Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100122784 | PROCESS FOR TREATING PULP MILL CONDENSTATES USING A HOLLOW FIBER CONTACTOR - A method and apparatus for the treatment of pulp mill condensates is described. A hollow fiber contactor, incorporating a hydrophobic membrane, was used to remove several undesirable compounds from pulp mill condensates. For example, TRS compounds and SO | 05-20-2010 |
20110176989 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHLORINE DIOXIDE USING WASTE GLYCEROL FROM A BIODIESEL PLANT - A process for chlorine dioxide production uses waste glycerol from biodiesel plants as a reducing agent. This untreated waste stream may contain other reducing agents such as sodium chloride and methanol which were found to enhance the chlorine dioxide production. Other chemicals present in this waste stream did not affect the operation of the chlorine dioxide generator. Substituting the waste glycerol for methanol or other reducing agents helps kraft pulp mills in reducing the cost of producing chlorine dioxide while providing a use for the untreated waste glycerol stream. | 07-21-2011 |
20110297340 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING LIGNIN FROM BLACK LIQUOR - A method was developed for: a) improving the filterability of acid-precipitated lignin from kraft black liquors, b) increasing the dry solids content of the final lignin product, c) reducing the acid requirements and d) minimizing or eliminating TRS emissions during the acidification of black liquor to produce lignin and/or the subsequent suspension of the lignin in acid and/or the washing of the lignin with acid. No major difference in the chemical composition, MWD and main functional groups was found in the lignin of the present invention compared with lignins produced by conventional methods. | 12-08-2011 |
20120211184 | FRACTIONATION OF A WASTE LIQUOR STREAM FROM NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE PRODUCTION - During nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) production, a considerable amount of sulphuric acid is used. After the separation of the NCC, the remaining solution contains sugars and residual sulphuric acid. The sugars are in the monomeric and oligomeric forms. To reduce the cost of NCC production and to produce other added-value products, the spent acid stream can be fractionated into sugar oligomers, sugar monomers, and acid. The acid can be recycled to the NCC manufacturing process after concentration. The sugar monomers and sugar oligomers can be used for the manufacturing of other valuable chemicals. Membrane nanofiltration can be used to achieve this objective. A polymeric membrane with a molecular weight cut-off in the range of 200 Dalton was employed. Using this approach, the majority of the acid was recovered in the permeate while the sugars were concentrated in a smaller stream. The sugar level in the separated acid/permeate stream was only about 3% of the original concentration. A second membrane filtration stage can be used to separate the monomeric from the oligomeric sugars. The two sugar streams can be employed in different applications to produce value-added products. | 08-23-2012 |
20140256920 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING LIGNIN FROM BLACK LIQUOR - A method was developed for: a) improving the filterability of acid-precipitated lignin from kraft black liquors, b) increasing the dry solids content of the final lignin product, c) reducing the acid requirements and d) minimizing or eliminating TRS emissions during the acidification of black liquor to produce lignin and/or the subsequent suspension of the lignin in acid and/or the washing of the lignin with acid. No major difference in the chemical composition, MWD and main functional groups was found in the lignin of the present invention compared with lignins produced by conventional methods. | 09-11-2014 |
20150096697 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING LIGNIN FROM BLACK LIQUOR - A method was developed for: a) improving the filterability of acid-precipitated lignin from kraft black liquors, b) increasing the dry solids content of the final lignin product, c) reducing the acid requirements and d) minimizing or eliminating TRS emissions during the acidification of black liquor to produce lignin and/or the subsequent suspension of the lignin in acid and/or the washing of the lignin with acid. No major difference in the chemical composition, MWD and main functional groups was found in the lignin of the present invention compared with lignins produced by conventional methods. | 04-09-2015 |
20150159061 | PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE AND LIGNIN PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE ADHESIVE POLYMERS WITH CARBON BLACK, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - Phenol-formaldehyde and lignin-phenol formaldehyde adhesive polymers with improved properties are disclosed, as well as the method of production therein. The method comprises providing at least one phenolic compound at least one formaldehyde compound, an alkali metal hydroxide, water and at least one carbon black; mixing the at least one phenolic compound, the at least one formaldehyde compound, the alkali metal hydroxide, the water and the carbon black to produce a methylolation medium at a pH of about 10 or less; maintaining the medium at a methylolation temperature to produce a methylolated medium reacting with the water predominantly; and increasing the temperature of the methylolated medium to produce the phenol-formaldehyde polymer via a condensation reaction. | 06-11-2015 |
20160002462 | CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS - THERMOSET RESIN SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS THEREOF AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - The present describes wood adhesives reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), in liquid and powder forms in which resin system are a phenol-formaldehyde polymer and/or lignin-phenol-formaldehyde polymer and polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI), and a method of making this polymer in liquid and powder from and the composite products that can be produced therefrom. | 01-07-2016 |