The effects of chelating agents, peracetic acid and alkaline peroxide on the replacement of chlorine dioxide and hypochlorite in D-E
o-H-D bleaching of oxygen delignified hardwood kraft pulp were studied in a laboratory scale. Since an increased use of peroxygen chemicals necessitates a use of a chelating agent, both DTPA and a new chelating agent with low nitrogen content (DEAS) were tested. Peracetic acid was used here as a bleaching agent in combination with chlorine dioxide in a D
2 stage. Also the effect of peracetic acid on post-bleaching of O-D-EOP-D bleached softwood kraft pulp was studied.
The bleaching experiments indicate that the importance of a chelation prior to E
o stage increases with the decreasing active chlorine charge in the D
1 stage and increasing peroxide charge in the E. stage. With a sequence of Q/D-EOP-Q/D/PAA the total active chlorine charge in D-E
o-H-D dropped from 48 kg act. C1/tp to 20 kg act. C1/tp by using 10 kg H
2O
2/tp in the E
0 stage and 5 kg peracetic acid/tp in the D
2 stage. Also 8 kg hypochlorite/ tp were eliminated at the same time. The use of DEAS in the Q/D stage gave more improved pulp properties for bleached pulp than the use of DTPA correspondingly.
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