Totally chlorine-free bleaching of prehydrolysis soda pulp from plantation hardwoods consisting of various lignin structures

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The process of prehydrolysis followed by soda-anthraquinone (AQ) cooking and totally chlorine-free (TCF) bleaching with peroxymonosulfuric acid (Psa) was investigated to develop a biorefinery process. Eucalyptus globulus, showing a high syringaldehyde (Sa) to vanillin (Va) molar ratio after nitrobenzene oxidation, was utilized. Xylooligosaccharide yield in the prehydrolysate (PHL) obtained at 150 °C for 2.5 h reached 7.2% of wood weight, indicating 47% extraction of xylan. Furfural yields increased with acid catalytic dehydration of the PHL to 1.0–1.8% of wood weight; adding an earlier acid post-hydrolysis of the PHL to generate monomeric xylose enhanced furfural production to 4.0%. Soda-AQ cooking, a non-sulfur process affording simpler alkali lignin isolation than kraft cooking, was utilized. Active alkali dosage increment decreased both Sa to Va molar ratio (S/V ratio) and Sa and Va yields of dissolved lignin. Gel permeation chromatography indicated decreased or increased purified lignin weight-average molecular weight (Mw) upon increased active alkali dosage or prehydrolysis temperature, respectively (e.g., 150 to 170 °C at 18% alkali increased Mw 1653 to 2050). Chlorine dioxide (0.083% and 0.042% as active chlorine) inclusion during the 1st and 2nd Psa stages with Psa (0.2% and 0.1% as H2SO5 weight, respectively) improved final bleached pulp viscosity from 6.0 to 7.2 mPa s.

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Salaghi, A., Putra, A. S., Rizaluddin, A. T., Kajiyama, M., & Ohi, H. (2019). Totally chlorine-free bleaching of prehydrolysis soda pulp from plantation hardwoods consisting of various lignin structures. Journal of Wood Science, 65(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-019-1785-5

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