Multi-Step Low Temperature and Low Pressure Process for Agricultural Feedstock Stock Preparation with Hemicellulose and Lignin Recovery

    公开(公告)号:US20230151547A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17989255

    申请日:2022-11-17

    申请人: KANBOL, INC

    IPC分类号: D21H11/12 D21H11/02 D21H11/16

    CPC分类号: D21H11/12 D21H11/02 D21H11/16

    摘要: Methods and systems for preparing agricultural residue or other agricultural feedstock for use as a pulp. The method includes providing non-wood agricultural residue (e.g., corn stover) or other agricultural feedstock that includes agricultural fibers, chemically pulping the agricultural fibers in a preliminary alkaline chemical pulping process at a low consistency and at a low temperature to produce partially pulped agricultural fibers, such step including separating lignin and hemicellulose from the partially pulped agricultural fibers, introducing the partially pulped agricultural fibers into a first reactor, wherein the first reactor operates at a low temperature of less than 100° C. (e.g., 65° C.), introducing the agricultural fibers from the first reactor into a second reactor, where the second reactor operates at a low temperature, of less than 100° C. (e.g., 94-96° C.), the second reactor operating at a higher temperature than the first reactor, to produce pulped agricultural fibers.

    COTTON RECYCLING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230062813A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17981769

    申请日:2022-11-07

    发明人: Jonathan Y. CHEN

    摘要: Cellulose materials and methods of making the cellulose materials are described herein. The method can include contacting a cotton fabric with an oxidizing system to obtain an oxidized cotton material and processing the oxidized cotton material to form the cellulose material. The oxidizing system can include an aqueous mixture of a N-oxyl compound and a hypochlorite compound. During oxidation, the p11 of the aqueous mixture can be maintained at from 8.5 to 11. Cellulose products can be formed from the cellulose materials. For example, the cellulose products can be used to form a packaging material, a biomedical device or implant, a drug delivery material, a fiber, a textile material, a template for electronic components, or a separation membrane. Methods of making the cellulose product include dissolving or suspending an active ingredient in a medium comprising the cellulose material.

    NANOCELLULOSE-REINFORCED CORRUGATED MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20230002972A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17837144

    申请日:2022-06-10

    摘要: The present invention provides a pulp product (e.g., paper) comprising cellulose and nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose is derived from the cellulose in a mechanical and/or chemical step that is separate from the main pulping process. The pulping process may be thermomechanical pulping or hydrothermal-mechanical pulping, for example. The pulp product is stronger and smoother with the presence of the nanocellulose. The nanocellulose further can function as a retention aid, for a step of forming the pulp product (e.g., in a paper machine). Other embodiments provide a corrugated medium pulp composition comprising cellulose pulp and nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose includes cellulose nanofibrils and/or cellulose nanocrystals and the nanocellulose may be hydrophobic. The nanocellulose improves the strength properties of the corrugated medium. In some embodiments, the cellulose pulp is a GreenBox+® pulp and the nanocellulose is derived from the AVAP® process.

    Processes for improving high aspect ratio cellulose filament blends

    公开(公告)号:US11352747B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16383459

    申请日:2019-04-12

    发明人: Tobias Ziegenbein

    摘要: A process for improving high aspect ratio cellulose filament blends comprising the steps of: a) providing a blend of cellulose nano-filaments or blend of cellulose micro-filaments; b) diluting the blend of cellulose nano-filaments or the blend of cellulose micro-filaments to a target consistency; c) fractionating the diluted blend of cellulose nano-filaments or the diluted blend of cellulose micro-filaments from the step c); and, d) collecting the fraction of the diluted blend of cellulose nano-filaments or the diluted blend of cellulose micro-filaments from the step c) having an average length of greater than at least about 25 μm.