High consistency mechano-enzymatic pretreatment for kraft fibres: effect of treatment consistency on fibre properties

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2020-06

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en

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5311–5322

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Cellulose, Volume 27

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Fibre reactivity is essential for cellulose dissolution and derivatisation and a porous fibre structure is one key determinant for a highly reactive pulp. Mechanical and enzymatic treatments are known to improve fibre reactivity and more recently, the combination of mechano-enzymatic treatment has been shown to synergistically enhance the beneficial effect. The aim of this work was to do a systematic study on the effect of dry matter content during enzymatic modification of fibres and define the conditions that optimally improve fibre porosity. The combined mechano-enzymatic treatments at 15–25 w% consistency had the most pronounced effect on fibre porosity and morphology analysed by solute exclusion technique, nitrogen sorption and scanning electron microscopy. Light microscopy imaging confirmed that the combined mechano-enzymatic treatment at high consistency (> 10 w%) resulted in extensive fibrillation of the treated fibres which was not observed after sole mechanical or enzymatic treatments.

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Endoglucanase, Enzyme, Fibre modification, Fibre reactivity, High consistency, Porosity

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Rahikainen, J, Mattila, O, Maloney, T, Lovikka, V, Kruus, K, Suurnäkki, A & Grönqvist, S 2020, ' High consistency mechano-enzymatic pretreatment for kraft fibres : effect of treatment consistency on fibre properties ', Cellulose, vol. 27, pp. 5311–5322 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03123-8