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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Jeff Tolan, Ottawa, CA;
Corina Popovici, Ottawa, CA;
Patrick J. Foody, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Iogen Energy Corporation, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention can be summarized as follows. There is provided a method of bleaching chemical pulp comprising the steps of exposing chemical pulp to a chemical bleaching state to produce a partially bleached pulp and treating the partially bleached pulp with a thermophilic, alkalophilic xylanase in an alkaline extraction stage at pH of 8 to 14. The method may be performed in a mill and may form part of a more complex pulp bleaching process. The invention also relates to the use of a thermophilic, alkalophilic xylanase in an alkaline extraction stage of a pulp bleaching process in a mill.