Patent Application
20200157743
The present invention relates to the field of the strengthening and reinforcement of ancient books, and particularly relates to a novel method for strengthening and reinforcing ancient books.
Thousands of precious books, calligraphy and paintings, modern newspaper, files and other cultural relics are preserved in various libraries, museums and archives in China. Being the essence of the Chinese nation's excellent traditional culture and a significant constituent of the Chinese cultural heritage with important historic value, cultural value and information value, they possess an irreproducible historic significance. As a carrier of the literal essence, paper would suffer a critical situation by the increasing severe worm damage, acidification, mildew and breakage with the time flies. Paper is made from fibrous materials, and the stability of cellulose is one of the most important factors that maintain the physical performances of paper. Cellulose is relatively stable under neutral and alkalescent conditions and generally would not be hydrolyzed or oxidized. However, in an acidic condition, hydrolysis on the cellulose is enhanced due to the catalysis of acid. After the hydrolysis of cellulose, strength of ancient books will be reduced by the decreased degree of polymerization, resulting in pulverization of ancient books over time. Various factors such as acidic chemical residues during production, organic acid generated by aging and degradation, acidification resulted by the use and storage environment, may intensify the aging of paper. The severely reduced paper strength has already affected the normal reading of ancient books. Thus, there's an urgent need of thorough strengthening and reinforcement research on paper documents.
Although various researches on strengthening and reinforcing paper documents have been carried out by the domestic and foreign research institutes, practically applicable and mature strengthening and reinforcement technology has not been achieved till now.
The strengthening and reinforcement technology in the prior art is mainly performed by sizing, coating and laminating. However, these processes is carried out merely on a single piece of paper, and when an entire ancient book requires treatment, it is unable to perform sizing, coating and laminating on the paper. First, the process of treatment to paper one piece by one piece is too complicated and overloaded. Secondly, these processes require drying after treating one piece of paper. Otherwise, paper of the ancient book would adhere to each other, resulting in secondary damage. Therefore, the strengthening and reinforcement technology for ancient books in the prior art all have respective defects such as high cost, high difficulty of operation, failure to develop in large-scale, potential safety hazard, environmental pollution, etc. A practically applicable strengthening and reinforcement method for a large-scale of ancient books has not been found till now.
Aiming at the above and in order to overcome the above-mentioned problems or at least partially overcome the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a novel method for strengthening and reinforcing ancient books.
In the present invention, a gas phase strengthening and reinforcement technology and a liquid phase strengthening and reinforcement technology are combined together, and by using a gas phase/liquid phase and a gas phase/solid phase strengthening and reinforcement technologies, not only secondary damage of paper adhesion caused by the liquid phase strengthening and reinforcement is avoided, but also the present technology aims at that original temperature and humidity of the ancient books are kept without drying the ancient books, so that fibers would not age or break, and the ancient books would not be yellowed or damaged. Meanwhile, it also avoids the trouble that a paper strengthening and reinforcing gas suitable for the gas phase strengthening and reinforcement cannot be found. Most of the organic/inorganic strengthening and reinforcing liquid and the nanoscale strengthening and reinforcing powder can be used for strengthening and reinforcing the ancient books by using the present technology.
A novel method for strengthening and reinforcing ancient books, comprises: first placing the ancient books to be treated in a closed strengthening and reinforcing device; after sealing, performing dehumidification operation and vacuumizing operation on the system in sequence to maintain the system dry; and after the system is stable under negative pressure, turning on a fan set, directly delivering a strengthening and reinforcing agent to the strengthening and reinforcing device via a gas pipe, or atomizing a solution of the strengthening and reinforcing agent through a ultrasonic atomizer and then delivering the atomized solution of the strengthening and reinforcing agent to the strengthening and reinforcing device via the gas pipe, so that the ancient books to be treated absorb the strengthening and reinforcing agent sufficiently and evenly; and meanwhile monitoring humidity of the ancient books, thereby implementing strengthening and reinforcement of the ancient books;
wherein the ancient books comprises ancient book, archived file, document, literature, journal, paper, calligraphy and painting, cotton and flax.
In the above-mentioned method, the closed device has good airtightness, and the system is kept at room temperature, so that a relatively high dryness and a relatively high vacuum degree therein can be reached. The closed device has a suitable volume. A relationship of a device volume and a total volume of the ancient books to be treated satisfies that a ratio of the device volume to the total volume of the ancient books to be treated is 1.1:1-50:1.
In the above-mentioned method, the dehumidification operation is as follows: dehumidifying the system to have air humidity of 10%-90% through a dehumidifier and maintaining for 2-24 hours, when target duration is reached, turning off the dehumidifier. Duration of the dehumidification operation depends on an original humidity of the ancient books and the closed device volume; when the original humidity of the ancient books is 8%-9% and the device volume is 1.5-2 times the total volume of the ancient books to be treated, the dehumidification operation lasts for 2-24 hours; when the original humidity is reduced by 10%, the duration of the dehumidification operation is reduced by 2-6 hours; when the device volume is doubled, the duration of the dehumidification operation is increased by 3-8 hours.
In the above-mentioned method, the vacuumizing operation is performed as follows after the dehumidification operation is completed, vacuumizing the system to have an inner pressure of 0 to −0.08 MPa through a vacuum pump, when target pressure is reached, turning off the vacuum pump, and maintaining the closed system under stable negative pressure until the strengthening and reinforcement is completed.
In the above-mentioned method, the ultrasonic atomizer is an ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer is placed in a container containing with the strengthening and reinforcing agent and is powered on. The structure of the strengthening and reinforcing agent is dispersed and atomized into small-molecular atomized gas by means of high-frequency resonance of a piezoelectric ceramic.
In the above-mentioned method, the strengthening and reinforcing agent is a nanoscale strengthening and reinforcing powder, an organic solution, or an inorganic solution; the solution of the strengthening and reinforcing agent includes chemicals such as an adhesive, a graft copolymer, a complex strengthening agent, a catalyst and the like. By means of a pressurizing or ultrasonic atomizer, the solution is dispersed into liquid drops in micronscale to nanoscale having an average particle size of 1 nm-2 μm, and is communicated with the closed strengthening and reinforcing device via the gas pipe.
In the above-mentioned method, the strengthening and reinforcing agent includes a nanoscale polyvinyl alcohol powder, a nanoscale carboxymethyl cellulose powder, a nanocellulose powder, and the like.
In the above-mentioned method, through the gas pipe, the fan set slowly introduces the nanoscale strengthening and reinforcing powder or the strengthening and reinforcing agent atomized by the ultrasonic transducer into the closed strengthening and reinforcing device, and circulates the strengthening and reinforcing agent inside the system for even distribution.
In the above-mentioned method, air humidity inside the system is maintained at 10%-90%.
In the above-mentioned method, the strengthening and reinforcing device has an ancient book humidity monitor therein, after the ancient book humidity monitored reaches approximately 3%-10% and is maintained for 1-48 hours, the system is turned off; the duration depends on the humidity of the ancient books and a closed device volume, when the original humidity of the ancient books is 5%-10% and the device volume is 1.5-2 times a total volume of the ancient books to be treated, the strengthening and reinforcement lasts for 2-5 hours; when the original humidity is increased by 1%, the duration of strengthening and reinforcement is reduced by 1-6 hours; when the device volume is doubled, the duration of strengthening and reinforcement is increased by 3-8 hours.
Compared with prior art, the advantages of the present invention lie in that: a large-scale of aged ancient books can be treated, without a great deal of equipment input, or affecting the original temperature and humidity of the ancient books, damage to paper structure, or secondary damage to the ancient books, so that each property of the paper of the ancient book can be well enhanced with significant strengthening and reinforcement effect. Meanwhile, a certain amount of the strengthening agent would left in the ancient books so as to further prolong lifetime of the ancient books better.
Each component in the figures is as follows: double-open front door 1, visible window 2, water groove 3, fan set 4, hygrometer 5, dehumidifier 6, vacuum pump 7, piezometer 8, pH meter 9, light 10, middle partition 11, gas pipe hole 12, rear panel 13, ultrasonic atomizer 14, gas pipe 15, PLC-control system 16, drain valve 17, pulley track 18, bookrack 19, and air outlet 20.
The present invention is further described in detail by combining the following specific embodiment, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited thereto. Those technological parameters which are not described particularly can be carried out by referring to conventional technologies.
A strengthening and reinforcing device of the present invention has a structure as follows, shown as
Five Ancient Medical Book (edition 1937, published by People's Medical Publishing House) having a volume of 0.004 m3 were taken and tested to have a paper original humidity of 8.6%, and the books were placed in a 0.25 m×0.25 m×0.1 m strengthening and reinforcing device having a volume of 0.00625 m3. First, dehumidification was carried out to the system for 4 hours, and the dehumidifier was turned off when time's up. Then the vacuum pump was turned on to vacuumize the system until the pressure reached −0.05 MPa, and the vacuum pump was turned off. The ultrasonic atomizer was turned on, and a 0.1% CMC solution was selected as a strengthening and reinforcing agent and added to a container. The prepared CMC solution was atomized by the ultrasonic transducer and introduced into a sealed container via the gas pipe for strengthening and reinforcement. By adjusting an atomization volume of atomized gas, air humidity inside the system was controlled to be approximately 50%. The strengthening of ancient books was performed simultaneously with monitoring the humidity of the ancient books. When the monitored humidity of the ancient books reached 9%, the system was maintained stable for 2 hours, and then the system was turned off. Samples were taken to compare the paper performance average values before and after the strengthening and reinforcement, shown as Table 1:
Five Ancient Medical Book (edition 1937, published by People's Medical Publishing House) having a volume of 0.004 m3 were taken and tested to have a paper original humidity of 7.1%, and the books were placed in a 0.25 m×0.25 m×0.1 m strengthening and reinforcing device having a volume of 0.00625 m3. First, dehumidification was carried out to the system for 3 hours, and the dehumidifier was turned off when time's up. Then the vacuum pump was turned on to vacuumize the system until the pressure reached −0.01 MPa, and the vacuum pump was turned off. The ultrasonic atomizer was turned on, and a 0.1% CMC solution was selected as a strengthening and reinforcing agent and added to a container. The prepared CMC solution was atomized by the ultrasonic transducer and introduced into a sealed container via the gas pipe for strengthening and reinforcement. By adjusting an atomization volume of atomized gas, air humidity inside the system was controlled to be approximately 50%. The strengthening of ancient books was performed simultaneously with monitoring the humidity of the ancient books. When the monitored humidity of the ancient books reached 9%, the system was maintained stable for 2 hours, and then the system was turned off. Samples were taken to compare the paper performance average values before and after the strengthening and reinforcement, shown as Table 2:
Five Ancient Medical Book (edition 1937, published by People's Medical Publishing House) having a volume of 0.004 m3 were taken and tested to have a paper original humidity of 7.1%, and the books were placed in a 0.25 m×0.25 m×0.1 m strengthening and reinforcing device having a volume of 0.00625 m3. First, dehumidification was carried out to the system for 5 hours, and the dehumidifier was turned off when time's up. Then the vacuum pump was turned on to vacuumize the system until the pressure reached −0.05 MPa, and the vacuum pump was turned off. The ultrasonic atomizer was turned on, and a 0.2% CMC solution was selected as a strengthening and reinforcing agent and added to a container. The prepared CMC solution was atomized by the ultrasonic transducer and introduced into a sealed container via the gas pipe for strengthening and reinforcement. By adjusting an atomization volume of atomized gas, air humidity inside the system was controlled to be approximately 50%. The strengthening of ancient books was performed simultaneously with monitoring the humidity of the ancient books. When the monitored humidity of the ancient books reached 9%, the system was maintained stable for 2 hours, and then the system was turned off. Samples were taken to compare the paper performance average values before and after the strengthening and reinforcement, shown as Table 3:
The above embodiments of the present invention are merely illustrative examples for the present invention, but implementations of the present invention are not limited thereto. For those skilled in the art, various variation or alteration can be made based on the above description. However, there is no need and cannot be exhaustive for all implementations. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201711217601.8 | Nov 2017 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2018/113228 | 10/31/2018 | WO | 00 |
