Recovery of cellulose fibers from oil palm empty fruit bunch for pulp and paper using green delignification approach

• Main Authors: Yiin, Chung Loong, Syhui, Ho, Suzana, Yusup, Quitain, Armando T., Yi, Herng Chan, Chun, Adrian Minh Loy, Yong, Ling Gwee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31584/1/Yiin.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31584/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852419310272

The aim of this work was to recover the cellulose fibers from EFB using low-transition-temperature-mixtures (LTTMs) as a green delignification approach. The hydrogen bonding of LTTMs observed in 1H NMR tends to disrupt the three-dimensional structure of lignin and further remove the lignin from EFB....