The characterisation of organic components in the O- and E-stage bleaching effluent streams at Sappi Saiccor

The major components from Sappi Saiccor’s two bleaching streams of effluent were isolated and purified using chromatographic methods and characterised using NMR and other spectroscopic techniques. The major constituents extracted by organic solvents were identified as a sterol, fatty acids and lignin precursors and differ from the components identified in the pulping effluent stream.