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Environmental sustainability assessment of HMF and FDCA production from lignocellulosic biomass through life cycle assessment (LCA)

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Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 17. Oktober 2018
Holzforschung
Aus der Zeitschrift Holzforschung Band 73 Heft 1

Abstract

2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are top biomass-based platform chemicals with promising potential and an essential part of the future of green chemistry. HMF can be obtained mainly from fructose or glucose. Lignocellulosic glucose has a high production potential from not edible biomass. In the present paper life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed aiming at a better understanding of the environmental performance of the production of FDCA and HMF from lignocellulosic feedstock. Two case studies from the literature were modeled to obtain the life cycle inventory data. The production routes to FDCA comprise seven different process sections: hydrolysis, HMF synthesis, HMF recovery, FDCA synthesis, FDCA flash separation, FDCA purification and HMF boiler. By means of the LCA methodology, solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dichloromethane (DCM), together with the energy demand, were found to be clear critical points in the process. Two scenarios were in focus: Scenario 1 considered the purification of FDCA through crystallization, whereas in Scenario 2 purification was performed through distillation.

Keywords: 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA); 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF); biopolymers; biorefinery; life cycle assessment (LCA); second generation biomass

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This research was supported by EnzOx2 BBI JU-Project. The authors belong to the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC ED431C 2017/29 and to the CRETUS Strategic Partnership (AGRUP2015/02). All these programmes are co-funded by FEDER (EU).

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

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Received: 2018-04-30
Accepted: 2018-09-27
Published Online: 2018-10-17
Published in Print: 2018-12-19

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Advances in biorefinery research
  4. Original Articles
  5. Techno-economic feasibility of bioethanol production via biorefinery of olive tree prunings (OTP): optimization of the pretreatment stage
  6. Designing an olive tree pruning biorefinery for the production of bioethanol, xylitol and antioxidants: a techno-economic assessment
  7. Structural characteristics of lignin in pruning residues of olive tree (Olea europaea L.)
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  13. Novel protein-repellent and antimicrobial polysaccharide multilayer thin films
  14. Environmental sustainability assessment of HMF and FDCA production from lignocellulosic biomass through life cycle assessment (LCA)
  15. Review
  16. Lignin-based foams as insulation materials: a review
https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2018-0100
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA); 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF); biopolymers; biorefinery; life cycle assessment (LCA); second generation biomass

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial
  3. Advances in biorefinery research
  4. Original Articles
  5. Techno-economic feasibility of bioethanol production via biorefinery of olive tree prunings (OTP): optimization of the pretreatment stage
  6. Designing an olive tree pruning biorefinery for the production of bioethanol, xylitol and antioxidants: a techno-economic assessment
  7. Structural characteristics of lignin in pruning residues of olive tree (Olea europaea L.)
  8. Production of xylooligosaccharides and cellulosic ethanol from steam-exploded barley straw
  9. A commercial laccase-mediator system to delignify and improve saccharification of the fast-growing Paulownia fortunei (Seem.) Hemsl.
  10. Organosolv pretreated beech wood as a substrate for acetone butanol ethanol extractive fermentation
  11. Fine-fibrous cellulose II aerogels of high specific surface from pulp solutions in TBAF·H2O/DMSO
  12. Oil-absorbing porous cellulosic material from sized wood pulp fines
  13. Novel protein-repellent and antimicrobial polysaccharide multilayer thin films
  14. Environmental sustainability assessment of HMF and FDCA production from lignocellulosic biomass through life cycle assessment (LCA)
  15. Review
  16. Lignin-based foams as insulation materials: a review
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