Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.88, No.3, 455-461, 2010
SIMULATING THE IMPACT OF KRAFT PULPING AND BLEACHING PARAMETERS ON EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS PULP PROPERTIES USING MATLAB
In this work, Eucalyptus camaldulensis was evaluated as the raw material for chemical pulp under different pulping and bleaching conditions The pulping was carried out at different H-factors, and at different effective alkalis The resulting pulps were then oxygen delignified and bleached using various dosages of bleaching chemicals in a D(0)EpD(1) sequence The effect of independent variables (pulping or bleaching variables) on dependent variables (pulp properties) was analysed based on the multivariable least square method via MATLAB software An agreement was found between the results predicted from the models and the experimental data To obtain a kappa number of 15, the optimum pulping conditions were a temperature of 155 degrees C, a time of 225 min, and an EA of 23% Also, the hexenuronic acid (HexA) content of cooked pulp was significantly decreased in the chlorine dioxide bleaching stages, and was only marginally related to the final HexA content of bleached pulps
Keywords:Eucalyptus camaldulensis;Eucalyptus globulus;kraft pulping;bleaching;pulping modelling;hexenuronic acid