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Process for digesting woodchips and digester additives

US6649023B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2003
Grant dateNov 18, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C3/222
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for digesting woodchips used in papermaking. The process employs a digester additive, which is a mixture of (a) a polyglycoside, and (b) a polyoxyalkylene glycol. The digester additives are compatible and stable at elevated temperatures in the highly alkaline white liquor used in the digestion of wood chips into pulp. The invention also relates to the digester additive compositions.

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