A comparative study of energy consumption and physical properties of microfibrillated cellulose produced by different processing methods

Cellulose

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1097-1111

  Spence, Kelley L ^a   Venditti, Richard A ^a   Rojas, Orlando J ^a,b   Habibi, Youssef ^a   Pawlak, Joel J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Micro grinding; Microfibrillated cellulose; Microfluidization; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Processing energy

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZATION; MICRO-GRINDING; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; MICROFLUIDIZATION; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE;

BLEACHING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; CLEANING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); HARDWOODS; PULP REFINING; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SPINNING (FIBERS); SURFACES; UNBLEACHED PULP;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FIBERS; FIBRILS; GRINDING; HARDWOOD PULPS; HOMOGENIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC SURFACE; SPINNING;

EID: 79960064157     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-011-9533-z     Document Type: Article

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