Status
Completed
Material Class
Fibers
specific materials
Paper
19-01-MM-03

Biological and Bio-Mechanical Technologies for Recycled Fibers to Regain Fiber Quality and Increase Secondary Feedstock in High Value-Added Paper Grades

NODE
Technical Thrust
Manufacturing Materials Optimization
Manufacturing & Process Control Technologies
project Members
W western michigan university logo
Graphic packaging international logo
INL idaho national laboratory logo
WestRock
About

The goal of this project is to develop new technologies for removing contaminants from recycled paper to less than 0.5% and to develop technologies for regaining or fiber quality without using only mechanical refining. The new technologies developed will help paper recycling industry to produce much cleaner pulp and higher quality fibers so more recycled fibers can be used in place of virgin fibers in high grade paper. The new technologies developed based on new enzyme applications will also reduce the energy consumptions in both contamination removal and fiber refining process and increase the yield of the fiber recycling.

PUBLICATIONS

January 1, 2022
Recycling of Printed Papers and Usability in Flexo Printing Packaging
Journal Article

Sonmez, S., Sood, S., Li, K., Salam, A., Fleming III, P. D., Pekarovicova, A., & Wu, Q., (2022). “Effect of Progressive Deinking and Reprinting on Inkjet-Printed Paper”, Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2022-0076

Pub. Info: Cellulose Chemistry and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35812/CelluloseChemTechnol.2022.56.56
May 1, 2022
Identification and Characterization of Organic Contaminants in Recycled Paper
Conference Paper

Identification and Characterization of Organic Contaminants in Recycled Paper presented at TAPPICon2022 (May 2022).

Pub. Info: TAPPI Paper Recycling Committee Meeting May 2022
October 5, 2022
Effect of Progressive Deinking and Reprinting on Inkjet-Printed Paper
Journal Article

Sonmez, S., Sood, S., Li, K., Salam, A., Fleming III, P. D., Pekarovicova, A., & Wu, Q., (2022). “Effect of Progressive Deinking and Reprinting on Inkjet-Printed Paper”, Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2022-0076

Pub. Info: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2022-0076
December 24, 2022
Identification and Characterization of Sticky Contaminants in Multiple Recycled Paper Grades
Journal Article

Wang, Y., Marcello, C., Sawant, N., Salam, A., Abubakr, S., Qi, D., & Li, K. (2022). “Identification and Characterization of Sticky Contaminants in Multiple Recycled Paper Grades”, Cellulose, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-05006-6

Pub. Info: Cellulose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-05006-6

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