Author:Ramnath, L; Sithole, Bishop B; Govinden, RDate:Mar 2017In the pulp and paper industry, during the manufacturing process, the agglomeration of pitch particles (composed of triglycerides, fatty acids, and esters) leads to the formation of black pitch deposits in the pulp and on machinery, which ...Read more
Author:Ramnath, L; Sithole, Bishop B; Govinden, RDate:Feb 2018Lipophilic extractives naturally occurring in wood tend to coalesce during pulping to form pitch deposits, which have particularly undesirable effects on the pulping process and quality of pulp produced. A chemical characterization of different ...Read more
Author:Ramnath, L; Sithole, Bishop B; Govinden, RDate:Sep 2017This study highlights the importance of determining substrate specificity at variable experimental conditions. Lipases and esterases were isolated from microorganisms cultivated from Eucalyptus wood species and then concentrated (cellulases ...Read more