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Combustion properties of spruce black liquor droplets : Sulfur-free pulping and influence of hot-water pretreatment
Raimo AlénChengcong ChenHannu PakkanenJoni Lehtosubject
Waste management020209 energycombustion propertieshot-water pretreatmenteducationtechnology industry and agriculturesulfur-free pulpingchemistry.chemical_elementfood and beveragesForestrymustalipeä02 engineering and technologyCombustionPulp and paper industrySulfurchemistryhemic and lymphatic diseaseskuuset0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials ScienceBlack liquordescription
Hot-water pretreatment of lignocellulosics prior to sulfur-free alkaline pulping is an interesting approach for recovering value-added carbohydrate- and lignin-derived materials. This paper investigated the chemical composition variations and combustion properties of the black liquors (BLs) from three different cooking processes: two sulfur-free soda-anthraquinone (soda-AQ) and oxygen-alkali (O2-NaOH) cooks and kraft cook, before and after hot-water pretreatment of the spruce sawdust. Relatively less aliphatic acids but more lignin were present in the BLs after hot-water pretreatment as cooking time prolonged. In general, the burning time decreased as follows: soda-AQ BL > O2-NaOH BL ≅ kraft BL. With the same cooking time, the increase in the total burning time for soda-AQ BLs compared with kraft BLs was 11-17% (without pretreatment) and 25-39% (with pretreatment). Compared to kraft BLs with the same cooking time, the swelling for soda-AQ and O2-NaOH BLs decreased by 8-25% and 4-23%, respectively. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-01 |