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Parametric optimization of kraft pulping of wheat straw for extraction of lignin using response surface methodology

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Kraft pulping process is the foremost common pretreatment method utilized in pulp and paper businesses to break down the lignocellulosic linkages to urge cellulose and lignin separated. Due to higher degree of recuperation of the reagents utilized within the process of pulp production having higher cellulosic virtue, this technique rules over others since many decades. A factorial experiment may have star points and centre points added, offering three or five levels for each component. This is known as a central composite design, and it is utilised in response surface modelling. There are a few components to be considered in kraft pulping method which are temperature, retention time, % alkalinity, % sulfidity, and liquor to biomass stacking. The use of Na2S stands for a source of HS−, but too for an extra source of NaOH agreeing to the response included in this prepare. In spite of the fact that we have not taken those two components into thought, they can moreover be utilized in future inquire about. Thus, here, we utilized central composite plan to optimize our components. By taking temperature extend of 140–175 °C, time 20–80 min, and % alkalinity 10–20%, we have gotten diverse reactions of greatest bright absorbance wavelength and concentration information of black liquors.

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Dash, S., Bhavanam, A. & Gera, P. Parametric optimization of kraft pulping of wheat straw for extraction of lignin using response surface methodology. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04011-4

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