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Using enzymes in pulp bleaching: Mill applications

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Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry

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Xylanase enzymes have proven to be a cost-effective way for mills to realize a variety of bleaching benefits, including: reducing or eliminating Cl2 use, decreasing AOX discharges, freeing up chlorine dioxide generating capacity, or increasing the bleached brightness ceiling—without expensive capital investments. These benefits are achieved over the long term when the enzymes are selected and applied properly in the mill. Chapter 7 described the chemistry of hemicellulase action on pulp. This chapter describes the industrial benefits of xylanase enzyme treatment and the issues that must be considered to get the most benefit from using xylanase treatment in a mill.

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  1. Research Manager and late Research Associate, logen Corporation, 400 Hunt Club Road, K1V 1C1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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K. -E. L. Eriksson (Volume Editor)W. Babel H. W. Blanch Ch. L. Cooney S. -O. Enfors K. -E. L. Eriksson A. Fiechter A. M. Klibanov B. Mattiasson S. B. Primrose H. J. Rehm P. L. Rogers H. Sahm K. SchĂĽgerl G. T. Tsao K. Venkat J. Villadsen U. von Stockar C. Wandrey

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This chapter is dedicated to the memory of the co-author of this manuscript, Maryse Guenette, who died August 11, 1995.

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Tolan, J.S., Guenette, M. (1997). Using enzymes in pulp bleaching: Mill applications. In: Eriksson, K.E.L., et al. Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0102078

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