Processing cellulose-containing materials for paper or packaging materials

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for producing paper or packaging products. A combination pulp is formed by combining textile pulp and wood pulp and processed to produce the paper or packaging products. The textile pulp and wood pulp can be combined in a given ratio based on their respective characteristics or parameters to obtain a combination pulp with a desired characteristic or parameter.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of making a paper or packaging product, comprising:
 forming a combination pulp by combining a textile pulp and a wood pulp; and   processing the combination pulp to generate the paper or packaging product.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising generating wood pulp by processing a type of wood. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the processing of the type of wood is mechanical, chemical, thermochemical, chemi-thermochemically, or combinations or multiples thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the type of wood is selected based on an amount of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the type of wood is selected based on the paper or packaging product to be produced. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein a first type of wood used has a cellulose content greater than 90%, the first type of wood being used to form textile fibers, derivatized celluloses, or cellulose ethers. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein a second type of wood used has a cellulose content of 20-45%, the second type of wood being used to form paper products. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein a third type of wood has a cellulose content less than or equal to 10%, the third type of wood being used to form cardboard. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textile pulp or a textile feedstock used to form the textile pulp undergoes processing to change a primary size characteristic or parameter of a textile fiber or cellulose fiber of the textile pulp or the textile feedstock to a secondary size characteristic or parameter. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the secondary size characteristic or parameter of the textile fiber or cellulose fiber is the same as a size characteristic or parameter of a fiber of the wood pulp. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein an average of the secondary size characteristic or parameter of the textile fiber or cellulose fiber is within a 20% difference of an average size of fibers of the wood pulp. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the textile pulp to the wood pulp in the combination pulp can range from 0.1:99.9 to 55:45. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textile pulp includes non-cellulose material. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising bleaching the textile pulp or a feedstock used to form the textile pulp. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising sorting a feedstock used to form the textile pulp based on cellulose content. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the paper or packaging product is a cardboard box, corrugated cardboard, cardboard liner, a components of a cardboard box, toilet paper, a paper towel, a wet wipe, or printer paper. 
     
     
         17 . A method of making a paper or packaging product, comprising:
 forming a combination pulp by combining a first type of pulp and a second type pulp, the first and second types of pulp being formed from different types of feedstock or source materials; and   processing the combination pulp to generate the paper or packaging product.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the first type of pulp is derived from textile feedstock. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the second type of pulp is derived from wood.