Studying the effects of laccase treatment in a softwood dissolving pulp: cellulose reactivity and crystallinity

An enzymatic biobleaching sequence (LVAQPO) using a laccase from Trametes villosa in combination with violuric acid (VA) and then followed by a pressurized hydrogen peroxide treatment (PO) was developed and found to give high bleaching properties and meet dissolving pulp requirements: high brightnes...

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Autores: Quintana, Elisabet|||0000-0002-4273-9204, Valls Vidal, Cristina|||0000-0003-2307-1779, Garcia Barneto, Agustín, Vidal Lluciá, Teresa|||0000-0001-6269-4114, Ariza, J., Roncero Vivero, María Blanca|||0000-0002-2694-2368
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26885
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26885
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.11.019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Cellulose
Wood-pulp--Bleaching
Alkali solubility
Dissolving pulp
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
Violuric acid
a-Cellulose
Pasta de paper -- Blanqueig
Cel·lulosa per a paper
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria paperera::Primeres matèries papereres::Cel·lulosa
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria paperera::Pasta paperera::Blanqueig de pastes
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Resumo:An enzymatic biobleaching sequence (LVAQPO) using a laccase from Trametes villosa in combination with violuric acid (VA) and then followed by a pressurized hydrogen peroxide treatment (PO) was developed and found to give high bleaching properties and meet dissolving pulp requirements: high brightness, low content of hemicellulose, satisfactory pulp reactivity, no significant cellulose degradation manifested by a-cellulose and HPLC, and brightness stability against moist heat ageing. The incorporation of a laccase–mediator system (LMS) to bleach sulphite pulps can be a good alternative to traditional bleaching processes since thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that the laccase treatment prevented the adverse effect of hydrogen peroxide on fibre surface as observed during a conventional hydrogen peroxide bleaching treatment (PO). Although VA exhibited the best results in terms of bleaching properties, the performance of natural mediators, such as p-coumaric acid and syringaldehyde, was discussed in relation to changes in cellulose surface detected by TGA