Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment
The use of pyrolysis-based<b> </b>wood conservation is a good alternative for the use of fossil-based creosotes. In this life cycle assessment (LCA) the environmental impact of a biorefinery approach of pyrolysis oil from forestry residues or maize digestate and its application as wood m...
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| author | Jurjen Spekreijse Tobias Weide Simon P.W. Hageman Patrick Reumerman Christof Wetter Elmar Brügging Martijn Vis |
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| description | The use of pyrolysis-based<b> </b>wood conservation is a good alternative for the use of fossil-based creosotes. In this life cycle assessment (LCA) the environmental impact of a biorefinery approach of pyrolysis oil from forestry residues or maize digestate and its application as wood modification treatment is determined. The damage to ecosystems, damage to human health and the increased resource scarcity is studied using an attributional LCA and a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. Based on data from an existing pyrolysis plant, it is shown that pyrolysis oil from maize digestate has a significantly higher environmental impact than pyrolysis oil from forestry residues. This is due to a lower energetic yield and a higher ash content in the feedstock. The biorefinery approach of using pyrolytic sugars as wood modification treatment shows significantly lower environmental impacts than the fossil-based creosotes, regardless of the selected end of life scenario, due to a lower toxicity and by a reduction of 82% of greenhouse gases. This shows that in addition to energy production, pyrolysis oil can be applied as biobased chemicals and materials, developing a sustainable platform based on pyrolysis oil. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffdccccb8cd14a26bed716abb254c8d32022-12-22T01:25:37ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-10-01920423310.3390/app9204233app9204233Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification TreatmentJurjen Spekreijse0Tobias Weide1Simon P.W. Hageman2Patrick Reumerman3Christof Wetter4Elmar Brügging5Martijn Vis6BTG Biomass Technology Group, PO Box 835, 75OO AV Enschede, The NetherlandsFaculty of Energy Building Services Environmental Engineering, Münster University of Applied Sciences, 48149 Münster, GermanySustainable Energy Systems, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, PO Box 70.000, 7500 KB Enschede, The NetherlandsBTG Biomass Technology Group, PO Box 835, 75OO AV Enschede, The NetherlandsFaculty of Energy Building Services Environmental Engineering, Münster University of Applied Sciences, 48149 Münster, GermanyFaculty of Energy Building Services Environmental Engineering, Münster University of Applied Sciences, 48149 Münster, GermanyBTG Biomass Technology Group, PO Box 835, 75OO AV Enschede, The NetherlandsThe use of pyrolysis-based<b> </b>wood conservation is a good alternative for the use of fossil-based creosotes. In this life cycle assessment (LCA) the environmental impact of a biorefinery approach of pyrolysis oil from forestry residues or maize digestate and its application as wood modification treatment is determined. The damage to ecosystems, damage to human health and the increased resource scarcity is studied using an attributional LCA and a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. Based on data from an existing pyrolysis plant, it is shown that pyrolysis oil from maize digestate has a significantly higher environmental impact than pyrolysis oil from forestry residues. This is due to a lower energetic yield and a higher ash content in the feedstock. The biorefinery approach of using pyrolytic sugars as wood modification treatment shows significantly lower environmental impacts than the fossil-based creosotes, regardless of the selected end of life scenario, due to a lower toxicity and by a reduction of 82% of greenhouse gases. This shows that in addition to energy production, pyrolysis oil can be applied as biobased chemicals and materials, developing a sustainable platform based on pyrolysis oil.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/20/4233pyrolysisbiorefinerywood modificationlcabiobasedcreosote |
| spellingShingle | Jurjen Spekreijse Tobias Weide Simon P.W. Hageman Patrick Reumerman Christof Wetter Elmar Brügging Martijn Vis Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment Applied Sciences pyrolysis biorefinery wood modification lca biobased creosote |
| title | Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment |
| title_full | Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment |
| title_short | Life Cycle Assessment on a Biorefinery Approach to Pyrolysis Oil for Wood Modification Treatment |
| title_sort | life cycle assessment on a biorefinery approach to pyrolysis oil for wood modification treatment |
| topic | pyrolysis biorefinery wood modification lca biobased creosote |
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