• Ethanol pulping as a stage in the bio-refinery of olive tree prunings 

      Requejo Silva, Ana; Rodríguez Pascual, Alejandro; González, Zoilo; Vargas González, Fátima; Jiménez, Luis (NC State University, 2012)
      Biomaterials from olive tree pruning are an abundant agricultural residue in various Mediterranean regions. A suggested use of this residue is its separation in a main fraction (trunks and stems with diameter > 1 cm) and ...
    • Optimization of ECF bleaching and refining of kraft pulping from olive tree pruning 

      Requejo Silva, Ana; Rodríguez Pascual, Alejandro; Colodette, Jorge L.; Gomide, José L.; Jiménez, Luis (NC State University, 2012)
      The aim of the present work was to find an optimum kraft pulping process for olive tree pruning (OTP) in order to produce a bleachable grade pulp of Kappa number about 17. The kraft pulp produced under optimized conditions ...
    • Orange tree prunings as raw material for cellulose production by the kraft process 

      González, Zoilo; Vargas, Fátima; Jiménez, Luis; Rodríguez, Alejandro (Academiei Romane, 2013)
      The aim of this work was to study the influence of operational variables in the orange tree pruning kraft pulping, such as temperature (155-185 ºC), processing time (40-90 min) and active alkali concentration (10-16%) at ...
    • Refining of Soda-AQ, Kraft-AQ, and Ethanol Pulps from Orange Tree Wood 

      González, Zoilo; Rodríguez Pascual, Alejandro; Vargas González, Fátima; Jiménez, Luis (NC State University, 2013)
      The pulp yield of orange tree wood was tested under various conditions including processing with soda-anthraquinone (soda-AQ), kraft-anthraquinone (kraft-AQ), or ethanol under different temperature, time, reagent concentration, ...