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Black Liquor % Solids - What Do We Really Know? Importance of Inorganic, Organic, and Lignin Contributions to Total Solids, 2022PEERS/IBBC Conference (22PEE/22IBB)

Improve Deinking Flotation from the Fundamental Research, 2022PEERS/IBBC Conference (22PEE/22IBB)

Kraft Lignin Production at West Fraser’s Hinton Mill, 2022PEERS/IBBC Conference (22PEE/22IBB)

Development of reinforced paper and mitigation of the challenges of raw material availability by utilizing Areca nut leaf, TAPPI Journal September 2022

ABSTRACT: Paper industries are facing a raw material crisis and searching for alternate raw materials that may be able to help mitigate the issue. Many industries use agro-waste as a raw material, irrespective of it having low bleachability and poor mechanical strength. Areca nut leaf (ANL) is a nonwood-based material that may be acceptable as an alternate source of raw material that contains 61.5% holocellulose and 13.6% lignin, which is comparable to other agro-wastes and hardwood pulps. Kraft anthraquinone pulping with 20% active alkali as sodium oxide (Na2O), 25% sulfidity, and 0.05% anthraquinone produced 15 kappa pulps with about 38.5% pulping yield. The bleachability of ANL pulp was good, and 83.5% ISO brightness could be achieved using the D0(EOP)D1 bleaching sequence. The ANL fiber has 33.8% better tensile, 54.5% better tear, and 15.2% better burst index than hardwood fiber. Similarly, 60.4% better tensile, 56.5% better tear, and 21.7% better burst index were observed in ANL than in wheat straw. Thus, the study revealed that Areca nut leaf can be used as an alternative raw material for papermaking, as well as to improve the physical property of paper products by blending it with inferior quality pulp.

Upgrading of recycled pulp quality by fractionation and selective refining, TAPPICon22

Functionalization of wood/plant-based natural celluslose fibers with nanomaterials: a review, TAPPI JOURNAL February 2018

Functionalization of wood/plant-based natural celluslose fibers with nanomaterials: a review, TAPPI JOURNAL February 2018

Print quality of flexographic printed paperboard related to coating composition and structure, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Print quality of flexographic printed paperboard related to coating composition and structure, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Evaluation of the out-of-plane response of fiber networks with a representative volume element model, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018

Evaluation of the out-of-plane response of fiber networks with a representative volume element model, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018

Decreased water usage in a softwood ECF bleaching sequence— full mill simulations, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018

Decreased water usage in a softwood ECF bleaching sequence— full mill simulations, TAPPI JOURNAL June 2018

Photo-catalytic degradation of gaseous pollutants in paper mills of southern China, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018

Photo-catalytic degradation of gaseous pollutants in paper mills of southern China, TAPPI JOURNAL March 2018