Swedish Researchers Create Nanofibers from Cellulose Sludge

摘要

A research team at Lulea University of Technology [LTU) in Sweden is on a mission to recycle pulp mill sludge and produce cellulose nanofibers, which can be re-used to make paper and board grades.Currently, the researchers are working with sludge from Domsjo Fabrikerna's mill in Sweden. The mill has an annual production capacity of 235,000 tons of specialty cellulose used by manufacturers of viscose [textiles) and non-wovens [hygiene products). The mill's cellulose is bleached totally chlorine-free in a closed-loop bleach plant.