Effect of Cellulase Pretreatment on Alkali-Oxygen Pulping of Bagasse

Abstract:

In this paper, the process of cellulase pretreatment before alkali-oxygen pulping of bagasse was studied. The effect of cellulase pretreatment on subsequent pulping was also researched. The results showed that some small-sized components and sugars dissolved into the effluent in the process of cellulase pretreatment. UV spectroscopy showed that there was no significant lignin content in the pretreatment effluent.It was also found that pulping properties were promoted when the cellulase dosage was 2 ECU/g pulp, in that under the same cooking conditions, pulp kappa number was decreased by 1.3 and pulp brightness was increased by 2.5 %ISO, while the viscosity of pulp also increased slightly. Moreover, the tensile index, tear index and folding endurance were increased by 8%, 7% and 30%, respectively, but burst index showed no significant change. The above results illustrated that cellulase pretreatment was only beneficial to the dissolution of sugars and fine components from bagasse and it was an effective method of promoting alkali-oxygen pulping of bagasse.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 518-523)
• Pages: 332-336
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.518-523.332
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Bing Sun, Wen Zhuo Xin, Yu Xin Liu, Ke Li Chen
• Keywords: Alkali-Oxygen Pulping, Bagasse, Cellulase, Effluent, Pretreatment

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