US3657065A - Delignification and bleaching of cellulose pulp with oxygen gas in an allsaline medium in the presence of a protector - Google Patents

Delignification and bleaching of cellulose pulp with oxygen gas in an allsaline medium in the presence of a protector Download PDF

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US3657065A
US3657065A US832477A US3657065DA US3657065A US 3657065 A US3657065 A US 3657065A US 832477 A US832477 A US 832477A US 3657065D A US3657065D A US 3657065DA US 3657065 A US3657065 A US 3657065A
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David W Calvert
Andre Robert
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21CPRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C9/00After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters ; Treatment of dilute or dewatered pulp or process improvement taking place after obtaining the raw cellulosic material and not provided for elsewhere
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  • ABSTRACT A method of delignifying and bleaching a chemical or semichemical cellulose pulp with oxygen gas in an alkaline medium, preferably sodium hydroxide, and in the presence of a protector, the method being characterized in that the protector is selected from the group consisting of silica; an alkali metal silicate, such as sodium silicate; an alkaline earth metal silicate, such as magnesium silicate; an alkaline earth metal phosphate, such as magnesium phosphate; an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as magnesium oxide; an alkaline earth metal peroxide; an alkaline earth metal hydroxide or a material forming an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, such as magnesium hydroxide or a material forming magnesium hydroxide in situ; and a soluble salt of magnesium other than magnesium carbonate.
  • the protector is selected from the group consisting of silica; an alkali metal silicate, such as sodium silicate; an alkaline earth metal silicate, such as magnesium silicate; an alkaline earth metal phosphate, such as magnesium
  • oxygen gas includes any other gas containing free oxygen, such as air.
  • the catalyst or protector may be selected from a new group. Many of these new protectors have the great advantage of more efiectively preserving the physical strength properties of cellulose pulps, and even of improving them in some cases, than certain of the known protectors, while giving a significant increase in brightness.
  • the protector may be selected from the group consisting of silica; and alkaline metal silicate, such as sodium silicate; an alkaline earth metal silicate, such as magnesium silicate; an alkaline earth metal phosphate, such as magnesium phosphate; an alkaline earth metal oxide, such as magnesium oxide; an alkaline earth metal peroxide, such as magnesium peroxide; an alkaline earth metal hydroxide or a material forming an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, such as magnesium hydroxide or a material forming magnesium hydroxide in situ; and a soluble salt of magnesium, such as magnesium acetate or magnesium chloride.
  • alkaline metal silicate such as sodium silicate
  • an alkaline earth metal silicate such as magnesium silicate
  • an alkaline earth metal phosphate such as magnesium phosphate
  • an alkaline earth metal oxide such as magnesium oxide
  • an alkaline earth metal peroxide such as magnesium peroxide
  • Sodium silicate, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide and magnesium silicate are particularly advantageous.
  • the new protectors give the best results when used at a concentration from 0.5 to about 3 percent preferably 1 percent, by weight of the pulp on a dry basis.
  • alkaline medium preferably sodium hydroxide.
  • the sodium hydroxide content may vary from 2 to 12 percent by weight on a dry pulp basis depending on the degree of delignification and bleaching that is required.
  • the quantity of sodium hydroxide required may be increased for untreated pulps with a high lignin content.
  • the oxygen gas treatment is best carried out in any suitable pressure apparatus which will ensure intimate contact or adequate exposure of the pulp mass with or to oxygen in the gas phase.
  • the pulp consistency may be in the range from 4 to 30 percent by weight, preferably 7 to 25 percent percent.
  • an untreated alkaline pulp is treated with sodium hydroxide in the presence of the protector with oxygen gas in a pressure vessel at an elevated operating temperature, preferably between 90 and C, and at an elevated partial pressure at the maximum operating temperature, preferably in the range 70 to p.s.i.g.
  • the pressure need only be limited by the characteristics of the apparatus used.
  • the pulp may be subjected to the oxygen treatment at the maximum operating temperature for a period of time ranging from 10 to 120 minutes, depending on the results required or the nature of the pulp being treated.
  • the pulp may be washed in any suitable manner.
  • the choice of the washing operation is largely governed by whether recovery of chemicals in the effluent or subsequent bleaching is contemplated. It is advantageous for the washing operation to be done carefully and for the effluent to be treated in a chemical recovery process. Further economies in recovery of this filtrate can be achieved if a portion of this filtrate is used for dilution of pulp which is to be oxygen gas treated. This has been found to have no deleterious efiects on the brightnesses obtained.
  • Such filtrate, or recirculated filtrate may then, for example, be used as portion of the wash water used in the normal washing stages applied to the pulp as produced by the pulping process concerned, or may be added directly to the liquors at any stage in the recovery process concerned.
  • the caustic soda in the filtrate may be recovered by any of the known methods of recovery. It is a big advantage of this process that despite the load of organic matter in these filtrates, they are substantially free of chlorides which are normally always present in bleach plant effluents, apart from any chloride that might be introduced when the protector contains the element chlorine.
  • the concentrations are given as percentages by weight on a dry pulp basis, except for sodium silicate, the amount of which is based on the solids content of the commercial product.
  • the oxygen pressures are those pertaining at the temperature stated.
  • Pulp consistency is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the weight of the dry pulp to the weight of the wet pulp. All tests for the examples were carried out in accordance with TAPPI or AFNOR specifications.
  • Pulp A a. untreated, unbleached, resinous Kraft pulp
  • Pulp B the pulp of (a) above after oxygen gas treatment in an alkaline medium without a protector
  • Pulp C the pulp of (a) above after oxygen gas treatment in an alkaline medium in the presence of magnesium carbonate which is the preferred protector disclosed in our French Patent Specification No. 1,387,853, (hereinafter referred to as Pulp C).
  • Pulps D.,E.F. and G different batches of the pulp of (a) above after oxygen gas treatment in alkaline medium in the presence of different protectors according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as Pulps D.,E.F. and G respectively.)
  • Pulps D,E,F and G which have been treated in the presence'of protectors according to the present invention, have higher brightnesses than pulps AB and C. It
  • a method of delignifying and bleaching a chemical or semi-chemical cellulose pulp consisting essentially of subjecting the pulp to treatment with oxygen gas in an EXAMPLE H alkaline medium in the presence of up to 3 percent by weight I of a protector which is operative to inhibit degradation of the The hgnin content, the brightness and the physical strength physical and mechanical strength properties of the pulp and properties of the following pulps are compared in Table II which comprises a substance other than that constituting the below: 1 O alkaline medium, said protector being selected from the group a.
  • Untreated unbleached, pine kraft pulp hereinafter consisting of silica; an alkali metal silicate; an alkaline earth referred to as Pulp H) metal silicate; an alkaline earth metal phosphate; an alkaline b.
  • kaline earth metal hydroxide hereinafter referred kaline earth metal hydroxide
  • Pulp I soluble salt of magnesium
  • a method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the protector (hereinafter referred to as Pulps J and K respectively) comprises magnesium oxide. It will be seen that the brightnesses of Pulps J and K which 4.
  • the protectors used on pulps comprises magnesium hydroxide. .l and K effectively preserve the physical strength properties of 6.
  • a method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protector the pulp and even improves them in certain respects. comprises magnesium peroxide.
  • a method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protector is Pulp H I J K 45 used at a concentration of from 0.5 to 3 percent by weight on a dry pulp basis. Pulp consistency 17 15 17 Alkaline medium (percent NaOH per- 8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the alkaline cent) 6 5 6 Protector, percent N11 i 2) medlum compnses Soqmm h x Oxygen pressure at maximum operat- 9. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the protector ing temp., p.s.i. gauge 170 170 170 Maximum operating temp. C.) 130 130 130 compnses 1 percent by W l on a pulp Time at maximum operating tempera- 10.

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US4331507A (en) * 1979-12-10 1982-05-25 Dorr-Oliver Incorporated Desilication in alkaline pulp processes
US4338158A (en) * 1976-04-09 1982-07-06 Weyerhaeuser Company Pulping in the presence of a protector
US4486234A (en) * 1981-03-20 1984-12-04 Herr Alfons K Fiber material
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US3716447A (en) * 1969-12-15 1973-02-13 Dow Chemical Co Delignification and bleaching of cellulose pulp with oxygen and alkali in the presence of magnesium chloride inhibitor
US4338158A (en) * 1976-04-09 1982-07-06 Weyerhaeuser Company Pulping in the presence of a protector
US4331507A (en) * 1979-12-10 1982-05-25 Dorr-Oliver Incorporated Desilication in alkaline pulp processes
US4486234A (en) * 1981-03-20 1984-12-04 Herr Alfons K Fiber material
US5552019A (en) * 1992-08-28 1996-09-03 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture Oxidative delignification of wood or wood pulp by transition metal-substituted polyoxometalates
US5549789A (en) * 1992-08-28 1996-08-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture Oxidation of lignin and polysaccharides mediated by polyoxometalate treatment of wood pulp
US5302248A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-04-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture Delignification of wood pulp by vanadium-substituted polyoxometalates
US5695606A (en) * 1992-08-28 1997-12-09 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of Agriculture Oxidative delignification of wood or wood pulp by transition metal-substituted polyoxometalates
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US20030024664A1 (en) * 2001-02-27 2003-02-06 Gibson Aileen Reyes Eop & Ep process for bleaching of chemical pulp
US20080142175A1 (en) * 2006-12-18 2008-06-19 Caifang Yin Process in a (D) stage bleaching of hardwood pulps in a presence of Mg (OH)2
US20080142174A1 (en) * 2006-12-18 2008-06-19 Caifang Yin Process in a (D) stage bleaching of softwood pulps in a presence of Mg (OH) 2
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