Chinese traditional handmade papers,due to their numerous names,have been misunderstood by the public about raw materials for a long time.This manuscript aims to introduce the raw materials of traditional Chinese hand...Chinese traditional handmade papers,due to their numerous names,have been misunderstood by the public about raw materials for a long time.This manuscript aims to introduce the raw materials of traditional Chinese handmade paper in a botanical aspect in chronological order.Chinese handmade paper’s raw materials are divided into two groups,bast fiber and grass fiber.Bast fiber paper includes ramie-made rag paper,mulberry and paper mulberry paper,Thymelaeaceae paper,and vine paper.Stalk and grass fiber paper includes bamboo paper,grass paper,and stalk paper.展开更多
Both Edgeworthia and Wikstroemia have been used traditionally in hand papermaking in China.As plants from the Thymelaeaceae family,these species have been mentioned periodically and have been mixed or substituted with...Both Edgeworthia and Wikstroemia have been used traditionally in hand papermaking in China.As plants from the Thymelaeaceae family,these species have been mentioned periodically and have been mixed or substituted with each other.This study reviewed their papermaking background and status,and selected one of the Edgeworthia and three of the Wikstroemia raw materials that are still in use.Pulp was cooked under the same conditions in the laboratory,and handsheets of pure and mixed materials were obtained using a Rapid-Köthen sheet former.A series of physical properties,such as color,structure,and mechanical properties were tested,followed by a comparison and discussion of the raw material properties.The results show that Wikstroemia fibers are generally thinner and shorter,but there are variations between the different genera of raw materials.Thus,compared with Edgeworthia,Wikstroemia has some advantages in tensile strength,although it shows some disadvantages when it comes to tearing strength.The performance of a mixed-ingredient paper sheet falls between the performance of two pure-component papers.For cost and performance reasons,adding a small amount of Wikstroemia(e.g.,<20%)to Edgeworthia is preferable.展开更多
The mulberry paper handmade dryer uses downdraft gasifier, which is a continuous hot air dryer. The downdraft gasifier uses charcoal or wood chip as fuel to produce the producer gas for a dryer heat source. Two steps ...The mulberry paper handmade dryer uses downdraft gasifier, which is a continuous hot air dryer. The downdraft gasifier uses charcoal or wood chip as fuel to produce the producer gas for a dryer heat source. Two steps operation of a dryer as follows： The frst was to reduce mulberry paper pulp moisture by an air vacuum pump; the second was a continuous hot air drying process. The optimum condition drying, the capacity of dryer, the fuel consumption, the drying constant （k） and economics analysis were investigated. It was found that the first step could be to reduce mulberry paper pulp moisture content about 25% and the suitable condition drying was 80 ~C drying temperature, 0.04 kg/s air mass flow rate and 0.29 m/min chain conveyor speed, respectively. The capacity of this dryer was 20 sheets per hour. The quality of mulberry paper product was very good （based on the standard of mulberry paper community 41/2546） and the fuel consumption rate was 5 kg/h （charcoal）. The drying constant was about 0.532933-0.541367 min~ and the drying constant was a function of drying temperature （T）, air mass flow rate （F） and conveyor speed （10 as equation of k（T, F, V） = 0.567494 ＋ 0.000422T- 1.40588F- 0.000205 V （R2 = 0.9254） and the breakeven point of dryer was 0.79 years.展开更多
文摘Chinese traditional handmade papers,due to their numerous names,have been misunderstood by the public about raw materials for a long time.This manuscript aims to introduce the raw materials of traditional Chinese handmade paper in a botanical aspect in chronological order.Chinese handmade paper’s raw materials are divided into two groups,bast fiber and grass fiber.Bast fiber paper includes ramie-made rag paper,mulberry and paper mulberry paper,Thymelaeaceae paper,and vine paper.Stalk and grass fiber paper includes bamboo paper,grass paper,and stalk paper.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFC1520300).
文摘Both Edgeworthia and Wikstroemia have been used traditionally in hand papermaking in China.As plants from the Thymelaeaceae family,these species have been mentioned periodically and have been mixed or substituted with each other.This study reviewed their papermaking background and status,and selected one of the Edgeworthia and three of the Wikstroemia raw materials that are still in use.Pulp was cooked under the same conditions in the laboratory,and handsheets of pure and mixed materials were obtained using a Rapid-Köthen sheet former.A series of physical properties,such as color,structure,and mechanical properties were tested,followed by a comparison and discussion of the raw material properties.The results show that Wikstroemia fibers are generally thinner and shorter,but there are variations between the different genera of raw materials.Thus,compared with Edgeworthia,Wikstroemia has some advantages in tensile strength,although it shows some disadvantages when it comes to tearing strength.The performance of a mixed-ingredient paper sheet falls between the performance of two pure-component papers.For cost and performance reasons,adding a small amount of Wikstroemia(e.g.,<20%)to Edgeworthia is preferable.
文摘The mulberry paper handmade dryer uses downdraft gasifier, which is a continuous hot air dryer. The downdraft gasifier uses charcoal or wood chip as fuel to produce the producer gas for a dryer heat source. Two steps operation of a dryer as follows： The frst was to reduce mulberry paper pulp moisture by an air vacuum pump; the second was a continuous hot air drying process. The optimum condition drying, the capacity of dryer, the fuel consumption, the drying constant （k） and economics analysis were investigated. It was found that the first step could be to reduce mulberry paper pulp moisture content about 25% and the suitable condition drying was 80 ~C drying temperature, 0.04 kg/s air mass flow rate and 0.29 m/min chain conveyor speed, respectively. The capacity of this dryer was 20 sheets per hour. The quality of mulberry paper product was very good （based on the standard of mulberry paper community 41/2546） and the fuel consumption rate was 5 kg/h （charcoal）. The drying constant was about 0.532933-0.541367 min~ and the drying constant was a function of drying temperature （T）, air mass flow rate （F） and conveyor speed （10 as equation of k（T, F, V） = 0.567494 ＋ 0.000422T- 1.40588F- 0.000205 V （R2 = 0.9254） and the breakeven point of dryer was 0.79 years.
