January 2008Pub Date : 2008-02-01DOI: 10.32964/tj7.1.4
T. McDonough, S. Uno, A. Rudie, C. Courchene
{"title":"Optimization of ECF bleaching of kraft pulp: Part 1. Optimal bleaching of hardwood pulps made with different alkali charges","authors":"T. McDonough, S. Uno, A. Rudie, C. Courchene","doi":"10.32964/tj7.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32964/tj7.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"In an earlier modeling study, we showed that when a hardwood kraft pulp is bleached in the D0(EO)D1ED2 sequence with a D0 stage kappa factor of 0.20, the brightness of the pulp emerging from the D2 stage can be accurately predicted from the brightness of the pulp entering that stage. The entering brightness, in turn, is a well-defined function of the ratio of the D1 stage ClO2 charge to the (EO) stage kappa number. In the present study, we use the results of pulping and bleaching experiments on southern U.S. red oak chips to extend the model to account for the effect of changing the D0 kappa factor and use it to assess the effect of digester alkali charge on pulp bleachability. We also show how this approach can be used to minimize the total ClO2 requirement for any desired final brightness and to optimize the allocation of ClO2 to the three D stages of the D(EO)DED sequence or the two D stages of the D(EO)D sequence. Among the conclusions resulting from application of the model are that the combination of high effective alkali and high D0 kappa factor gives pulp with a higher final brightness ceiling than any other combination, but that for brightness targets of 91 or lower, the combination of low effective alkali and low kappa fac-tor is the most economical.","PeriodicalId":356518,"journal":{"name":"January 2008","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114063100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
January 2008Pub Date : 2008-02-01DOI: 10.32964/tj7.1.19
Andrew J. Mackrory, D. Tree, L. Baxter
{"title":"Characteristics of black liquor sprays from gas-assisted atomizers in high-temperature environments","authors":"Andrew J. Mackrory, D. Tree, L. Baxter","doi":"10.32964/tj7.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32964/tj7.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"Black liquor droplets in an entrained-flow gasifier that are too large or too small can cause problems in the chemical recovery process. It is therefore important in gasifier design to understand the nature of the atomized gas spray. We used high-speed imaging to study black liquor sprays in cold and hot environments. Significant conclusions are that: 1. the droplet size distribution width is linked to the mean droplet size as for other sprays in the literature, necessitating a gasifier design that is tolerant of the distribution width associated with the target droplet size; 2. the shape of black liquor droplets is highly non-spherical, necessitating consideration of shape in addition to mass; 3. black liquor has exceptional ability to attach to the nozzle and thereby to form larger-than-desired fragments of liquor; and 4. the furnace environment has a measurable impact on droplet formation, making cold-spray-chamber test results difficult to apply to practical in-furnace spray performance. It had previously been assumed that the furnace environment does not affect the spray.","PeriodicalId":356518,"journal":{"name":"January 2008","volume":"200 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124287344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
January 2008Pub Date : 2008-02-01DOI: 10.32964/tj7.1.25
Dongbo Yan, Kecheng Li, Yajun Zhou
{"title":"Measurement of wet fiber flexibility of mechanical pulp fibers by confocal laser scanning microscopy","authors":"Dongbo Yan, Kecheng Li, Yajun Zhou","doi":"10.32964/tj7.1.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32964/tj7.1.25","url":null,"abstract":"We measured the fiber flexibility of mechanical pulp with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) based on Steadman’s method. Pulp fibers were wet pressed and bent over a glass wire and CLSM was used to image the three-dimensional deformation of the fiber. A fiber neutral bending plane was defined for freespan length measurement, which was subtracted from a transverse optical section of a fiber. We measured the moment of inertia of the fiber from the cross-sectional geometry and calculated the elastic modulus of the fiber wall from the fiber flexibility and the moment of inertia. Results show that the flexibility of chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP) fibers correlated well to interfiber bonding strength and sheet structural properties. A bleaching or refining process significantly increased the fiber flexibility, mainly through altering the elastic modulus of the fiber wall.","PeriodicalId":356518,"journal":{"name":"January 2008","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129302080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
January 2008Pub Date : 2008-02-01DOI: 10.32964/tj7.1.11
J. Preston, A. G. Hiorns, Nick Elton, G. Strom
{"title":"Application of imaging reflectometry to studies of print mottle on commercially printed coated papers","authors":"J. Preston, A. G. Hiorns, Nick Elton, G. Strom","doi":"10.32964/tj7.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32964/tj7.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"It has been well documented that homogeneous coating structures are necessary for obtaining good, mottle-free printed papers. Methods such as mercury intrusion porosimetry are widely used in the paper industry, but will deliver a bulk porosity measure, which contains contributions from both the surface layers and the bulk of the coating. One way of assessing the surface porosity is to measure its effective refractive index (RI) because the RI measured is a combination of the material RI and air.\u0000In this work three papers coated with PCC, kaolin, and GCC were RI mapped using an imaging reflectometer. The data were then treated with a mathematical transform in order to be able to quantify the degree of variation that was taking place at each length scale. These results were then compared to the print mottle, which was evident after both lab scale printing and full scale sheetfed printing of the pilot coated papers. \u0000The commercial mottle was quantified both visually and using image analysis and there was a reasonable correlation between these two methods. In the halftone printed area, the propensity for mottle correlated with the degree of porosity variation of the coating. However, the rankings for the full tone print areas better correlated with the short time water absorbency of the coatings. FFT band-pass analysis confirmed that the same spatial distribution of unevenness occurred in the basepaper, coating layer and printed areas.","PeriodicalId":356518,"journal":{"name":"January 2008","volume":"247 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122120650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}