CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OF CELLULOSE NANOFIBRIL SHEETS THROUGH CONVENTIONAL EXTRUSION

The present disclosure provides to a novel continuous processing method to prepare sheets comprising cellulose nanofibril (CNF) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). Single screw extrusion was utilized to continuously process mechanically fibrillated cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) into sheets. Water-reten...

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Hauptverfasser:	Moon, Robert John, El Awad Azrak, Sami Miguel, Youngblood, Jeffrey Paul, Schueneman, Gregory T
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS FIBREBOARD GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM CELLULOSIC FIBROUS SUSPENSIONS ORFROM PAPIER-MACHE METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PAPER-MAKING PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE PULP COMPOSITIONS TEXTILES THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	The present disclosure provides to a novel continuous processing method to prepare sheets comprising cellulose nanofibril (CNF) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). Single screw extrusion was utilized to continuously process mechanically fibrillated cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) into sheets. Water-retention ability and stability of CNF suspensions containing different processing aids was assessed through centrifugation and zeta potential analysis. Subsequently, highly loaded pastes (up to ˜25 wt. % total solids content) containing the best performing processing aids (carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), xanthan gum (XG), and anionic polyacrylamide (aPAM)) and CNF were prepared using a Brabender with Banbury mixer-head at a dry weight ratio of either 0.1 to 1 or 0.15 to 1, respectively. Validation of the mixing procedure proved that highly loaded CNF pastes can be processed in under 40 minutes, saving up to 40 days in preparation and drying time.