Method for preparing unbleached biomechanical pulp by hot steam in coordination with biological enzyme treatment of wheat straw and full utilization of by-products thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12428784-B2
Application number	US-202117561158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2021
Priority date	Dec 31, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for preparing unbleached biomechanical pulp by hot steam and biological enzyme treatment and full utilization of by-products thereof, and belongs to the technical field of papermaking technology and comprehensive utilization of waste. The present disclosure proposes a method for preparing high-strength unbleached biomechanical pulp, using whole wheat straw as a raw material, by using hot water in coordination with an alkaline biological enzyme to treat whole wheat straw, thereby meeting the requirements for the production of unbleached linerboard and paper-based materials, and recycling by-products thereof to prepare biomass compound fertilizers, which creates wealth from solid waste and realizes the high-value full utilization of wheat straw. The preparation method of the disclosure is simple, green, clean and efficient, and has good practical application value and broad application prospects.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for preparing unbleached biomechanical pulp by treating wheat straw by hot steam in coordination with biological enzyme treatment and full utilization of by-products thereof, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
(1) taking a waste wheat straw after wheat grain harvest as a raw material, mixing water with the wheat straw at a liquid ratio of 1:3-1:6, adding a trace of KOH to adjust a pH of a mixture of the wheat straw and the water to 10-14, and then charging hot steam whose temperature is 100-120° C. in a hot steam pretreatment stage for 15-60 minutes to obtain a wheat straw treated with the hot steam; collecting a waste lye and decaying leaves and straw that cannot be used for processing;
(2) extruding and splitting the wheat straw treated with the hot steam in an extrusion stage to obtain a split wheat straw; collecting wastewater from the extrusion stage;
(3) reacting the split wheat straw with an alkaline biological complex enzyme at a temperature of 40-60° C. for 30-90 minutes in an enzyme treatment stage to obtain a biologically treated wheat straw; collecting wastewater generated in the enzyme treatment stage; and
(4) refining the biological treated wheat straw, and collecting a refining washing water; treating the waste lye, the wastewater from the extrusion stage, the wastewater generated in the enzyme treatment stage, and the refining washing water with a multi-effect evaporator to evaporate and concentrate to obtain a residue, and recycling heat energy for the hot steam pretreatment stage of step (1); mixing the residue with the decaying leaves and straw that cannot be used for processing in step (1) and adjusting pH thereof for fertilizer production.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (1), the waste wheat straw is cut into 3-6 cm in length as a raw materials and air dried.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (1), a pH of the wheat straw and the water reaches 7-9 at the end of the treatment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (2), a screw extruder is used for extruding and splitting, and a process condition is: a volumetric compression ratio of the screw extruder being 1:(3-6).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (3), the liquid ratio is 1:3-8 (g/mL), and the alkaline biological complex enzyme is a complex enzyme of a xylanase, a cellulase and a pectinase with a total dosage of 10-80 IU/mL, and with a ratio of an enzyme activity of the xylanase, the cellulase and the pectinase being (0-6):(0-4):(0-1.5), none of the enzyme activity being 0.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (4), times of the refining are determined according to production needs, and a beating degree of the refining is 25-50° SR.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (4), refining process conditions are as follows: a disc refiner is used for refining, a spindle speed is 3000-4000 r/min, and a one- or two-stage refining is conducted, a refining gap is 0.15-0.5 mm.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (4), a mass ratio of the waste lye, the wastewater from the extrusion stage, the wastewater generated in the enzyme treatment stage, and the refining washing water is 5-12:1-5:1-5:5-15;
a mass ratio of the residue to the decaying leaves and straw that cannot be used for processing in step (1) is 4-7:1-2;
adjusting pH for fertilizer production is as follows: adding phosphoric acid to adjust the pH to 7, drying, pulverizing and granulating.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein in step (3), the liquid ratio is 1:3-8 (g/mL), and the alkaline biological complex enzyme is a complex enzyme of a xylanase, a cellulase and a pectinase with a total dosage of 10-50 IU/mL, and with a ratio of an enzyme activity of the xylanase, the cellulase and the pectinase being (5-6):(2-3):1.

Assignees

• Univ Qilu Technology

Inventors

• Tian Zhongjian
• Ji Xingxiang
• Wang Dongxing
• Han Wenjia
• Ma Hao
• Shao Xuejun

Classifications

• D21H11/12

  Pulp from non-woody plants or crops, e.g. cotton, flax, straw, bagasse · CPC title

• D21D1/306

  Discs · CPC title

• D21C11/10

  Concentrating spent liquor by evaporation (evaporators B01D) · CPC title

• D21C11/0007

  Recovery of by-products, i.e. compounds other than those necessary for pulping, for multiple uses or not otherwise provided for (volatile compounds obtained by decomposition of spent liquors in order to regenerate them D21C11/125; compounds obtained by fractionating the liquors in order to regenerate them D21C11/0042) · CPC title

• D21C1/06

  with alkaline reacting compounds · CPC title