Patent · US Expired

Addition of THP or THP+ salt to pulping liquors to destroy catalase and/or catalase producing bacteria

US7214292B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2001
Grant dateMay 8, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C9/163
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Pulping liquors used in the bleaching of pulps by hydrogen peroxide, and containing catalase-producing bacteria and/or catalase enzyme are treated with tris (hydroxymethyl) phosphine or a tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium salt to kill the bacteria and destroy the enzyme.

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