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Hemicelluloses removal in autohydrolysis pretreatment enhances the subsequent alkali impregnation effectiveness of poplar sapwood.
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Bioresource technology [Bioresour Technol] 2016 Dec; Vol. 222, pp. 361-366. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 08. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This work is aimed at investigating the influence of changes in the content of hemicelluloses of the autohydrolyzed poplar sapwood on the subsequent alkali impregnation for chemi-mechanical pulping (CMP). An alkali impregnation process was conducted using the autohydrolyzed poplar sapwood with different content of hemicelluloses as raw materials. The results showed that both the amount of NaOH consumption and swelling degree of poplar sapwood increased with the removal of hemicelluloses, thus enhancing the alkali impregnation effectiveness. The hemicelluloses removal can also shorten the alkali impregnation time for the autohydrolyzed poplar sapwood to achieve the similar impregnation effectiveness of unautohydrolyzed poplar sapwood. All of these can be attributed to the fact that the hemicelluloses removal would result in the exposure of more free hydroxyl groups on the cellulose and an increase in the porosity of the fiber cell walls.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2976
- Volume :
- 222
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bioresource technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27741474
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.017