanol, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% (v/v) with 1 M of sodium hydroxide as catalyst. All chips were digested in a temperature-controlled digester with constant amount of water added and temperature of $185^{\circ}C$ with the duration of three hours cooking time and correspond pressure 1.1-1.2 MPa. It was observed that increasing of ethanol concentration has led to pulp yield increment and decreased in the degree of delignification at the same time. This study was aimed to focus on the effect of the varied concentration of organic solvent towards the pulp yield and its relationship with Kappa number and pulp yield.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2012

The selection of suitable delignification conditions and optimization of process variables is crucial to the successful operation of chemical pulping processes. Soda pulping of Carpolobia lutea was investigated, as an alternative raw material for pulp and paper production. The process was optimized under the influence of three operational variables, namely, temperature, time and concentration of cooking liquor. Equations derived using a second - order polynomial design predicted the pulp yield and lignin dissolution with errors less than 8% and 11% respectively. The maximum variations in the pulp yield using a second order factorial design was caused by changes in both time and alkali concentration. Optimum pulp yield of 43.87% was obtained at low values of the process variables. The selectivity of lignin dissolution was independent of the working conditions, allowing quantitative estimations to be established between the pulp yield and residual lignin content within the range studied.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2001

The potential of oxygen delignification is a powerful tool to reduce detrimental environmental effects. This study was performed to investigate the effect of steam explosion treatment of chemically treated oak wood on oxygen-alkali pulping. Pulp yield during steam explosion treatment by ${Na_2}{O_3}$-NaOH impregnation was higher than the other impregnation chemicals. Also, NaOH extraction at room temperature after steam explosion treatment improved the kappa number from 140~116 to 90~64. Oxygen-alkali pulping of chemical steam explosion treated woods affected to pulp yields. ${Na_2}{O_3}$-NaOH impregnation was very effective to higher carbohydrate yields at same delignification level. Its carbohydrate yield seemed to be highly related to the effluent pH. Oxygen-alkali pulping after steam explosion treatment of ${Na_2}{O_3}$-NaOH impregnated wood was shown that carbohydrate yield was very high because its effluent pH was increase from natural to mild alkali. Even if oxygen bleaching limit the delignification to 50% in order to avoid unacceptable yield and viscosity losses, oxygen-alkali pulping after steam explosion by ${Na_2}{O_3}$-NaOH impregnation was possible to extend the delignification more than 80%. Considering high pulp yield with lower lignin content from steam explosion treated wood, it might be profitable to end the cook at a high kappa number instead of a low kappa number, and continuously apply the oxygen delignification, in order to better quality pulp.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.18-27
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• 1998

Biopulping is defined as the treatment of wood chips with lignin-degrading fungi prior to pulping. Fungal pretreatment prior to mechanical pulping reduces electrical energy requirements during refining or increases mill throughput, improves paper strength, reduces the pitch content, and reduces the environmental impact of pulping. Our recent work involved scaling up the biopulping process towards the industrial level, investigating both the engineering and economic feasibility. We envision the process to be done in either a chip-pile or silo-based system for which several factors need to be considered: the degree of decontamination, a hospitable environment for the fungus, and the overall process economics. Currently, treatment of the chips with low-pressure steam is sufficient for decontamination and a simple, forced ventilation system maintains the proper temperature, humidity, and moisture conditions, thus promoting uniform growth of the fungus. The pilot-scale trial resulted in the successful treatment of 4 tons of wood chips (dry weight basis) with results comparable to those on a laboratory. Larger, 40-ton trials were also successful, with energy savings and paper properties comparable with the laboratory scale. The overall economics of the process also look very favorable and can result in significant annual savings to the mill. Although the current research has focused on biopulping for mechanical pulping, it is also beneficial for sulfite chemical pulping and some applications to recycled fiber have been investigated.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.529-535
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• 1998

탈묵공정에서 고지 배합처리, 온도, 양품 배합처리 등의 해리 공정조건 변동에 의한 탈묵펄프의 영향을 조사하였다. 실험계획법으로써 탈묵펄프에 주된 영향을 미치는 유의한 인자를 선정하였으며, 통계분석기법 중 하나인 분산분석 및 다중비교를 통해 공정조건의 최적수준조합을 결정하고 이에 따른 백색도 및 강도적 특성의 추정치 및 신뢰구간을 구하였다. 백색도는 $Na_2SiO_3$ 2.0%, $H_2O_2$ 0.5%, 고지 배합처리 (국내신문고지 : 수입신문고지 : 매거진 = 40 : 30 : 30 wt %)의 조건에서 가장 높은 추정치 50.5%와 90% 신뢰구간 (49.0, 52.0)을 얻을 수 있었다. 인장지수는 $H_2O_2$ 0.5%, 해리 온도 $50^{\circ}C$의 조건에서 가장 높은 추정치 $35.7N{\cdot}m/g$과 90% 신뢰구간 (34.6, 36.6)을 얻을 수 있었다. 파열지수는 계면활성제 0.1%, 해리 온도 $50^{\circ}C$의 조건에서 가장 높은 추정치 $0.129kPa{\cdot}m^2/g$과 90% 신뢰구간 (0.125, 0.133)을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.26-50
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• 1982

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 효소(酵素) 알칼리 증해(蒸解)의 리그닌 용출거동(溶出挙動) 파악하기 위(爲)해 잣나무(Pinus koraiensis S. et Z.) 목분(木粉)을 공시(供試)하여 $110^{\circ}C$, $120^{\circ}C$, $130^{\circ}C$, $140^{\circ}C$, 및 $150^{\circ}C$의 5 수준(水準) 온도(溫度)로 60분간(分間) 1단(段) 등온(等溫) 효소(酵素) 알칼리 탈(脱)리그닌 처리(処理)를 행(行)한 후(後), 그 탈(脱)리그닌 반응속도(反応速度), 활성화(活性化)에너지 및 반응시간별(反応時間別) 알칼리와 효소(酵素)의 소비동향(消費動向)을 동역학적(動力學的) 방법(方法)으로 구명(究明)하였다. 그 결과(結果)를 보면 탈(脱)리그닌은 반응초기(反応初期)에 전(全)리그닌 함량(含量)의 2/5가량이 급속(急速)히 용출(溶出)되는 초기(初期) 산화반응(酸化反応)을 나타냈다. 탈(脱)리그닌 반응(反応)의 속도상교(速度常敎)(K)는 반응온도(反応溫度) $150^{\circ}C$의 경우, 소오다법(法)에 비(比)해 3배정도(倍程度) 더 컸다. 본 법(法)의 활성화(活性化)에너지 값은 크라프트나 소오다 펄프법화(法化)보다 1/3정도(程度) 낮은 수준(水準)이었다. 알칼리소비량은 효소(酵素)의 경우와 마찬가지로 반응초기(反応初期)에 총투입량(總投入量)의 1/2가량이 급속히 소모된 후, 완만한 소비협추세(消費趨勢)를 보였다. 탈(脱)리그닌 반응속도(反応速度)는 증해과정중 생성되는 유기산(有機酸) 때문에 pH가 감소됨에 따라 크게 영향을 받았다. 또한 증해용출(蒸解溶出)된 리그닌은 잘 침전(沈澱)되지 않을 만큼 저분자화(低分子化) 됨을 알수 있었다. 리그닌의 메톡실기(基)는 급속히 감소(減少)되는데 반(反)해, 페놀성(性) 하이드록실기(基), 카보닐기(基) 및 카복실기(基)는 증가(增加)추세를 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.447-455
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• 2013

Hemicellulose extract obtained by pre-pulping extraction of woodchips, is very diluted acidic in nature. The major component responsible for this weak acidity is acetic acid, present in levels up to 5~10 g/L. Here, we report an exploratory study on the extract upgrading by reactive solvent extraction of acetic acid as well as ASPEN simulation. In this study, liquid-liquid equilibria for the ternary systems (water + acetic acid + ethyl acetate) were measured at the temperature of 298.15 K and 10 (pH = 2.02), 5 (pH = 2.17), and 1 (pH = 2.48) percent of acetic acid samples were used to carry out liquid-liquid extraction studies using ethyl acetate. In a one-stage batch experiment, 96.0% of acetic acid could be extracted for the solvent when the ratio of organic-to-aqueous phases is 4:1. For simulation results, they were used to estimate the interaction parameters between each of the three compounds of the systems studied for the NRTL and UNIQUAC models. The estimated interaction parameters were successfully used to predict the equilibrium compositions by the two models.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2008

This work evaluated the extractability of tobacco stem biomass for the papermaking type Reconstituted Tobacco Sheet(RTS). The effects of the soaking conditions on the hydration of stem biomass and the effects of the hydrated state on the mechanical extraction were investigated. In order to simulate the mechanical expression process of a papermaking type RTS mill, for example, the screw press process, the novel mechanical pressing analyzer was developed for this study. The hydration of stem biomass by soaking process was greatly affected by the soaking time and the soaking temperature. The longer soaking time and the higher soaking temperature resulted in the higher hydrated stem biomass. Since the higher hydrated stem had more combined water in the inner structure and resulted in the more flexible structure, the higher hydrated stem leaded to the more compressed filter cake and the higher water contents in the filter cake after the mechanical pressing. The pilot pulping experiments showed the difference in hydration and extractability between burley and bright tobacco stem. The bulkier structure of the burley stem resulted in the faster hydration by pilot pulping and leaded to the larger reduction in water soluble components. And the hydration process showed the major influence on the separation efficiency of water soluble components.