The invention provides a preparation method and application of tobacco cationic
hemicellulose. The preparation method includes the specific steps that
solid phase materials are extracted from waste tobacco raw materials and then mixed with an alkali solution for heating and stirring to collect the filtrate,
ethanol is added for filtering to collect precipitate, the precipitate is dried to obtain tobacco
hemicellulose,
sodium hydroxide is added for stirring and carrying out a reaction, a cationic surfactant is slowly added for carrying out a reaction for 1-3 hours, a weak acid is added for neutralizing,
precipitation is carried out by
ethanol, and then the precipitate is collected after filtering, washed with
ethanol and dried to obtain the tobacco cationic
hemicellulose. The tobacco cationic hemicellulose prepared by the method can be used as a retention aid for
slurry of reconstituted tobaccos, can effectively improve the filler
retention rate, the water filtering performance of the
slurry and the ability for absorbing anion interference substances and reduce the load of plain boiled water and waste water, is easily biodegradable, improves the
combustion performance of the reconstituted tobaccos, reduces the released amount of
tar and CO and improves the sensory quality of cigarettes to a certain extent.