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Definitions

• This invention is in the field of papermaking. Specifically, this invention is in the field of monitoring organic deposit formation in a papermaking process.
• Organic materials such as pitch, stickles, and tackies, are major obstacles in paper manufacturing because these materials when liberated during a papermaking process can become both undesirable components of papermaking furnishes and troublesome to the mill equipment, e.g. preventing proper operation of mechanical parts when these materials deposit on the mechanical parts.
• White pitch is a particular obstacle in the manufacture of paper and tissue using recycled fiber (mixed office waste, old corrugated containers, old newsprint) and coated broke.
• these non-polar, tacky contaminants when liberated during processing repulping, can become both undesirable components of papermaking furnishes and troublesome deposits on the mill equipment, e.g. wires of the tissue machine.
• Stickles and tackies are organic materials that do not have precise definitions; they are tacky substances contained in the pulp and process water system that deposit on paper/tissue machine clothing, cylinders, and/or rolls. They vary in chemical structure: natural wood pitch consists of fatty acids, fatty esters and rosin acids, while stickies and white pitch originating from synthetic additives (adhesives, coating binders, printing ink) contain styrene butadiene rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl acrylate, polyvinyl butyral, polybutadiene, wax, alkyd resins, polyol acrylates, etc.
• micro stickies are those that can pass the 0.10-0.15 mm screening slots) using a of conventional quartz crystal microbalance (QCM).
• U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0281191 discloses using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) in monitoring of organic deposits.
• QCM quartz crystal microbalance
• Coating of the QCM surface to affect the rate of deposition generally, is a known idea.
• hydrophobic materials in pulp slurries are known to have relatively low surface energy; for stickies it is in the range 30-45 dynes/cm2, and, for example, the tack for pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) depends on the surface energy.
• PSA pressure-sensitive adhesives
• Surface energy quantifies the disruption of intennolecular bonds that occurs when a surface is created. The surface energy may be defined as the excess energy at the surface of a material compared to the bulk
• the present invention provides a method for monitoring the deposition of hydrophobic materials from a liquid or slurry comprising measuring the rate of deposition onto a coated quartz crystal microbalance.
• the present invention further provides a method for monitoring the deposition of organic materials dispersed in an aqueous medium onto a quartz crystal microbalance.
• the quartz crystal microbalance has a top side in contact with the aqueous medium that is coated with a layer that contains a material having a surface energy of a particular range.
• the quartz crystal microbalance also has a bottom side that is isolated from the aqueous medium.
• the present invention also provides a method for evaluation of stickles and related hydrophobic deposit control treatments in a papermaking process.
• the monitoring comprises the steps of measuring the rate of deposition of the at least one organic material from the aqueous medium onto a quartz crystal microbalance, adding an inhibitor that decreases the deposition of the at least one organic material from the aqueous medium, and re-measuring the rate of deposition of the at least one organic material from the aqueous medium onto the coated surface of the quartz crystal microbalance.
• the quartz crystal microbalanace has a top side that contacts the aqueous medium, the top side coated with a layer that contains a non-swelling epoxy resin or a silicone-containing polymer.
• the crystal quartz microbalance also has a bottom side that is isolated from the aqueous medium.
• FIG. 1 is a graph that is related to Example 1;
• FIG. 2 is a graph that is related to Example 1 ;
• FIG. 3 is a graph that is related to Example 1;
• FIG.4 is a graph that is related to Example 1.
• FIG. 5 is a graph that is related to Example 1 ;
• FIG. 6 is a graph that is related to Example 2.
• FIG. 7 is a graph that is related to Example 3.
• FIG. 8 is a graph that is related to Example 3.
• FIG. 9 is a graph that is related to Example 3.
• FIG. 10 is a graph that is related to Example 3;
• FIG. 11 is a graph that is related to Example 4 and, for comparative purposes, Example 6;
• FIG. 12 is a graph that is related to Example 5;
• FIG 13 is a graph that is related to Example 6.
• FIG 14 is a graph that is related to Example 7.
• Paper-making process means a method of making any kind of paper products (e.g. paper, tissue, board, etc.) from pulp comprising forming an aqueous cellulosic papermaking furnish, draining the furnish to form a sheet and drying the sheet.
• the steps of forming the papermaking furnish, draining and drying may be carried out in any conventional manner generally known to those skilled in the art.
• the papermaking process may also include a pulping stage, i.e. making pulp from woody raw material and bleaching stage, i.e. chemical treatment of the pulp for brightness improvement
• QCM quartz crystal microbalance
• DRM deposit rate monitor
• SRM means scale rate monitor.
• RQCM quartz crystal microbalance
• the top side of the quartz crystal microbalance is made up of one or more conductive materials selected from the group consisting of: platinum; titanium; silver; gold; lead; cadmium; diamond-like thin film electrodes with or without implanted ions; silicides of titanium, niobium, and tantalum; lead-selenium alloys;
• a non-swelling epoxy resin applied to a quartz crystal microbalance has the characteristic of not substantially swelling in an aqueous environment, e.g. aqueous medium in a papermaking process.
• aqueous environment e.g. aqueous medium in a papermaking process.
• One of ordinary skill in the art can determine whether a resin is non-swelling without undue experimentation.
• the better material choice for QCM coating is not the most hydrophobic but the materials having an intermediate hydrophobicity, similar in surface energies to pitch and stickies themselves.
• the better materials for QCM coating have a surface energy in the range of 34-49 dynes/cm 2 .
• the resin is selected from the group consisting of: a cresol-novolac epoxy resin; a phenol novolac epoxy resin; a bisphenol F (4,4'-, 2,4'- or 2,2'- dihydroxydiphenylmethanes or a mixture thereof) epoxy resin; a polynuclear phenol-glycidyl ether-derived resin; a tetraglycidylmethylenedianiline-derived resin; a triglycidyl-p-aminophenol derived resin; a triazine-derived resin; and a hydantoin epoxy resin.
• the resin is derived from epichlorohydrin and 4,4'-dihydroxy- 2,2-diphenylpropane (bisphenol A; may also contain 2,4'- or/and 2,2'-isomers).
• the resin contains an aromatic backbone, aliphatic backbone, cycloaliphatic backbone, or a heterocyclic backbone.
• a silicone containing polymer can also be applied to the surface of a quartz crystal microbalance.
• the silicone containing polymer is selected from the group consisting of: silicone rubber, and room temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber.
• a cellulose coating can also be applied to the surface of a quartz crystal microbalance.
• a coupling agent may be utilized to facilitate the adhesion of the resin to the QCM surface.
• the coupling agent is 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethox-silane, which is available from Dow Corning® Corporation, as DOW CORNING Z-6040® SILANE.
• DOW CORNING Z-6040® SILANE is a heterobifunctional coupling agent.
• DOW CORNING Z-6040® SILANE is prepared as a 0.1 - 0.5% solution in acidified water and applied to the active face of the crystal, and then after applying the silane, the crystal is dried at 104°C-121°C, resulting in an epoxide functional ized surface that is covalently linked to the quartz crystal. The surface is then coated with a thin layer of epoxy.
• the epoxy resin and silicone containing polymer may be applied to the QCM surface by various methods that would apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art.
• the epoxy resin or silicone containing polymer are applied to the
• the epoxy resin or silicone containing polymer After the epoxy resin or silicone containing polymer is applied to the QCM surface, the epoxy resin and silicone containing polymer are hardened/cured.
• the epoxy resin is hardened/cured by a curing agent
• the type of curing agent utilized would be apparent to one of ordinary ski 11 in the art without undue experimentation and is chosen so that the resin becomes a cured/hardened non-swelling resin.
• the silicone containing polymer does not require a curing agent.
• the silicone containing polymer should be chosen so that it hardens subsequent to its application to the QCM surface. This can be determined without undue experimentation.
• the curing agent is selected from the group consisting of: short chain aliphatic poly amines; oxyalkylated short chain polyamines; long chain polyamine adducts; aromatic polyamines; polyaminoamides; and polythiols.
• the organic materials are hydrophobic.
• organic materials include natural and/or synthetic
• the stickies are microstickies.
• the microstickies do not exceed approximately 0.10-0.15 mm in size.
• the stickies and tackies are components of printing ink.
• the stickies and tackies are selected from the group consisting of: adhesives; coating binders; styrene butadiene rubber; ethylene vinyl acetate; polyvinyl acetate; polyvinyl acrylate; polyvinyl butyral; polybutadiene; wax; alkyd resins; polyol acrylates; and sizing chemicals.
• Deposition of one or more organic materials may be monitored at various locations in the papermaking process.
• the monitoring occurs in a papermaking process at a location selected from the group consisting of: pulp processing; recycling; a refiner, a repulper; a bleaching chest; a deinking stage; a water loop; a headbox of a paper or tissue machine, and a combination thereof.
• Papermaking processes encompassed by mis invention include, but are not limited to, board production, and papermaking processes that involve recycled pulp and/or broke.
• the aqueous medium in a papermaking process includes liquids and slurries.
• the aqueous medium is a pulp slurry.
• inhibitors are added to the papermaking process.
• the inhibitors serve to reduce/eliminate deposition of unwanted organic materials in a papermaking process.
• anti-pitch or anti-stickies treatments that are currently employed to reduce deposition of the organic materials. Therefore by using the protocols of this invention, the efficacy of these inhibitors can be determined.
• paper chemistry programs may be developed based upon information obtained from the monitoring procedures of this invention.
• feedback protocols may be developed to provide not only monitoring but control of chemistry added to the papermaking process so that the process becomes more cost-efficient, more efficacious, and produces a better paper product.
• the method for coating the crystals used in the DRM, SRM and RQCM experiments was based on spin coating the epoxy resin onto the crystal when removed from the sensor.
• the crystals were cleaned of any organic contaminants by washing with acetone followed by 0.5N HCl and deionized water (“DI”) water.
• DI deionized water
• the clean crystals were dried under a flow of nitrogen and fitted to a spin coater.
• the two-part epoxy resin was homogenized in acetone or tetrahydrofuran (THF) at a concentration of 10% by wt
• the epoxy solution was deposited onto the top side of the crystal, covering the entire surface.
• the crystal was spun at 2500 revolutions per minute (RPM) for 50 seconds, yielding a thin layer of epoxy, which was allowed to cure at room temperature for three days.
• RPM revolutions per minute
• model stickies suspension consisting of emulsified acrylate microspheres was added to a suspension of pulp at 0.3 to 3% consistency.
• the effect of pulp consistency in the tested system on the rate of deposition is an important question related to the development of monitoring techniques for mill applications.
• the standard DRM or SRM batch system which employs a magnetic stirrer, works well when the pulp is present at very low consistency, but it is not suitable to analyze higher-consistency slurries.
• This system was modified by using a wide propeller stirrer connected to a motor. The cell was firmly attached to a stand, and the stirrer was reaching the cell through a slot in the lid normally used by the heating rod. This system provided uniform stirring at 400 RPM of the pulp of up to 5% consistency.
• This cell allows measurements to be made on flowing pulp slurries, as to mimic the conditions the sensor undergoes when installed at a paper mill. It is composed of a reserve of pulp slurry in a kettle fitted with a wide propeller stirrer connected to a motor and a drain valve. The valve is connected to a centrifugal pump that drives the flow of stock up through a 55 cm long tubular cell with an inner diameter of 2.6 cm, which has fittings to accommodate three individual QCM sensors and a temperature sensor. Upon exiting the flow cell, the slurry is guided back through a hose to the reserve kettle for recirculation. The deposition and temperature were recorded continuously on all three crystals using the Maxlek RQCM instrument.
• the RQCM is fitted to the cell described in Protocol B and is installed in the pulp line or paper/tissue machine (a sidestream connection), to assure a continuous flow of the slurry (mill water).
• the deposition is recorded continuously as the pulp slurry flows by the faces of the sensors at a rate of 2.0-3.0 gallons per minute (gpm).
• a crystal was coated with room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone, available from Dow Corning Corporation, tested positive for affinity to artificial stickies.
• RTV room temperature vulcanizing
• the mass was increasing over time, as shown in Figure 4. Without surfactant, no mass increase is observed, so the hydrophobic RTV silicone coated crystal appears to be pulling the surfactant out of the slurry.
• an artificial stickies furnish was created by re-pulping Post-It® Notes, 3M Corporation, and adhesive labels with plain copy paper.
• the repulped furnish was diluted to a 0.5% consistency and tested with the epoxy coated and uncoated crystals using the RQCM.
• the epoxy-coated crystal gathered a significantly higher amount of mass ("stickies"). The measurements were taken immediately after the samples came out of the repulper, and the majority of the mass on the crystal was accumulating in the first 30 minutes.
• the slurry was stirred for 1.5 hours after re-pulping before measuring with the epoxy-coated crystal. A similar trend in deposition was observed, demonstrating the epoxy-coated crystal's ability to detect stickies that are stable in solution.
• Protocol B the effects of swelling of the polymer coating in an aqueous environment were tested in deionized water and Kraft slurry (0.5% consistency) using the RQCM and the recirculation flow cell. As shown in Figure 6, the results clearly show that the signal from swelling is minimal in comparison to the deposition observed from microstickies.
• pre-treating the slurry with a surfactant before measuring reduces the deposition on the epoxy coated crystal by over 95%.
• a 1% synthetic pitch solution was prepared by mixing 5 g synthetic softwood pitch (a homogenized mixture of 50% abietic acid, 10% oleic acid, 10% palmitic acid, 10% corn oil, 5% oleyl alcohol, 5% methyl stearate, 5% beta-sitosterol, and 5% cholesteryl caproate) in 633 ml iso-propanol . 1ml of this solution of was added to 10L of DI water at pH 7.3. A solution of calcium chloride (5000 ppm as Ca ions, 50 ml) was added.
• synthetic softwood pitch a homogenized mixture of 50% abietic acid, 10% oleic acid, 10% palmitic acid, 10% corn oil, 5% oleyl alcohol, 5% methyl stearate, 5% beta-sitosterol, and 5% cholesteryl caproate
• the epoxy coated crystal has an increased sensitivity for detecting wood pitch in an aqueous environment.
• Concentration of synthetic pitch was intentionally maintained at a very low level in this experiment. While wood pitch can be monitored using a QCM at high concentrations, it is not so at low concentrations. The experiment shows that the claimed method improves sensitivity of the method, thus making such monitoring possible.
• the low-density polyethylene (LDPE) was also tested as a crystal coating to attract microstickies from recycled furnish. The hypothesis was that the hydrophobic microstickies would be attracted to the highly hydrophobic LDPE coated crystal. The results in Figure 12 show that this is not the case.
• Synthetic pitch accumulation was monitored in a benchtop experiment using a DRM setup.
• a 1% synthetic pitch solution was prepared by mixing 5 g synthetic softwood pitch (a homogenized mixture of 50% abietic acid, 10% oleic acid, 10% palmitic acid, 10% corn oil, 5% oleyl alcohol, 5% methyl stearate, 5% beta-sitosterol, and 5% cholesteryl caproate) in 633 ml iso- propanol.
• Example 4 and Figure 11 compared to the uncoated crystal with a polished gold surface, the epoxy coated crystal has an increased sensitivity for detecting wood pitch in an aqueous environment Concentration of synthetic pitch was intentionally maintained at a very low level in this experiment. While wood pitch can be monitored using a QCM at high concentrations, it is not so at low concentrations. The experiment shows that the claimed method improves sensitivity of the method, thus making such monitoring possible.
• Example 6 1000 ml of 0.5% softwood kraft pulp slurry was placed in a benchtop cell of a DRM instrument (see Figure 3a in Shevchenko, Sergey M.; Duggirala, Prasad Y.; Deposit management for the bleach plant; IPPTA Journal (2010), 22(1), 135-140). Under mixing, the chemical (3 ml providing 300 ppm product concentration in the sample) and, 5 min later, 100 ml of 1% solution of synthetic softwood pitch (Nalco formulation TX-6226) in iso-propanol were added. Upon homogenization, 5 ml of 5000 ppm (as Ca++ ions) solution of calcium chloride was added and the pH adjusted to 3.5 with dilute hydrochloric acid. The deposit accumulation was recorded using a deposit rate monitor in continuous mode. The same test was done with coated unpolished, uncoated unpolished, and uncoated polished Au/Ti sensor crystals.
• Figure 13 illustrates accumulation of synthetic pitch in standard benchtop experiments using uncoated and coated crystals. This graph illustrates the difference between the proposed surfaces and surfaces with higher surface energies. The rates illustrated by the lines in Figure 13 are as follows: Coated: Uncoated unpolished 17:1, Coated:Uncoated polished 21 :1, Uncoated unpolished: Uncoated polished 1.25:1. The test shows that the coating provides almost twentyfold increase in sensitivity towards hydrophobic deposits. This is a pitch test, but it can be reasonably assumed that the effect on stickies is similar.
• Example 7 illustrates accumulation of synthetic pitch in standard benchtop experiments using uncoated and coated crystals. This graph illustrates the difference between the proposed surfaces and surfaces with higher surface energies. The rates illustrated by the lines in Figure 13 are as follows: Coated: Uncoated unpolished 17:1, Coated:Uncoated polished 21 :1, Uncoated unpolished: Uncoated polished 1.25:1. The test shows that the coating provides almost twentyfold increase in sensitivity towards hydrophobic deposits. This is a pitch test, but
• the on-line DRM instrument was directly connected via a slipstream connection to the pulp line or paper machine to assure a continuous flow of the aqueous pulp slurry.
• the deposition was recorded continuously as the pulp slurry did flow by the faces of the sensor at a rate of 5.0 gallons per minute (gpm).
• Figure 14 illustrates the difference between the proposed surfaces and surfaces with lower surface energies.

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