WO2016007550A1 - Methods for separating and refining lignin from black liquor and compositions thereof - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to separation and refining of lignin from spent cooking liquor (i.e., black liquor) present in industrial chemical plants.
- Lignin is also a valuable material for production of "green chemicals.”
- the value of the lignin can increase even further if the lignin can be refined to a high degree by separating it effectively from ash and desulfurizing the covalently bound sulfite and sulfonate groups it acquires in the pulping process.
- PCT/US2013/039585 and PCT/US2013/068824 (both incorporated herein by reference for all purposes) disclose processes and methods to refine lignin to high purity by extracting it into a limited-solubility solvent and polishing the lignin in the organic phase by contacting with a strong acid cation exchange resin.
- a process for separating black liquor into at least two, three, or four streams selected from: (i) a gaseous stream comprising volatile sulfur compounds; (ii) a lignin-comprising stream produced by extracting lignin into a limited- solubility solvent SI ; (iii) a salt stream, comprising solid sodium and sulfate salts; and (iv) a salt-depleted and lignin-depleted aqueous stream comprising hydrocarbons.
- a process for refining lignin from black liquor comprising the steps of: (i) contacting black liquor with a limited-solubility solvent SI, thereby forming a solution; (ii) neutralizing the solution by addition of C0 2 ; (iii) separating precipitated salt from the solution; (iv) further acidifying the solution with mineral acid to a pH of at least 0.5 to at most 3.0; (v) separating the solution into a solvent SI phase and an aqueous phase; and (vi) removing ash from the solvent SI phase by contacting with a strong acid cation exchange resin; thereby obtaining a refined solution of lignin in the solvent SI phase.
- the process may further comprising one, two, three or four additional step(s) selected from: (i) distilling or flash evaporating the solvent SI phase, thereby removing the bulk of the limited-solubility solvent S 1 to obtain a solid lignin; (ii) heating the solid lignin to remove trace limited-solubility solvent SI or water from the solid lignin; (iii) applying a vacuum to the solid lignin to remove trace limited-solubility solvent SI or water from the solid lignin; (iv) dissolving the solid lignin in an organic solvent to form a resultant suspension; and (v) separating the insoluble remainder from the suspension.
- the black liquor may be a product of a kraft pulping process.
- the lignin may be desulfurized by reacting it in solvent SI with a reducing agent in the presence of a catalyst and a hydrogen donor.
- the hydrogen donor is 2-butanol
- 2-butanone is produced as a byproduct of the desulfurization.
- the invention provides a lignin composition comprising: (i) less than 3.2% sulfur (wt/wt); (ii) trace SI solvent; and (iii) a black liquor residue; wherein the black liquor residue is present in an amount of at most 10000 ppm, at most 9000 ppm, at most 8000 ppm, at most 7000 ppm, at most 6000 ppm, at most 5000 ppm, at most 4000 ppm, at most 3000 ppm, at most 2000 ppm, at most 1000 ppm, at most 500 ppm, at most 100 ppm, at most 50 ppm, at most 10 ppm, or less than 10 ppm (wt/wt).
- an industrial-scale chemical plant comprising black liquor, wherein the plant is configured to separate lignin from the black liquor via extraction with a limited-solubility SI solvent, and wherein the chemical plant does not comprise a recovery boiler.
- the plant is configured to produce
- the chemical plant may be configured to recycle black liquor, wherein lignin is separated from the black liquor and the black liquor is not concentrated.
- a process for separating lignin from black liquor comprising the steps of: (i) contacting the black liquor with a limited-solubility solvent, thereby forming a mixture; (ii) neutralizing the mixture by addition of CO 2 ; (iii) filtering the mixture, thereby generating a filtrate and a filtration cake; (iv) acidifying the filtrate; (v) separating the filtrate into an organic phase and an aqueous phase; (vi) removing metal cations from the organic phase; and (vii) recovering lignin from the organic phase.
- the limited-solubility solvent may comprise a 4- to 8-carbon ketone, for example, methyethyl ketone.
- the contacting the black liquor with the limited-solubility solvent induces precipitation of a salt.
- the salt comprises a carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfate, or bisulfate ion.
- the mixture may be maintained at a temperature of at least 30 °C to at most 90 °C during the addition of CO 2 .
- the addition of CO 2 is halted once the mixture has a pH of at least 7.1 to at most 9.5.
- the mixture may be stirred for at least 20 minutes after the addition of CO 2 to allow for salt formation.
- the filtrate is acidified by addition of an acid, for example, a mineral acid (e.g., sulfuric acid).
- the acidification may cause further precipitation of a salt.
- the precipitate is removed by filtration.
- the recovering lignin from the organic phase may occur by evaporation of the organic phase, thereby forming a solid lignin. This may comprise contacting the organic phase with water at an elevated temperature, thereby forming a lignin precipitate.
- the solid lignin may be collected by filtering the lignin precipitate.
- the solid lignin is dried by application of a vacuum to the solid lignin.
- the solid lignin may be dissolved in an organic solvent.
- the organic phase may undergo a desulfurization reaction.
- Solid lignin dissolved in an organic solvent may undergo a desulfurization reaction.
- the desulfurization reaction comprises a desulfurization catalyst, including, for example, Raney nickel, M0S 2 , C0S 2 , or a combination thereof.
- the desulfurization reaction further comprises the addition of a hydrogen donor, for example, an alcohol (e.g., 2-butanol).
- the desulfurization reaction may be conducted at a temperature of at least 50 °C to at most 200 °C.
- the desulfurization reaction is conducted at a pressure of at least 1 mPa to at most 30 mPa.
- the organic phase may optionally be filtered.
- the neutralizing step may induce precipitation of carbohydrates.
- the filtration cake is contacted with the aqueous phase of the acidified filtrate, thereby forming a slurry.
- the slurry is acidified to a pH of at least 0.5 to at most 3.0.
- the slurry may be heated to a temperature of at least 80 °C to at most 150 °C.
- at least 50% of precipitated carbohydrates in the slurry are converted to water-soluble carbohydrates.
- An aqueous solution suitable for anaerobic digestion may be separated from the slurry. This aqueous solution suitable for anaerobic digestion may comprise less than 400 ppm calcium.
- the aqueous solution suitable for anaerobic digestion comprises less than 2,000 ppm sulfur.
- the aqueous solution suitable for anaerobic digestion may have a chemical oxygen demand (COD) value of at least 35,000.
- COD chemical oxygen demand
- the aqueous solution suitable for anaerobic digestion undergoes an anaerobic digestion to produce methane, for example, using a microorganism.
- the methane produced may be used as an energy source.
- removing metal cations from the organic phase may comprise contacting the organic phase with a strong acid cation exchange resin.
- a lignin composition comprising at least 80% lignin (wt/wt) and one, two, three, or four additional characteristics selected from: (i) sulfur in an amount up to 3.2% (wt/wt); (ii) ash in an amount up to 1% ash (wt/wt); (iii) polyvalent cations in an amount up to 500 ppm, relative to lignin; and (iv) carbohydrates in an amount up to 500 ppm carbohydrates, relative to lignin.
- the lignin composition may comprise less than 1.6% sulfur (wt/wt).
- Fig. 1A is a schematic representation of a simplified process scheme of the separation of lignin from black liquor into a limited solubility solvent, and the reduction of sulfate salt loads from the remaining aqueous stream.
- Fig IB is an alternative schematic representation of a simplified process scheme of the separation of lignin from black liquor into a limited solubility solvent, and the reduction of sulfate salt loads from the remaining aqueous stream.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a process scheme of lignin desulfurization and refining, including solvent recycling and anaerobic digestion of the organic load of aqueous streams to methane.
- Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a process scheme for purification of extractant comprising solvent recycling and distillation.
- each recited value encompasses a value range from at most ten percent (i.e., a tenth of a unit) more than the recited value to at least ten percent less than the recited value, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
- a range of values it is understood that each intervening value, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lower limits of that range is also specifically disclosed.
- Each smaller range between any stated value or intervening value in a stated range and any other stated or intervening value in that stated range is encompassed within the invention.
- Black liquor can be removed from the pulp mill's recovery plant downstream of an efficiently performing soap separator removing tall oils.
- Tall oils comprise chemicals of high value and may be recovered by suitable processes.
- One aspect of the current invention is to separate lignin and salts from the remaining black liquor and to optimize the yield of energy from this stream.
- the term "black liquor” refers to a liquid byproduct of the kraft process during the production of paper pulp. Black liquor comprises an aqueous solution of lignin residues, hemicellulose, and inorganic residues. Saponified tall oils may be skimmed off the surface of crude black liquor, leaving behind "weak black liquor” comprising about 10% to about 30% dissolved solids, wherein lignin comprises from about 25% to about 45% of the solids.
- Black liquor may be concentrated to increase the solids to more than 30% wt/wt, more than 40% wt/wt, more than 50% wt/wt, more than 60% wt/wt, more than 70% wt/wt, or even more than 80% wt/wt.
- Relative amounts of lignin, carbohydrates, inorganic solutes and the specific composition may vary significantly depending on the biomass feedstock and milling processes.
- Figs. 1A, IB and 2 The process to separate and refine lignin from black liquor, to separate inorganic salts, and to utilize the organic matter remaining in the aqueous stream to produce methane, is shown schematically in Figs. 1A, IB and 2.
- the process comprises two parts: (i) lignin separation from salts and carbohydrates and (ii) lignin refining. These two parts of the process are described in further detail below.
- the refined lignin can be separated from the limited-solubility solvent by well-known methods of flash evaporation.
- the presently disclosed methods enable the removal of the high salt load typically obtained when neutralizing black liquor by acidification and handling the toxic emission of hydrogen sulfide gas which is emitted upon neutralizing, preferably while capturing the gas for reuse at the paper mill.
- Effective removal of the high salt formed upon acidification can allow further harvesting of energy from the salt depleted and lignin depleted aqueous stream, which still contains a high load of hemicellulose polymers, oligomers and monomers as well as hydrated sugar species (e.g., furfural and its derivatives), extractives and organic acids.
- this stream can be digested anaerobically to produce methane, thus maximizing the use of this paper mill effluent stream.
- Fig. 1A depicts certain embodiments of lignin and salt separation as described herein.
- highly basic black liquor is first neutralized (100) by sparging the solution with C0 2 in a biphasic aqueous/organic solution, where the organic phase comprises a limited solubility solvent SI.
- Gases can optionally be vented (105) and collected for recycling of sulfur volatiles, such as for use at a paper mill. Recycling can be accomplished by reducing sulfur volatiles to H 2 S or oxidizing sulfur volatiles to sulfuric acid for use in the refining process of the current invention.
- lignin can be extracted into the organic phase, in which the resulting aqueous phase comprises limited solubility solvent having reduced salt solubility and reduced hemicellulose oligomers solubility.
- a portion of the inorganic solutes can be precipitated due to the reduced salt solubility in the aqueous phase.
- at least 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 or at least 70% of the inorganic solutes are precipitated due to reduced salt solubility in the aqueous phase comprising the limited solubility solvent (i.e., the SI solvent).
- the inorganic solutes are precipitated due to reduced salt solubility in the aqueous phase comprising the limited solubility solvent (i.e., the SI solvent).
- the limited solubility solvent i.e., the SI solvent
- a portion of the hemicellulose oligomers are precipitated due to the reduced solubility in neutralized solvent saturated aqueous phase.
- Such oligomers may comprise oligoxylans, oligo-mannans, glucomannans, galactomannans, any other carbohydrate species present as an oligomer, or mixtures thereof.
- At least 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 or at least 85% of carbohydrate oligomers are precipitated in the neutralized solvent saturated aqueous phase. In other embodiments, at most 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 or at most 85% carbohydrate oligomers are precipitated in the neutralized solvent-saturated aqueous phase.
- the resulting precipitate comprising salts and carbohydrates, can be removed from the suspension by at least one method known in the art.
- the salts are removed via filtration 1 10.
- the salts are filtered (1 10) by simple filtration.
- the recovered salts can be transferred (1 12) to a re-slurry tank 130.
- the filtrate 1 11 is acidified.
- the filtrate can have the pH adjusted to at most 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 or to at most 2.
- the filtrate can have the pH adjusted to at least 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, or to at least 1.
- the pH is adjusted using sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) or other suitable acid.
- the filtrate pH is adjusted to a pH of at least 2.3 and not more than 3.0 by the addition of H 2 SO 4 . In some cases, the filtrate pH is adjusted to a pH of at least 2.5 and not more than 3.7 by the addition of H 2 SO 4 . In other embodiments, the filtrate pH is adjusted to a pH of at least 2.1 and not more than 3.9 by the addition of H 2 SO 4 . In some other embodiments, the filtrate is acidified with mineral acid to a pH of at least 0.5 to a pH of at most 3.0. The resulting organic and aqueous phases can be separated (120) by centrifuge or any other decantation or phase separation process, as would be known in the art.
- Stream 121 comprising lignin and solvent SI, can be optionally transferred to a lignin-refining region, while stream 122, comprising water, salts, organic acids, sugars and dehydrated sugars, can be directed to the re-slurry tank 130.
- the salt is re-slurried (130) at a temperature of at least 50 °C and at most 65 °C and adjusted to a pH of at least 2.5 and at most 3.0 with H 2 SO 4 .
- the pH is adjusted to less than 2.5 with H 2 SO 4 .
- the slurry is acidified to a pH of at least 0.5 to at most 3.0.
- the solution is stirred for at least 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 or at least 60 minutes. In other embodiments, the solution is stirred for at most 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 or at most 60 minutes.
- the acidified solution is further heated to affect hydrolysis of the oligomeric carbohydrates (135) either in the same vessel or in a different vessel. In some embodiments, hydrolysis 135 is affected by heating the slurry to a temperature of at least 80 °C and at most 150 °C, optionally the temperature can be at least 90 °C and at most 120 °C, for a period of 30-300 minutes, optionally 45-120 minutes.
- the hydrolysis converts at least 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 or at least 90% of the precipitated carbohydrates to water soluble carbohydrates. In some embodiments, the hydrolysis converts at most 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 or at most 90% of the precipitated carbohydrates to water soluble carbohydrates.
- the resulting salts comprise primarily Na 2 S0 4 .
- the resulting salts are filtered 140.
- the remaining solvent can optionally be stripped (160), for example by steam, to recover a mixture of solvent SI and water.
- the Na 2 S0 4 salt exits the stripper as a component of an aqueous solution in the absence (or near absence) of solvent SI, which can then be collected as a byproduct (160P).
- the filtrate stream 141 can be decanted 150, for example, by a suitable centrifuge or other phase separation device, to recover solvent SI for optional further use in the process (stream 152).
- Stream 151 comprising water and residual amounts of solvent S 1 and salt, can then be sent to solvent recovery 260.
- Fig. 2 depicts lignin refining according to certain aspects of the present invention.
- stream 121 comprising lignin and solvent SI
- the lignin and solvent SI solution is stirred in a thermally controlled tank (200), and the pH is optionally adjusted to slightly basic, e.g., a pH of at least 7.5 to at most 8.0 by adding a suitable base, for example NaOH.
- the pH is adjusted to slightly basic, i.e., pH of at least 7.2 to at most 7.5, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, 9.5 or at most 10.0 by adding a base.
- the pH-adjusting base can be any suitable base, such as for example, NaOH, KOH, LiOH, Mg(OH) 2 , Ca(OH) 2 , or the like, or a combination thereof.
- a catalyst for desulfurization can be added, such as for example Raney nickel, MoS 2 , CoS3 ⁇ 4 or a combination thereof.
- a solvent S2 that acts as a reducing reagent i.e., a hydrogen donor
- an alcohol such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, 1 -butanol, 2-butanol, or a combination thereof.
- catalytic chemistry can optionally be employed to remove sulfur from lignin polymer, analogously to removing sulfur functional groups from petrochemicals, such as petrochemical fractions rich in benzene, toluene, xylenes (BTX) and phenols of petrochemical sources.
- the vented gases comprising sulfur compounds can optionally be collected for recycling.
- the sulfur compounds can be either reduced to H 2 S(205), e.g., for return and use in a paper mill, or alternatively oxidized to sulfuric acid, e.g., for use in a process of the present disclosure.
- the catalyst can be filtered 210 and recycled (212) for further use.
- the filtrate stream 21 1 comprising lignin and solvent SI can be treated as disclosed in PCT/US2013/039585 and PCT/US2013/068824.
- the filtrate stream may first be refined (220) by contacting it with a strong acid cation exchange (SAC) resin in the H + form to capture remaining metal cations.
- SAC strong acid cation exchange
- pure lignin can be separated from the refined stream 221 by flash evaporation 230.
- lignin separation from the refined stream may be achieved by contacting the S 1 solution with water at a temperature sufficiently high such that it evaporates the solvent to which it is added.
- the SI solvent evaporates when it has a boiling point below that of the added water.
- solvent SI has a boiling point or azeotrope with water that boils at a temperature of at most 99, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50 °C or less at ambient pressure.
- the lignin can be collected as particles in water according to any suitable means.
- solid lignin is filtered 240, and dried 250 to obtain a high purity solid lignin.
- Vapor streams 251 comprising solvent SI and solvent S2 can be directed to a solvent recovery process 260 to optionally reuse these potentially valuable solvents.
- Fig. 3 depicts the recovery process 260 according to certain aspects of the present disclosure.
- Stream 151 comprising predominantly water as well as non-lignin dissolved organic matter, residual salts and solvent SI, can be fed into distillation column 1.
- solvent SI or its aqueous azeotrope is distilled off (261), leaving the aqueous phase (263) at the bottom.
- This phase may be suitable as a feed for anaerobic digestion 270.
- Suitable anaerobic feedstocks are generally characterized by low levels of sulfate and calcium salts (to avoid toxicity); low concentrations of phenolic lignin; and high chemical oxygen demand (COD), which can be attributed to carbohydrates and organic salts.
- Streams 232 from lignin filtration and 251 from lignin drying may be fed into distillation column 2, wherein solvent SI can be distilled off (261) and solvent S2 (264) can optionally be collected from the bottom of the column. Both solvents may optionally be collected and recycled for further use.
- the anaerobic digestion 270 can comprise
- each reaction tank may be equipped with vents so the gases comprising sulfur compounds or C0 2 can optionally be collected.
- C0 2 is recycled for further use in the process for acidification of the next batch (e.g., as shown in Fig. la, 100).
- Gaseous sulfur compounds may also be collected (e.g., as shown in Fig. la, 105). The collected gaseous sulfur compounds can, e.g., be reduced to H 2 S for use in a paper mill and/or oxidized to produce the sulfuric acid required for the current process.
- the method or process eliminates the need to concentrate black liquor, thus reducing the energy input required and the high cost associated with having to concentrate the weak black liquor to strong black liquor before feeding it to the recovery furnace.
- the salt- and lignin-depleted aqueous stream (e.g., as shown in Fig. 2, 263) is digested to methane in an anaerobic digester (270), thus eliminating partially or fully the need for a recovery furnace.
- the methane is used as an energy source. In some embodiments, this elimination alleviates a bottleneck of current paper mills and allows for an increase in the capacity of an existing mill.
- high-purity lignin is produced as a result of the processes of the present disclosure.
- the collection of solid high-purity lignin (250P) is done by flash evaporation 230 of solvent SI followed by simple filtration 240.
- the solid lignin is filtered from the aqueous phase.
- the lignin produced according to the present processes has low ash content, low volatile material content, or a combination thereof.
- the lignin produced has low odor.
- the lignin produced is sufficiently pure to be applied in applications that require extremely low ash and volatile material, and applications that call for low odor.
- the lignin produced comprises at most 3.5%, 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0%, 0.5% or 0.25% wt/wt sulfur, at most 1%, 0.5% or at most 0.025% ash, or any combination of these specified sulfur and ash levels.
- the reagents used in the processes of the present disclosure are partially or fully recycled.
- the recycled reagents include C0 2 , H 2 S0 4 , solvent SI, solvent S2, or a combination thereof.
- excess solvent SI is produced in the reaction of S2, thereby increasing the quantity of SI collected.
- black liquor comprising at least 5% to at most 70% wt/wt dissolved solids, at least 15% to at most 50% wt/wt dissolved solids, or at least 20% to at most 25% wt/wt dissolved solids, is mixed with a limited-solubility solvent SI and water to obtain a mixture comprising from about 30:70 to about 70:30 parts Sl :water, about 40:60 to about 60:40 parts Sl :water, about 55:45 to about 45:55 parts Sl :water, or 55:45 parts Sl :water.
- Any suitable limited-solubility solvent can be used according to the present disclosure.
- Non-limiting examples of limited-solubility solvents suitable for use with the present invention include methylethyl ketone, diethylketone, methyl isopropyl ketone, methyl propyl ketone, mesityl oxide, diacetyl, 2,3-pentanedione, 2,4-pentanedione, 2,5- dimethylfuran, 2-methylfuran, 2-ethylfuran, l-chloro-2-butanone, methyl tert-butyl ether, diisopropyl ether, anisole, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, ethyl formate, isopropyl acetate, propyl acetate, propyl formate, isopropyl formate, 2-phenylethanol, toluene, 1 -phenylethanol, phenol, m-cresol, 2-phenylethyl chloride, 2-methyl-2H-furan-3-one, ⁇
- the limited-solubility solvent includes one or more of esters, ethers and ketones with 4 to 8 carbon atoms.
- the limited- solubility solvent can include methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, butyl acetate, pentyl acetate, hexyl acetate, heptyl acetate, alkyl acetate, aryl acetate, and the like, or any combination thereof, where the alkyl can be linear or branched.
- an SI solvent is an organic solvent that is at most 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, or at most 15% soluble in water. In other embodiments, an SI solvent is an organic solvent that is at least 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, or at least 15% soluble in water.
- the ratio of the limited-solubility solvent to water suitable for carrying out the lignin extraction can vary depending on the biomass material and the particular limited-solubility solvent used.
- the solvent to water ratio can be in the range of from 100: 1 to 1 : 100, e.g., from 90: 1 to 1 :90, from 80: 1 to 1 :80, from 70: 1 to 1 :70, from 60: 1 to 1 :60, from 50: 1 to 1 :50, from 40: 1 to 1 :40, from 30: 1 to 1 :30, from 20: 1 to 1 :20, or 1 : 1.
- the solvent to water ratio is 1 : 1.
- the limited solubility solvent SI is methylethyl ketone (MEK).
- MEK solubility in water at room temperature is about 28 g/ 100 ml and an azeotorope composition of about 80:20 with water.
- MEK can be selected as an SI solvent and can be an efficient solvent to extract lignin.
- the S 1 solvent can comprise MEK.
- MEK is selected as the S 1 solvent.
- the SI solvent induces effective precipitation of salts present in neutralized black liquor.
- the SI solvent can induce precipitation of a 2 C03, aHC0 3 , Na 2 S0 4 ,
- the SI solvent can induce precipitation of (alkali) 2 C03, (alkali)HC03, (alkali) 2 S0 4 and
- alkali can be any alkali ion, for example, lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), francium
- contacting the black liquor with the limited-solubility solvent induces precipitation of a salt, for example, a salt comprising a carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfate, or bisulfate ion.
- salts collected in the two filtration steps 1 10 and 140 comprise Na 2 C0 3 , NaHC0 3 , Na 2 S0 4 , NaHS0 4 , or any combination thereof.
- the SI solvent is also effective in inducing precipitation of substantially all salts present in neutralized black liquor at the prescribed concentration.
- Such salts can be those described herein or any other salt that is formed.
- the biphasic liquid is neutralized 100 by contacting with a C0 2 gas flow.
- the C0 2 gas is bubbled through the solution (100) while the solution is stirred in a temperature controlled reactor at a temperature of at least 50 °C to at most 65 °C. In some aspects, the temperature is at least 30, 40, 50, or at least 60 °C or more.
- the temperature is at most 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 or at most 90 °C or less. In some examples, the mixture is maintained at a temperature of at least 30 °C to at most 90 °C during the addition of C0 2 .
- the bubbles can be large, medium, fine, or a combination thereof.
- C0 2 is added until the pH of the aqueous phase is lowered to a pH of at least 7.5 to a pH of at most 7.7. In some embodiments, C0 2 is added until the pH of the aqueous phase is lowered to a pH of at least 7.1 to a pH of at most 9.5. In some embodiments, the solution is stirred further for at least 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130,
- the solution is stirred further for at most 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,
- the salt is filtered 1 10 by any industrially common filtration device or process.
- a filtration cake (112) is collected and characterized by loss on dry of at least 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or at least 55% (wt/wt), where the dry substance may comprise at least 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80% of NaHC0 3 , Na 2 C0 3 or a combination of NaHCC ⁇ and a 2 C03.
- the loss on dry value for a given sample corresponds to the quantity of mass that is lost upon drying the sample.
- the solid 1 12 can also comprise relatively lower amounts of other metal salts of bicarbonate and/or carbonate, depending on the original composition of the black liquor.
- the filtration cake comprises at least 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or at least 40% of the salts present in the black liquor before acidification.
- the dry substance in the filtration cake comprises at least 20, 30, 40, 50, or at least 60% wt/wt of carbohydrates, present as oligomers.
- the filtrate (11 1) can be transferred to a temperature-controlled reactor, and the pH may be adjusted to a pH of at least 0.5 to at most 3.0 via addition of a suitable acid.
- the acid can be a mineral acid, for example, sulfuric acid.
- the acid is sulfuric acid produced by oxidizing gaseous sulfur compounds collected from the vents of the reactors of the processes described herein.
- the lignin can be extracted into the organic phase.
- the acidified solution may optionally be stirred for a time period of at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or at least 5 minutes after the desired pH is reached.
- the aqueous and organic phases can then be separated (120).
- the separation is achieved by decanting, using a centrifuge, a hydrocylone or another suitable separation device.
- light phase stream 121 comprising extracted lignin and solvent SI is transferred to a lignin purification process.
- the filtration cake is re-slurried 130 in an aqueous solution comprising the lower phase of decanting 120 (i.e., stream 122).
- the pH may optionally be adjusted to reach a stable pH of at least 0.5 to at most 3.0, at least 1.5 to at most 3.0, or at least 2.5 to at most 3.0.
- the acidification releases the carbonate ion as CO 2 , which may be collected and recycled for further use in the process.
- Na 2 S0 4 , NaHS0 4 , or a combination of Na 2 S0 4 and NaHS0 4 is precipitated due to the presence of limited solubility solvent SI in the solution which may be adjusted as necessary to effect the precipitation.
- the slurry is optionally heated to a temperature of at least 80 °C and at most 150 °C (e.g., to at least 90 °C and at most 120 °C) for a period of 30- 300 minutes (e.g., 45-120 minutes), to cause hydrolysis of the precipitated carbohydrate oligomers to aqueous-soluble carbohydrates (135).
- the hydrolysis converts at least 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 or at least 90% of the precipitated
- the hydrolysis converts at most 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 or at most 90% of the precipitated carbohydrates to water soluble carbohydrates.
- the resulting salt precipitate can be filtered (140) by any industrially common filtration device or process.
- a filtration cake 142 is collected, characterized by loss on dry of at least 35, 40, 45 or at least 50%, where the dry substance comprises at least 50, 60, 70 or at least 80% NaHS0 4 , Na 2 S0 4 or a combination of NaHS0 4 and a 2 S0 4 .
- a filtration cake collected is characterized by loss on dry of at most 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 or at most 70%, where the dry substance comprises at most 50, 60, 70 or at most 80% of NaHS0 4 , Na 2 S0 4 , or a combination of NaHS0 4 and Na 2 S0 4 .
- the solid can optionally comprise lower amounts of other metal salts of bicarbonate and/or carbonate, depending on the original composition of the black liquor.
- the filtrate (141) can be decanted (150) to separate the light phase comprising solvent SI from the aqueous phase (151).
- the solvent SI may optionally be recycled (152) to the re-slurry tank.
- the aqueous phase denoted as stream 151 in Fig. 1, comprises about 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8% wt/wt carbohydrates and up to 38% wt/wt solvent SI.
- aqueous phase 151 comprises about 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8% wt/wt carbohydrates and at least 5% to at most 50%, at least 15% to at most 40%, at least 25% to at most 40%, or at least 30% to at most 40%) wt/wt solvent SI.
- stream 151 can be directed to solvent recovery 260, where solvent SI can be optionally distilled off and recycled for further use in the process (261).
- the bottom aqueous solution (263) is suitable for anaerobic digestion 270, including suitably low toxicity and suitably high COD values, among other required aspects.
- the aqueous solution comprises 400 ppm or less calcium and 2,000 ppm or less sulfur, and has a high COD value of at least 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, or at least 50,000.
- the tolerability of anaerobic digestion to sulfur may be linearly related to COD. For example, in some cases, at COD of 30,000, sulfur concentrations at most 3,000 ppm are acceptable and do not affect stability of the microbial system. However, in some cases, at COD of 50,000 the acceptable sulfur concentration is 4,500 ppm.
- stream 121 comprising solvent SI and extracted lignin may be fed into a desulfurization reactor (200).
- the pH of the solution may be adjusted to at least pH 7.5 to at most pH 8.0 by adding a base, e.g., NaOH, LiOH or KOH.
- a base e.g., NaOH, LiOH or KOH.
- the pH of the solution may be adjusted to at least pH 7.1 to at most pH 9.0 by adding a base, e.g., NaOH, LiOH or KOH.
- a base e.g., NaOH, LiOH or KOH.
- At least one desulfurization catalyst may optionally be added.
- the catalyst is selected from a group including Raney nickel, M0S 2 , C0S 2 , or combination thereof.
- the catalyst may be any other catalyst known to catalyze desulfurization of petroleum products.
- Solvent S2 may be added as a hydrogen donor or reducing agent.
- Solvent S2 may be an alcohol, including, for example, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol or mixtures of the same.
- the hydrogen donor is 2-butanol, yielding 2-butanone, i.e., MEK, which is used as solvent SI in the process. Excess MEK produced in this process may be purged and sold as a product.
- volatile sulfur compounds are released in the reaction (205). The volatile sulfur compounds may be vented, collected for recycling of the sulfur, or both vented and collected for recycling.
- the efficiency of the lignin desulfurization reaction 200 is improved by the use of elevated temperatures, elevated pressures, or a combination thereof.
- the temperature of lignin desulfurization may be in the range of at least 50 °C to at most 200 °C, at least 100 °C to at most 195 °C, or at least 140 °C to at most 190 °C.
- the pressure may be in the range of 1 mPa to at most 30 mPa, for example, 12 mPa to at most 26 mPa.
- the solution may be heated for 0.5 hours to 24 hours.
- the catalyst is removed from the lignin and recycled for further use (212).
- the catalyst may be removed either chemically or physically; for example, the catalyst may be removed via filtration 210 or using any other suitable device or process.
- the reacted solution is filtered to remove the catalyst and the catalyst is recycled for further use (212).
- the solution 211 of SI comprising the de-sulfurized lignin may be refined as disclosed earlier in PCT/US2013/039585 and PCT/US2013/068824.
- the organic phase comprising solvent and lignin may be contacted with strong acid cation exchanger 220 to remove residual metal cations.
- the strong acid cation exchanger can be regenerated by any suitable means.
- the limited-solubility solvent may be separated from lignin, e.g., by evaporation of the limited- solubility solvent (230).
- the limited-solubility solvent is separated from lignin by mixing the solvent solution containing acidic lignin with water at an elevated temperature (e.g., from at least 50 °C to at most 80 °C).
- the water is combined with the limited-solubility solvent under a vacuum.
- the precipitated lignin 231 may be recovered (240), e.g., by filtration or centrifugation. Solid lignin may be dried by application of a vacuum to the solid lignin.
- the solid lignin may be dissolved in any suitable solvent (e.g., phenylethyl alcohol) for making lignin solutions.
- the suitable solvent is an organic solvent.
- this process results in stream 241 (or, alternatively, 221), comprising the solvent and dissolved lignin, where residual ash is 1000 ppm or less, preferably 500 ppm or less, and wherein polyvalent cations are 500 ppm or less, preferably 200 ppm or less relative to lignin (on dry basis) and residual carbohydrates are 500 ppm or less relative to lignin (on dry basis).
- the solution is free of particulate matter.
- the desulfurization step (200) may be omitted, thus leaving covalently bound sulfur on the lignin while removing other ash elements. Omission of the
- desulfurization step can result in lower-purity lignin, as typically about 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 or 3.5% wt/wt sulfur is covalently bound to the lignin, which may be suitable for certain applications.
- dry lignin comprising at least 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5% wt/wt or more sulfur may be used as fuel to produce energy in a paper mill, where lime kiln gases are treated to recover sulfur.
- the lignin produced comprises at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, or at least 99% lignin (wt/wt), at most 3.5%, 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0%, 0.5% or 0.25% wt/wt sulfur, at most 1%, 0.5% or at most 0.025% ash, polyvalent cations in an amount up to 500 ppm or less, preferably 200 ppm or less relative to lignin and residual carbohydrates in an amount up to 500 ppm or less relative to lignin, or any combination of these specified lignin, sulfur, ash, polyvalent cation, and carbohydrate levels.
- the lignin produced comprises less than 1.6% sulfur (wt/wt).
- the lignin produced comprises less than 3.5%, 3.2%, 3.0%, 2.5%, 2.0%, 1.5%, 1.0%, 0.5%, or 0.25% sulfur (wt/wt); trace SI solvent, including but not limited to less than 10000 ppm, less than 9000 ppm, less than 8000 ppm, less than 7000 ppm, less than 6000 ppm, less than 5000 ppm, less than 4000 ppm, less than 3000 ppm, less than 2000 ppm, less than 1000 ppm, less than 500 ppm, less than 100 ppm, less than 50 ppm, less than 10 ppm, or at most 10 ppm (wt/wt) SI solvent; and black liquor residue in an amount of at most 10000 ppm, at most 9000 ppm, at most 8000 ppm, at most 7000 ppm, at most 6000 ppm, at most 5000 ppm, at most 4000 ppm, at most 3000 ppm
- One part of weak black liquor having 20-25% dissolved solids was mixed with 1.5 parts of 85: 15 MEK:water solution to result in a 55:45 ratio of MEK:water.
- the solution was stirred at a temperature of 50-65 °C and was sparged with CO2 slowly. After 45-60 minutes, the pH was measured in the range of 7.5-7.7.
- the solution was stirred for at least another hour to form a precipitate, which was then filtered through Whatman 54 filter paper with suction.
- the filtrate was acidified further with H2SO4 to pH 2.5-3.0 and the solution stirred at 50-65 °C for a few more minutes until the pH stabilized.
- the solution was centrifuged and the organic phase comprising extracted lignin collected for lignin refining.
- the precipitated solid was collected off the filter and re-slurried by stirring in the aqueous phase.
- the pH was adjusted to 2.5-3.0.
- a second salt precipitated which was collected by filtration.
- the resulting aqueous solution comprised 6,700 mg/L sulfur and 15,200 mg/L Na. This represents a more than 50% reduction is sulfur content of the aqueous phase and a more than 70% reduction in sodium content compared to the initial black liquor.
- the organic phase was contacted with a strong acid cation (SAC) resin in the H + form.
- the MEK solution was added dropwise into an aqueous bath at 80 °C, causing flash evaporation of the solvent and precipitation of lignin particles in the aqueous phase.
- the solid was collected by filtration and dried. This lignin product comprised 2.5% sulfur, 60 mg/kg Ca, no detectable Fe, K, Mg or Na.
- the ICP results of samples collected in the process are summarized in Table 1.
- Table 1 ICP analysis of samples collected at steps of salt and lignin separation from black liquor (n.d. means not detected).
- MEK solution (20 ml) comprising ⁇ 6% lignin was desulfurized via addition of molybdenum sulfide ( ⁇ 1 g) as a catalyst and methanol (10 ml) as a hydrogen donor. The mixture was further stirred at 175 °C for 2 hours under nitrogen pressure (225-325 psi reaction pressure). Each reaction yielded about 30 ml of the crude reaction mixture. The reactions were combined and methanol distilled off. The solution was contacted with SAC, and lignin collected by flash vaporization and dried.
- Lignin was separated from black liquor according to Examples 1 and 2.
- the organic phase comprising lignin was contacted with SAC resin in the H + form.
- Solid lignin was obtained by flash evaporation of the solvent, and the resulting solid lignin was filtered and dried.
- Elemental analysis The purified lignin sample derived from black liquor was analyzed by elemental analysis for C, H, N, O and S. The results of the characterization are summarized in Table 2 (column labeled "Refined Black Liquor"), and compared to lignin prepared by Virdia CASETM method and literature values for Kraft softwood (SW) lignin.
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