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Effect of hot chlorine dioxide delignification on AOX in bagasse pulp wastewater

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This work describes the effect of the hot chlorine dioxide delignification (DHT) on the properties of bagasse fiber and the formation of AOX. The bagasse pulp was subjected to both DHT and normal temperature chlorine dioxide delignification (D0), and the AOX contents in the effluent were determined respectively. The GC–MS results showed that the main components of the D0 stage wastewater were chlorinated hydrocarbons and chlorinated diphenyls. In contrast, those AOXs in the DHT stage wastewater were very few. The GC–MS, ATR-FTIR, and XPS results showed the DHT process is more effective in the removal of the residual phenolic lignin and the hemicellulose-linked HexA compared with D0. Furthermore, in comparison, the AOX content could be reduced by 50% with DHT. The fully bleached pulp obtained via DHTEpD process has a higher brightness than that obtained by D0EpD, which provides a reliable theoretical basis for industrial application.

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Acknowledgments

The project was supported by the Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (YCSW2017046), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31660182 & 21466004), the Scientific Research Foundation of Guangxi University (Grant No. XGZ160166), the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation of China (2016GXNSFBA380234 & 2013GXNSFFA019005), and the Middle-young age Ability Enhancement Program of Guangxi (KY2016YB037).

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  1. College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Haichuan Zhang, Shuangxi Nie, Chengrong Qin, Kun Zhang & Shuangfei Wang

  2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Haichuan Zhang, Shuangxi Nie, Chengrong Qin, Kun Zhang & Shuangfei Wang

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The XPS spectrums of the bagasse fibers a control; b D0 treated; c DHT treated; d D0 + Ep treated; e DHT + Ep treated

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TIC of bagasse pulp in effluent a D0 stage and b DHT stage

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Zhang, H., Nie, S., Qin, C. et al. Effect of hot chlorine dioxide delignification on AOX in bagasse pulp wastewater. Cellulose 25, 2037–2049 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1670-1

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