Efficient peroxide bleaching of high yield pulps

In mechanical pulping, Valmet has extensive experience of peroxide bleaching processes for all types of mechanical pulps - TMP, CTMP and PGW. Backed by this experience, our mechanical pulp bleaching systems represent an investment in proven process know-how and long-term support.

Mechanical pulps retain most of the lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose present in the wood used to make the pulps. It would be impractical to remove this much lignin by bleaching, and undesirable since one of the big advantages of mechanical pulp is the high yield of pulp based on the wood used. Therefore the objective of bleaching mechanical pulp (also referred to as brightening) is to remove only the chromophores (color-causing groups). This is possible because the structures responsible for color are also more susceptible to oxidation or reduction.