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Modelling the fragmentation kinetics of the heterogeneous lignin macromolecule during kraft pulping with stochastic graphs
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Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 477
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This article presents a novel concept for modelling the kinetics and related phenomena of the kraft pulping process on a macromolecule level with the initial objective to explicitly model and relate the breakage of phenolic and non-phenolic β—O—4 bonds to the observed three-stage delignification profile. The modelling frameworks consist of the building and the fragmentation of the lignin macromolecules. The macromolecules are modelled as stochastic graphs where monolignol object nodes are reassembled in a Monte Carlo approach into internal structures, which aggregate to a lignin macromolecule interconnected through chemical bonds represented by the edges of the graphs. The fractionation follows the splitting of β—O—4 ether bonds with different configurations resulting from functional groups attached to the monolignols, namely the phenolic and non-phenolic β—O—4 bonds with their respective stereochemistry. It is tested against a previously published model based on an extension of the established Purdue kinetic model and experimental data. The results align with the observed delignification trajectory during kraft pulping, and the hypothesis that β—O—4 bonds splitting is mainly responsible for the delignification. However, some discrepancies between the current model, the previous model and experimental data are presented. These differences are discussed in the context of recent experimental findings indicating that β—O—4 bonds splitting might not entirely be responsible for the delignification due to mass transfer/solubility effects limitations.
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Funding Information: This work was financially supported and part of the Academy of Finland’s Flagship Program under Projects No. 318890 and 318891 (Competence Center for Materials Bioeconomy, FinnCERES). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)
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Bijok, N & Alopaeus, V 2023, 'Modelling the fragmentation kinetics of the heterogeneous lignin macromolecule during kraft pulping with stochastic graphs', Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 477, 146964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.146964