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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001

Filed:

Aug. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert W. Hurter, Orleans, CA;

Medwick V. Byrd, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 9/147 ; D21C 9/153 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 9/147 ; D21C 9/153 ;
Abstract

A process for producing a pulp suitable for papermaking from a nonwood fiber source material. Representative nonwood fiber source materials include corn stover and wheat straw. The process includes the steps of providing a nonwood fiber source material; digesting the nonwood fiber source material with an alkaline pulping solution at at least about atmospheric pressure; reducing the pH of the nonwood fiber source material to an acidic pH with an acid solution; treating the nonwood fiber source material having an acidic pH with ozone; and treating the nonwood fiber source material with a bleaching solution to form a papermaking pulp.


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Hurter, Robert. (2001). Process for producing a pulp suitable for papermaking from nonwood fibrous materials (U.S. Patent No. 6302997). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6302997

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