Abstract
This paper reports on the modeling, prediction and evaluation approaches of methanol release from bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) board during storage. A pseudo-first order desorption kinetics model of methanol release was established for describing the desorption behavior of methanol from BCTMP, i.e., , in which the desorption constant (K) and rate constant (kdes) were well described by van't Hoff and Arrhenius equations. Based on the simulation experiments at various temperatures, the desorption activation energy of methanol and its adsorption enthalpy is calculated and is 53.7 and −86.2 kJ mol−1 K−1, respectively. With the developed model, the risk of methanol release for the storage of BCTMP board can be examined by either the time-dependent kinetics model or a two-step thermodynamic approach using the equilibrium concentration of methanol in indoor air. This paper provides a valuable tool to assess the risk of methanol release for the paper industry and related warehouse departments.
Highlights
Methanol is a volatile organic compound and toxic to human beings if it is absorbed by ingestion, inhalation, skin contact or eye contact
The measurement of methanol released from the samples was conducted by headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC)
We have developed a pseudo- rst order desorption kinetic model for predicting the methanol release to indoor air for the bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) board during the storage conditions
Summary
Methanol is a volatile organic compound and toxic to human beings if it is absorbed by ingestion, inhalation, skin contact or eye contact. It is because formaldehyde and formic acid or formate salts, the metabolized products from methanol, are poisonous to the central nervous system and may result in blindness, coma, and even to death.[1,2] Regulated by United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration and European Union Information Agency for Occupational Safety and Health, the permissible exposure limit-time weighted average (PEL-TWA) in workplace air for methanol is 260 mg m3 It is because the methoxyl groups on lignin and hemicelluloses in Recently, we conducted an investigation on the amount of methanol remaining in different pulp and paper products, such as bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP), bleached
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