BLEACHING OF EUCALYPTUS KRAFT PULP WITH COMMERCIAL XYLANASES

Authors
VICUNA R ESCOBAR F OSSES M JARA A
Citation
R. Vicuna et al., BLEACHING OF EUCALYPTUS KRAFT PULP WITH COMMERCIAL XYLANASES, Biotechnology letters, 19(6), 1997, pp. 575-578
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
575 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1997)19:6<575:BOEKPW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Three commercially available xylanases were tested in the bleaching of Kraft pulps from Eucaliptus globulus and Eucaliptus nitens. These xyl anase preparations, in combination with the sequence D0EOPD11, led to savings of chlorine dioxide that were in the range of 12 to 40% withou t affecting the target brightness of 90% ISO. Enzyme-treated pulps req uired slightly higher beating to reach the same freeness than the cont rols, although the strength properties of both pulps were similar.