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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 123-128.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2017.01.016

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Effect of Ethylene Glycol/Ethylene Carbonate Pretreatment on Components and Structure of Coconut Fiber

ZHU Wanying, LI Lifen, HU Yingcheng   

  1. Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
  • Received:2016-04-17 Online:2017-02-25 Published:2017-02-25

Abstract: The component separation of coconut fiber by different mole ratio of ethylene glycol (EG) and ethylene carbonate (EC) with coconut fiber as raw material was studied at a low temperature of 90℃ in present study. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR), X-ray diffraction(XRD), gel permeation chromatography(GPC) and thermogravimetry(TG) were used to analyze the isolated pretreated coconut fiber and regenerated lignin. The results showed the delignification rate was negative as the ethylene carbonate was individually applied; when the mole ratio of EG and EC was used by 4:1, the maximal delignification rate was realized, represented 49.87%. It meant that the EG/EC could achieve the delignification pretreatment at a lower temperature. It was found that the isolated cellulose content by EG and EG/EC was increased and meanwhile, the corresponding hemicellulose and lignin contents decreased. Besides, the cellulose crystalline structure was not destroyed, and the lignin was typical p-hydroxy-guaiacyl-syringyl(HGS) lignin.

Key words: pretreatment, coconut fibers, ethylene glycol, ethylene carbonate

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