EP1865105A1 - Procédé de fabrication de papier en utilisant de l'amidon cationique de type aminopectine - Google Patents

Procédé de fabrication de papier en utilisant de l'amidon cationique de type aminopectine Download PDF

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EP1865105A1
EP1865105A1 EP06076199A EP06076199A EP1865105A1 EP 1865105 A1 EP1865105 A1 EP 1865105A1 EP 06076199 A EP06076199 A EP 06076199A EP 06076199 A EP06076199 A EP 06076199A EP 1865105 A1 EP1865105 A1 EP 1865105A1
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Thomas Albert Wielema
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/20—Macromolecular organic compounds
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    • D21H17/29—Starch cationic

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  • the invention relates to the field of papermaking. More in particular, the invention relates to improvements in papermaking from hardwood pulps, such as eucalyptus.
  • Eucalyptus such as E. grandis and E. globulus, are generally associated with the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. In other regions of the world, there are sound logistical reasons for using indigenous species as alder, acacia, birch and oak.
  • All hardwoords have some common structural features in the wood, most notably the vessels, which ramify through the stem and act as water pipes, distributing water from the roots to other parts of the tree. Vessels are normally much wider than the fibers, which is responsible for many of the problems caused by vessels in papermaking. The inclusion of the hardwood vessels in the furnish has caused some serious print quality problems in many hardwoord pulps, especially with eucalyptus.
  • the problem vessel picking may be significantly reduced by using a specific starch in the paper pulp, i.e. in the wet-end.
  • a specific starch in the paper pulp i.e. in the wet-end.
  • surface sizing may be omitted completely, or can be substituted by a pre-coat operation.
  • a consequence of the invention is that larger quantities of hardwood, such as eucalyptus, may be used in the pulp without encountering any strength or vessel picking problems, which may considerably reduce the cost of the paper produced without affecting the quality.
  • the specific starch used according to the invention is an cationic amylopectin starch.
  • cationic starch in papermaking has been described previously.
  • US patent 2,935,436 discloses that a number of advantages is associated with the use of cationic starch instead of non-cationic starch. Examples of these advantages are increased retention of starch, fillers and pigments, increased paper strength (bursting strength, breaking strength, folding strength) and lower dosage.
  • European patent application 0 703 314 discloses a method for manufacturing paper wherein a cationic amylopectin potato starch is added to an aqueous solution of cellulose fibers, optionally in addition to other additives, followed by forming paper from this suspension in a conventional manner.
  • starch types consist of granules in which two types of glucose polymers are present. These are amylose (15-35 wt.% on dry substance) and amylopectin (65-85 wt.% on dry substance).
  • Amylose consists of unbranched or slightly branched molecules having an average degree of polymerization of 1000 to 5000, depending on the starch type.
  • Amylopectin consists of very large, highly branched molecules having an average degree of polymerization of 1,000,000 or more.
  • the commercially most important starch types (maize starch, potato starch, wheat starch and tapioca starch) contain 15 to 30 wt.% amylose.
  • starch granules nearly completely consist of amylopectin. Calculated as weight percent on dry substance, these starch granules contain more than 95%, and usually more than 98% amylopectin. The amylose content of these cereal starch granules is thus less than 5%, and usually less than 2%.
  • the above cereal varieties are also referred to as waxy cereal grains, and the amylopectin-starch granules isolated therefrom as waxy cereal starches.
  • starch granules nearly exclusively consist of amylopectin are not known in nature.
  • potato starch granules isolated from potato tubers usually contain about 20% amylose and 80% amylopectin (wt.% on dry substance).
  • successful efforts have been made to cultivate by genetic modification potato plants which, in the potato tubers, form starch granules consisting for more than 95 wt.% (on dry substance) of amylopectin. It has even been found feasible to produce potato tubers comprising substantially only amylopectin.
  • GBSS granule-bound starch synthase
  • amylose granule-bound starch synthase
  • the presence of the GBSS enzyme depends on the activity of genes encoding for said GBSS enzyme. Elimination or inhibition of the expression of these specific genes results in the production of the GBSS enzyme being prevented or limited.
  • the elimination of these genes can be realized by genetic modification of potato plant material or by recessive mutation.
  • An example thereof is the amylose-free mutant of the potato (amf) of which the starch substantially only contains amylopectin through a recessive mutation in the GBSS gene. This mutation technique is described in, inter alia, J.H.M.
  • Elimination or inhibition of the expression of the GBSS gene in the potato is also possible by using so-called antisense inhibition.
  • This genetic modification of the potato is described in R.G.F. Visser et al., "Inhibition of the expression of the gene for granule-bound starch synthase in potato by antisense constructs", Mol. Gen. Genet., (1991), 225:289-296 .
  • amylopectin-potato starch is the potato starch granules isolated from potato tubers and having an amylopectin content of at least 95 wt.% based on dry substance.
  • waxy maize starch which is commercially by far the most important waxy cereal starch.
  • the cultivation of waxy maize, suitable for the production of waxy maize starch is not commercially feasible in countries having a cold or temperate climate, such as The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Germany, Tru, Sweden and Denmark.
  • the climate in these countries is suitable for the cultivation of potatoes.
  • Tapioca starch, obtained from cassava may be produced in countries having a warm climate, such as is found in regions of South East Asia and South America.
  • composition and properties of root and tuber starch differ from those of the waxy cereal starches.
  • Amylopectin-potato starch has a much lower content of lipids and proteins than the waxy cereal starches. Problems regarding odor and foaming, which, because of the lipids and/or proteins, may occur when using waxy cereal starch products (native and modified), do not occur, or occur to a much lesser degree when using corresponding amylopectin-potato starch products.
  • amylopectin-potato starch contains chemically bound phosphate groups. As a result, amylopectin-potato starch products in a dissolved state have a distinct polyelectrolyte character.
  • the invention contemplates the use of cationic starch obtained from cereal and fruit sources on the one hand, and root and tuber sources on the other hand.
  • cereal starches waxy maize starch has proven very suitable. In general, however, root and tuber starches are more preferred.
  • root and tuber starches are more preferred.
  • cationic amylopectin-potato starch and amylopectin-tapioca starch as a strengthening agent in paper has been found to lead to a particularly strong paper sheet.
  • an amylopectin starch is defined as a starch obtained from, or in the form of, starch granules comprising more than 95 wt.%, preferably more than 98 wt.%, based on dry substance, of amylopectin, which starch granules are isolated from a plant source, such as potato tubers or cassava roots, in which said starch granules are formed having the mentioned amylopectin content.
  • cationic starch Methods of making cationic starch are known per se, and have for instance been elucidated by D.B. Solarek: Cationic Starches, in the book of O.B. Würzburg (Ed.): Modified Starches: Properties and Uses, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 1986, pp. 113-130 .
  • the methods described in this book can also be used for the preparation of cationic amylopectin starch by using an amylopectin starch, of a particular chosen botanical source, as raw material.
  • amylopectin starch that contains electropositively charged quaternary ammonium groups.
  • amylopectin starch may be additionally modified physically, chemically and/or enzymatically.
  • the invention also encompasses the use of these additionally modified amylopectin starches.
  • the degree of substitution (DS) of the cationic amylopectin starch to be used according to the invention is preferably between 0.005 and 0.5, and more preferably between 0.01 and 0.2.
  • ammonium compounds preferably quaternary ones
  • the amount of cationic starch that is used will depend on the kind of pulp that is used, the working conditions and the desired paper properties. Preferably, 0.05 to 10 wt.% and more preferably 0.1 to 2 wt.% of cationic amylopectin starch, dry substance, calculated on the paper pulp, dry substance, is used.
  • the cationic amylopectin starch is preferably first gelatinized in water.
  • the resultant starch solution optionally after further dilution, is added to the pulp mass. It is also possible, however, to mix pre-gelatinized coldsoluble cationic amylopectin starch with the pulp mass, either as dry product or after dissolution in water).
  • the cationic amylopectin starch can be added at any point in the papermaking process. For example, it can be added to the pulp while it is disposed in the head box, the Hollander, the hydropulper or the dusting box. If desired, in addition to the cationic amylopectin starch, an anionic starch can also be added to the pulp.
  • a pulp is used for papermaking which comprises at least 5 wt.%, based on dry substance, of hardwood pulp. More preferably, the pulp comprises at least 10 wt.%, based on dry substance, of hardwood pulp.
  • Suitable sources of hardwood are oak, elm, eucalyptus, aspan, balsam cottonwood and acacia.
  • the hardwood pulp is from eucalyptus.
  • the remainder of the pulp, if the pulp is not entirely from hardwood, may be from various softwood sources, such as spruce, pine and larch.
  • surface treatments of the manufactured paper may be carried out to a lesser extent, or can be omitted altogether.
  • Surface treatment of a paper sheet such as surface sizing or coating, have conventionally be used to increase the vessel picking resistance of the paper to be manufactured. Typically, such surface treatments involve the use of starch.
  • Normal dosage levels of surface treatment starch are 5 to 10 wt.% based on the sheet weight. For a final sheet weight of 100 g/m 2 this means a starch pick-up of 2.5 to 5 g starch on each side of the paper sheet.
  • the starch pick-up in a surface treatment can be reduced by 10 to 40 %, due to the improved vessel picking resistance of the paper.
  • the starch pick-up in a surface treatment in a process for manufacturing paper in accordance with the invention may be as low as from 0.5 to 6 wt.% based on the sheet weight, and preferably from 1 to 4 wt.% based on the sheet weight.
  • a reduction in starch pick-up will lead to a reduction in final sheet weight.
  • This loss in sheet weight can be compensated by the addition of a pigment in the surface treatment formulation.
  • the cationic starch products were slurried in water, forming a starch suspension with 10 % by weight of starch. This suspension was gelatinized with steam. The obtained starch solution was diluted with water to 1 % by weight dry substance.
  • the test pulp consisted of a mixture of 38 % long fibers, 28 % short fiber (Eucalyptus) and 34 % CTMP. Calcium carbonate was added as filler to obtain a final ash content of 16 % in the paper sheet. The amount of added cationic starch was 1.0 % by weight (dry substance).
  • the test pulp was made into hand sheets (sheet weight 80 g/m 2 ) with a hand sheet former. The hand sheets were dried to a moisture content of 7 % by weight.
  • the vessel picking tendency was determined by performing the linting with a Prufbau dry pick test as described in Tappi Journal, July 1994, page 185 .
  • the test ink was a high tack inkt (Huber 408004).
  • the vessel picking tendency was assessed visually. The results are depicted in figure 1.
  • the test pulp consisted of a mixture of 42 % long fibers, 8 % short fiber (Eucalyptus) and 50 % CTMP. Calcium carbonate was added as filler to obtain a final ash content of 16 % in the paper sheet. The amount of added cationic starch was 1.0 % by weight (dry substance).
  • the test pulp was made into hand sheets (sheet weight 80 g/m 2 ) with a hand sheet former. The hand sheets were dried to a moisture content of 7 % by weight.
  • the vessel picking tendency was determined by performing the linting with a Prufbau dry pick test as described in Tappi Journal, July 1994, page 185 .
  • the test ink was a high tack inkt (Huber 408004).
  • the vessel picking tendency was assessed visually. The results are depicted in figure 1.

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AT06076199T ATE443179T1 (de) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Verfahren zum herstellen von papier unter verwendung von kationischer amylopektinstärke
PT06076199T PT1865105E (pt) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Processo para o fabrico de papel com recurso a amido catiónico essencialmente à base de amilopectina
DE602006009237T DE602006009237D1 (de) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Verfahren zum Herstellen von Papier unter Verwendung von kationischer Amylopektinstärke
ES06076199T ES2333741T3 (es) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Procesp para la fabricacion de papel utilizando almidon cationico de amilopectina.
DK06076199.6T DK1865105T3 (da) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Fremgangsmåde til fremstilling af papir ved anvendelse af kationisk amylopektinstivelse
SI200630499T SI1865105T1 (sl) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Postopek za izdelavo papirja ob uporabi kationskega amilopektinskega škroba
EP06076199A EP1865105B1 (fr) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Procédé de fabrication de papier en utilisant de l'amidon cationique de type aminopectine
PL06076199T PL1865105T3 (pl) 2006-06-09 2006-06-09 Sposób wytwarzania papieru z zastosowaniem kationowej skrobi amylopektynowej
US12/303,574 US20100230063A1 (en) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Process for making paper using cationic amylopectin starch
MX2008015152A MX2008015152A (es) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Proceso para fabricar papel usando almidon de amilopectina cationico.
BRPI0712653-0A BRPI0712653A2 (pt) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 processo para fabricaÇço de papel, papel, e, uso de um amido catiânico de amilopectina
PCT/NL2007/050272 WO2007142528A1 (fr) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Procédé pour fabriquer du papier en utilisant de l'amidon d'amylopectine cationique
EA200900677A EA016520B1 (ru) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Применение катионного амилопектинового крахмала при изготовлении бумаги для снижения выщипывания бумаги
AU2007256038A AU2007256038B2 (en) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Process for making paper using cationic amylopectin starch
JP2009514224A JP2009540137A (ja) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 カチオン性アミロペクチンデンプンを用いて紙を作製するための方法
CN2007800214422A CN101466894B (zh) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 利用阳离子支链淀粉造纸的方法
CA2654156A CA2654156C (fr) 2006-06-09 2007-06-08 Procede pour fabriquer du papier en utilisant de l'amidon d'amylopectine cationique

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DE602006009237D1 (de) 2009-10-29
EA016520B1 (ru) 2012-05-30
DK1865105T3 (da) 2010-01-18
EP1865105B1 (fr) 2009-09-16
SI1865105T1 (sl) 2010-01-29
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