화학공학소재연구정보센터
Bioresource Technology, Vol.126, 64-70, 2012
Biorefinery process for production of paper and oligomers from Leucaena leucocephala K360 with or without prior autohydrolysis
Lignocellulosic material from Leucaena leucocephala was subjected to a two-stage fractionation process to obtain a valorized effluent containing hemicellulose derivatives and a solid phase for producing cellulose pulp by conventional soda-anthraquinone delignification. This solid phase allows the production of cellulose pulp, under less rigorous conditions from NaOH-AQ process (177 degrees C, 21%, 120 mm) than without pretreatment delignification (185 degrees C, 25%, 150 min) and better or similar properties in the paper sheets obtained (yield 27.6 and 34.0%, brightness 39.3 and 31.6% ISO, tensile index 7.8 and 10.5 N m/g, burst index 0.43 and 0.29 MPa m(2)/kg with and without previous autohydrolysis) have be found. Also, the first autohydrolysis stage allows up to 46.6% of the initial hemicellulose in the raw material to be extracted as xylooligomers, xylose and furfural into the liquid phase. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.