ABSTRACT A phenomenon based model for chlorine dioxide delignification of chemical pulp is introduced. The pulp suspension environment is modeled using the concept of two liquid phases, one inside and the other external to the fiber wall. Physico-chemical processes taking place during delignification are implemented with thermodynamic, mass transfer and reaction kinetic models. A broad library of chemical reactions is …

ABSTRACT Two apparatuses for measuring the specific permeability of wood specimens are presented. The developed method was used to measure specific permeability to water in the longitudinal direction (of the log) for three wood species, pine (Pinus sylvestris), birch (Betula pendula), and eucalyptus (Eucalyptus grandis). The wood species were cooked to a certain degree under kraft cooking conditions. The effect …

ABSTRACT Chlorous acid is known to react with aldehydes. This study investigated the oxidation kinetics of different aldehydes by chlorous acid. Reaction rates with chlorous acid at 25 °C were obtained for formaldehyde (11.0 M−1 s−1), vanillin (0.59 M−1 s−1), veratraldehyde (1.00 M−1 s−1), benzaldehyde (5.6 M−1 s−1), glucose (3.39 × 10−3 M−1 s−1), glycolaldehyde (39.0 M−1 s−1), and 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic …

ABSTRACT The role of chlorine (III) compounds, i.e. chlorous acid (HClO(2)) and chlorite (ClO(2)(-)), in chlorine dioxide bleaching were investigated by treating different pulps with Cl(III). It was discovered that in addition to its fully inorganic reactions, chlorous acid is consumed by organic structures present in the pulp. These structures were assumed to be aldehydes. The aldehydes might exist already …

ABSTRACT A method for measuring the perpendicular specific permeability of wood specimens to water is presented, which is a modification of the method presented in part 1 of this work. The specific permeability in the perpendicular direction of the log of three wood species, pine (Pinus sylvestris), birch (Betula pendula), and eucalyptus (Eucalyptus grandis), was measured from kraft-cooked wood of …

ABSTRACT A detailed kinetic model for the lignin oxidation chemistry is presented. It is based mainly on the mechanisms and kinetics presented in the literature. Parameters that could not be found in the literature were regressed against the experimental data obtained from oxidation experiments with softwood kraft lignin. In addition to the detailed model for the chemistry, acid-base equilibrium reactions …

ABSTRACT The kinetics and stoichiometry of the reaction between hypochlorous acid and chlorous acid was studied under mildly acidic conditions (pH = 2.5−4.7). The experiments were conducted in dilute solutions (10−4−10−3 M) at T = 5−25 °C. External buffer compounds were not used. Chlorous acid, chlorine dioxide, and chlorate concentrations were monitored with titrimetric methods. Rate coefficients and activation energies …

ABSTRACT Elementary kinetic modeling was used to study the mechanism of chlorate formation in chlorine dioxide delignification. Reaction conditions reflecting typical industrial processes (T = 50°C, pH 1.5–4) were examined. Fe mediated Cl(III) decomposition and a reaction between hypochlorous acid and chlorous acid (or their equilibrium counterparts) were found to be the major reaction routes responsible for chlorate formation at …

ABSTRACT A predictive pulp bleaching model utilizing physical phenomenon models and chemical reaction kinetics is introduced. Examples dealing with buffering properties of pulps, mass transfer limitations in fibre wall, and the kinetics of hexenuronic acid hydrolysis were used to elucidate the use of the model.

ABSTRACT Several pathways leading to the decomposition of chlorite and chlorous acid have been published. In this study, both experimental and computational approaches have been applied to clarify the authenticity of the different routes. The decomposition of chlorine (III), i.e. chlorous acid and chlorite, was monitored with iodometric titration at changing chloride concentrations, temperature, and existence of iron (III) at …

ABSTRACT Laboratory experiments and computerised modelling was used for studying the kinetics and mechanisms of reaction between [AlMnII(H2O)W11O39]7- anion and O2. Based on the results of simulations, the suitability of the anion as bleaching catalyst is discussed.