Process performance in lignin separation from softwood black liquor by membrane filtration

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1792-1800

  Arkell, A ^a   Olsson, J ^a   Wallberg, O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Black liquor; Hemicelluloses; Lignin; Nanofiltration; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; EXTRACTION; KRAFT PULP; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BLACK LIQUOR; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; HEMICELLULOSES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POLYMERIC NANOFILTRATION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE;

LIGNIN;

BLACK LIQUORS; CELLULOSE; EXTRACTION; HEMICELLULOSES; KRAFT PULPING; LIGNINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84906784286     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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