Author/Authors :
-، - نويسنده Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, I.R. Iran Sheikhi, Amir , -، - نويسنده Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, I.R. Iran Amoabediny, Ghasem , -، - نويسنده Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, I.R. Iran Rashedi, Hamid , -، - نويسنده Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, I.R. Iran Ziaie-Shirkolaee, Yaser , -، - نويسنده Research Institute of Petroleum Industries, Refining Division, P.O. Box 14665-1998, Tehran, I.R. Iran Soltanali, Saeed , -، - نويسنده Department of Environmental Engineering, Islamiac Azad University, Science and Research Campus, P.O. Box 14665-1998, Tehran, I.R. Iran Shams-Haghani, Zahra
Abstract :
A study was carried out on totally chlorine-free (TCF) bleachability of dimethyl formamide (DMF) treated bagasse pulps exposed to CZ-3 and FP 90031-sp strains of white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. This process involved an oxygen and peroxide stage bleaching sequence. The effect of enzymatic stage on bleachability properties was studied and compared with control pulps, processed without enzyme addition. Final brightness of 79-80% ISO was achieved after complete bleaching. The effects of direct bleaching caused pulp brightening (1.7-1.3% ISO) and delignification (<10%) immediately after the enzymatic stage. Under a peroxide charge of 3% to 9%, the brightness improvement and the bleachability of these pulps were found to be superior to those of the control during all peroxide stages. The selective bleaching of each process was assessed by changes of intrinsic viscosity. Generally higher bleachability and bleaching selectivity of xylanase-treated pulps and the inevitable maximal gain in pulp brightness (or bleach boosting, as a main objective of xylanase application) could be achieved only after the first and second peroxide bleaching stages which then substantially diminished by the end of the sequence.
