A feasibility study on a new chemimechanical pulping process including a new chemical recovery process from waste liquor was conducted. A new type of high-yield chemimechanical pulp was produced from raw cellulosic materials which were lightly heated in aqueous solution of sodium sulphate and sulphur dioxide (as Na
2O, 1060 g/
l, SO
2 1073 g/
l) and then mechanically treated with a single disk refiner. It was found that a plain sodium sulphate solution has no cooking potential.
Wood SOX pulp of high yield (4585%) and of high grade was produced from softwood, hardwood, and tropical wood. Yezo spruce SOX pulp (yield 68%) gave 29.7% brightness, by Hunter 0.608g/cm
3 bulk density, 7.81 km breaking length, 4.77 JIS burst factor, and 43.9 tear factor.
Nonwood SOX pulp of high yield (4863%) and high grade was produced from bamboo, rice straw, and bagasse. Rice straw SOX pulp (yield 63.2%) gave 84.1 Kappa no., 12.7% pentosan, 20.9% ash, 39.6% brightness, 0.479g/cm
3 bulk density, 3.02 km breaking strength, and 1.61 JIS burst factor.
Water soluble, crude sodium sulphate;KP fly ash from precipitator in recovery unit (Na
2SO
4 97.3%, Na
2CO
3 1.2%) and ash from NSSC waste liquor (Na
2SO
4 64.7%, Na
2CO
3 30.0%) were also used for SOX cooking.
Recovery of SOX cooking chemicals was proven to be quite easy. Upon incinerating concentrated waste liquor, sodium sulphate was recovered from ash, while sulphur dioxide was recovered from relief gas and gas produced during incineration of waste liquor.
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