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Utilization of lignin powder for manufacturing self-binding HDF

  • Ramunas Tupciauskas ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Janis Gravitis , Janis Abolins , Andris Veveris , Martins Andzs , Tiina Liitia and Tarja Tamminen
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Abstract

The preparation of self-binding lignocellulosic fibreboards has been investigated. Different high-density fibreboards (HDF) were hot-pressed based on a mixture of grey alder (Alnus incana L. Moench) wood chips processed by steam explosion auto-hydrolysis (SE) and 15% or 25% lignin content from three different industrial sources: softwood kraft lignin (SWKL), soda wheat straw lignin (SoWhStL) and hydrolysis wheat straw lignin (HWhStL). Density, thickness swelling (TS) after immersion in water for 24 h, modulus of rupture (MOR), modulus of elasticity (MOE) and strength of internal bond (IB) of the board samples were determined. The amount (15% or 25%) and moisture content (MC) (18±1% or 5±2%) of the added lignin affected all the tested properties of the HDF except for density. However, the kind of the added lignin affects the obtained fibreboard more significantly compared to the control sample made without an admixture of lignin. In some cases, the tested values were diminished to half. The tested properties of the HDF samples produced with SoWhStL or HWhStL are compatible with standard requirements for medium-density fibreboard (MDF) for general use under dry conditions (EN 622-5, MDF), however, it depends on the lignin amount and MC.

Acknowledgements

The study has been made within the framework of the Wood Wisdom project “ProLignin – High-Value Products from Lignin Side-streams of Modern Biorefineries” and the Latvian National Research Programme Project 3. “Biomaterials and Bioproducts with extensive use of forest resources” 2014–2017 with financial support of the State Forest Service of Latvia. The authors are grateful to the staff of Forest and Wood Products R&D Institute, Jelgava, Latvia for the pressing and testing equipments.

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Received: 2016-10-13
Accepted: 2017-2-27
Published Online: 2017-4-4
Published in Print: 2017-7-26

©2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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