Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin

Olivia Ana Perederic; Aikaterini Mountraki; Electra Papadopoulou; John M. Woodley; Georgios M. Kontogeorgis

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50102-6

Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin

Olivia Ana Perederic, Aikaterini Mountraki, Electra Papadopoulou, John M. Woodley, Georgios M. Kontogeorgis^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins are widely used in wood-based applications by reason of their heat and water resistance, high mechanical strength and chemical stability. Challenges regarding the environmental impact of petroleum-based resources lead to an increased interest of developing new resins where components such as phenol are replaced with renewable materials. This work evaluates the environmental impact of phenol-formaldehyde resins using an organosolv lignin as phenol replacement. Two life cycle analysis (LCA) boundaries (i.e. Cradle-to-Gate, Gate-to-Gate) are studied for PF resin having different substitution levels of phenol: 0%, 40% and 100%. The LC Soft (ICAS) is used for the LCA, which provides information regarding the carbon footprint (CF), fifteen environmental impact categories (e.g.: soil, water, air, human toxicity) and the life cycle inventory (LCI) contribution. The results show improvements for all environmental impact categories for the lignin substituted resins compared to PF resin, confirming the significant role of lignin. Moreover, the impact of the raw materials (Cradle-to-Gate) is significantly higher than the impact of the production process (Gate-to-Gate).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Editors	Sauro Pierucci, Flavio Manenti, Guilia Bozzano, Davide Manca
Volume	48
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	2020
Pages	607-612
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-12-823377-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50102-6
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 30) - Virtual symposium Duration: 31 Aug 2020 → 2 Sep 2020

Conference

Conference	30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 30)
Location	Virtual symposium
Period	31/08/2020 → 02/09/2020

Series	Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
ISSN	1570-7946

Bibliographical note

EU Horizon 2020
H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 778332
Publication date: September 2020

Keywords

PF resin
LPF
Resin
LCA
LCI

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Perederic, O. A., Mountraki, A., Papadopoulou, E., Woodley, J. M., & Kontogeorgis, G. M. (2020). Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin. In S. Pierucci, F. Manenti, G. Bozzano, & D. Manca (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (Vol. 48, pp. 607-612). Elsevier. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50102-6

Perederic, Olivia Ana ; Mountraki, Aikaterini ; Papadopoulou, Electra ; Woodley, John M. ; Kontogeorgis, Georgios M. / Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin. Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. editor / Sauro Pierucci ; Flavio Manenti ; Guilia Bozzano ; Davide Manca. Vol. 48 Elsevier, 2020. pp. 607-612 (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering).

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Perederic, OA, Mountraki, A, Papadopoulou, E, Woodley, JM & Kontogeorgis, GM 2020, Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin. in S Pierucci, F Manenti, G Bozzano & D Manca (eds), Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. vol. 48, Elsevier, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, pp. 607-612, 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 30), 31/08/2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50102-6

Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin. / Perederic, Olivia Ana; Mountraki, Aikaterini; Papadopoulou, Electra; Woodley, John M.; Kontogeorgis, Georgios M.

Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. ed. / Sauro Pierucci; Flavio Manenti; Guilia Bozzano; Davide Manca. Vol. 48 Elsevier, 2020. p. 607-612 (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering).

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Perederic OA, Mountraki A, Papadopoulou E, Woodley JM , Kontogeorgis GM. Life Cycle Analysis of Phenol - Formaldehyde Resins Substituted with Lignin. In Pierucci S, Manenti F, Bozzano G, Manca D, editors, Proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. Vol. 48. Elsevier. 2020. p. 607-612. (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823377-1.50102-6