Evaluation of pulp from napier grass by biochemical pulping for paper industry

Zawawi Daud*, Nair Gomesh, Ragunathan Santiagoo, Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Halizah Awang, Mohd Zainuri Mohd Hatta, Mohd Baharudin Ridzuan, Amir Detho

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Abstract

Malaysia has high rates of accelerating faster on depleting activities compared any other tropical countries in the world. This problem also affects the economic losses of some countries that face deforestation. To overcome this, Napier grass from non-wood was chosen between new methods by xylanase enzyme treatment for pulp production. This study going through the morphological characterization, pulpability at kappa number and the characteristic for biochemical pulping process. These conclude that biochemical had a high percentage of pulp yields; with a low screening rejects; good Kappa number by TAPPI method. Thus, xylanase enzyme has a potential to be sub-treatment for Malaysia’s pulp and papermaking industry to produce a good waste-wealth product in future.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012064
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume616
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Green Environmental Engineering and Technology 2020, IConGEET 2020 - Seoul, Virtual, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 23 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

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