Production of Printing and Writing Paper Grade Pulp from Sugar Cane Bagasse, 2013 PEERS Conference

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The main goal of this study was evaluating the potential of bagasse for production of printing and writing paper grade pulp. Industrial whole bagasse was separated into two fractions: pith and depithed bagasse. The pith was only characterized chemically. The depithed bagasse was chemically and morphologically characterized and cooked by the soda process to two different degrees of delignification. The resulting pulps were fully bleached by the O-D*-(EP)-D sequence and characterized for their beatability, drainability and physical-mechanical properties.