Methods and compositions for treating stickies
AssigneeBetzDearborn Inc.
InventorsTien-Feng Ling, William F. Scholz
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Abstract
The present invention provides for methods and compositions for removing stickies and pitch from papermaking fiber by first chemically treating the papermaking fiber with a composition of at least two of an oil-soluble or water-dispersible hydrophobic polymer, an oil soluble or water-dispersible surfactant having an HLB of about 1 to about 10, a tackifier, and an oil soluble or water-dispersible solvent then mechanically separating the agglomerated stickies and pitch from the papermaking fiber.
Claims39
A method for removing stickies and pitch from papermaking fiber in a pulp and papermaking system comprising:
- adding to the fiber a composition comprising at least two of a) an oil soluble or water-dispersible, hydrophobic polymer, b) an oil soluble or water-dispersible surfactant having an HLB of about 1 to about 10, c) a tackifier, and d) an oil soluble or water--dispersible solvent comprising at least one of 1-methyl-4-isopropenyl-1-cyclolhexene, aliphatic hydrocarbons, toluene, decyl alcohol, triethylene glycol, polybutene, terpene dimer, n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and epoxidized soybean oil;
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- separating agglomerated stickies and pitch from the fiber.
A stickies and pitch agglomeration composition comprising:
- 1) at least two of a) an oil soluble or water-dispersible, hydrophobic polymer, b) an oil soluble or water-dispersible surfactant having an HLB of about 1 to about 10, c) a tackifier, and d) an oil soluble or water-dispersible solvent comprising, at least one of 1-methyl-4-isopropenyl-1-cyclohexene, aliphatic hydrocarbons, toluene, decyl alcohol, triethylene glycol, polybutene, terpene dimer, n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and epoxidized soybean oil;
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- 2) paper fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.