Study on pre-hydrolysis technology of reed artificial fiber pulp

摘要

The main materials of artificial fiber pulp are natural fiber from wood and linters etc. However, it will be more and more difficult to make this pulp in China because of the scarcity of forest resource and cotton field. Reed is widely distributed with high yield in china. Therefore, exploitation and utilization of reed in artificial fiber pulping have an important social significance. The artificial pulp made from reed was studied in this paper. The pulping method adopted pre-hydrolysis followed by Kraft cooking. The results showed that the great influence factors of pre-hydrolysis were the highest temperature and holding time. The optimal pre-hydrolysis conditions were: 175°C, 75 min, solid-to-liquid ratio 1:6. Under the conditions, semi-slurry yield was 60.8%. Compared with the chemical composition of reed materials, the pentosan decreased from 20.33% to 7.37%, the lignin decreased from 26.46% to 21.14%, ash decreased from 5.56% to 4.05%, besides the relative holocellulose increased from 75.95% to 81.26%. The dissolving pulp obtained after cooking and bleaching of semi-slurry met with pulp performance index requirement.