Deinking method and composition for wastepaper
AssigneeKemira Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsJing Luo, David D. Dreisbach, Michael Lease Hemenway
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Abstract
The present invention is a deinking method and composition that uses at least 50% by weight based on the total weight of surfactants of non-ionic, C16 to C25 aliphatic, monohydric alcohol alkoxylates having 14 to 40 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol and 0 to 10 moles of propylene oxide per mole of alcohol. Using deinking compositions to deink wastepaper pulp wherein the surfactants primarily include the C16 to C18 aliphatic alcohol alkoxylates of the invention produces paper having excellent brightness and low effective residual ink concentrations. In addition, a low amount of sizing agents is used to produce paper having acceptable levels of water repellency.
Claims12
A non-flotation process for deinking recycled newsprint comprising adding a deinking composition that is solid at room temperature to a recycled newsprint pulp stream in a washing stage and separating ink released by the recycled newsprint, the composition comprising active ingredients consisting of alkoxylates of the following structure:
- R—O—(CH2—CH2—O)nH,
- wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group of from about 16 to about 18 carbons and n is from about 18 to about 25.
In a non-flotation process for making recycled paper from recycled newsprint pulp that uses less sizing agents to produce paper with the same level of water repellency, the improvement comprising:
- adding a deinking composition that is solid at room temperature to a recycled newsprint pulp stream in a washing stage and separating ink released by the recycled newsprint, the composition comprising active ingredients consisting of non-ionic, aliphatic, monohydric alcohol surfactant alkoxylates of the following structure:
- R—O—(CH2—CH2—O)nH,
- wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain alkyl of from about 16 to about 18 carbons and n is from about 18 to about 25, wherein the process produces paper using less sizing agents.
A non-flotation process for deinking wastepaper comprising adding a deinking composition that is solid at room temperature to a recycled newsprint pulp stream in a washing stage and separating ink by released by the recycled newsprint, the composition comprising active ingredients consisting of non-ionic, aliphatic, monohydric alcohol surfactant alkoxylates of the following structure:
- R—O—(CH2—CH2—O)nH,
- wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group of from about 16 to about 18 carbons and n is from about 18 to about 25.
A non-flotation process for deinking recycled newsprint comprising adding a deinking composition that is solid at room temperature to a recycled newsprint pulp stream in a washing stage and separating ink released by the recycled newsprint, the composition comprising active ingredients consisting of non-ionic, aliphatic, monohydric alcohol surfactant alkoxylates of the following structure:
- R—O—(CH2—CH2—O)nH,
- wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain C18 alkyl group, and n is 21.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.