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    The document outlines 12 steps to process peanut shells into microcrystalline cellulose. The steps include: washing peanut shells, soaking in NaOH to remove dirt and lignin, heating to remove hemicelluloses, bleaching with NaOCl and H2O2, treating with HCl to produce alpha cellulose, and heating alpha cellulose to produce microcrystalline cellulose. Waste streams are sent to a wastewater treatment facility at various steps.

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    The document outlines 12 steps to process peanut shells into microcrystalline cellulose. The steps include: washing peanut shells, soaking in NaOH to remove dirt and lignin, heating to remove hemicelluloses, bleaching with NaOCl and H2O2, treating with HCl to produce alpha cellulose, and heating alpha cellulose to produce microcrystalline cellulose. Waste streams are sent to a wastewater treatment facility at various steps.

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    The document outlines 12 steps to process peanut shells into microcrystalline cellulose. The steps include: washing peanut shells, soaking in NaOH to remove dirt and lignin, heating to remove hemicelluloses, bleaching with NaOCl and H2O2, treating with HCl to produce alpha cellulose, and heating alpha cellulose to produce microcrystalline cellulose. Waste streams are sent to a wastewater treatment facility at various steps.

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    of 1

    NaOH

    25oC
    1

    25oC

    78.21 s

    Peanut Shells + Dirt

    Washed Peanut Shells

    Coarse Wet Coarse Peanut Shells

    100oC
    3

    25oC
    4

    75mins

    Peanut Shells + NaOH

    H2O + Dirt
    WWTF

    Hemicelluloses, Lignin, H2O, NaOH


    WWTF

    H2O2
    8

    NaOCl
    25oC

    25oC

    Bleached Peanut Shells + H2O2

    Bleached Peanut Shells

    Delignified Peanut Shells + NaOCl

    Delignified Peanut Shells

    60oC

    30oC

    Beta-cellulose, Gamma-cellulose H2O, H2O2 WWTF

    75mins

    NaOCl + H2O
    WWTF

    75mins

    HCl
    25oC

    H2O

    Alpha Cellulose

    Alpha Cellulose + HCl


    85oC

    10

    11

    12

    Microcrystalline Cellulose + HCl


    25oC

    Wet Microcrystalline Cellulose


    115oC 20mins

    LEGEND

    25mins

    H2O + HCl
    WWTF

    Blue line water entering the equipment Green line vapour leaving the equipment Red lines solvent entering the equipment Violet lines process flow Black lines waste liquid

    Microcrystalline Cellulose

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