Greener production of cellulose nanocrystals: An optimised design and life cycle assessment

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F22%3APU143937" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/22:PU143937 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0959652622007065" target="_blank" >https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.lib.vutbr.cz/science/article/pii/S0959652622007065</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131073" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131073</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Greener production of cellulose nanocrystals: An optimised design and life cycle assessment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are usually prepared by sulphuric acid hydrolysis in industrial production, resulting in a large amount of alkaline and water consumption. In this paper, three acid-CNCs separation methods, including gravity settling, centrifugation and microfiltration, are used to directly separate sulphuric acid from hydrolysate mixture to reduce alkaline and water consumption. Microfiltration was selected as the best method for acid-CNCs separation. Using microfiltration, the highest sulphuric acid recovery ratio was about 65.0%, with an acid concentration range of 8–10 wt% in the pilot-scale CNCs production. Continuous centrifugation was introduced to replace gravity settling to separate CNCs from the neutralised mixture for faster production and reducing water consumption. The consumption of alkaline and water decreased by 63.0% and 68.0%, and the cost was reduced by 26%. The result of life cycle assessment (LCA) showed that the process with acid-CNCs separation using microfiltration achieved a reduction of 33.4% in aquatic ecotoxicity, 38.1% in terrestrial ecotoxicity, 47.9% in aquatic acidification, 55.8% in aquatic eutrophication, 40.0% in global warming potential and 47.8% in non-renewable energy consumptions. This study provided a promising approach for separating sulphuric acid from hydrolysate mixture and reducing consumption of alkaline and water. Such clean and economic process has great potential in the industrial production of CNCs.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Greener production of cellulose nanocrystals: An optimised design and life cycle assessment

Popis výsledku anglicky

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are usually prepared by sulphuric acid hydrolysis in industrial production, resulting in a large amount of alkaline and water consumption. In this paper, three acid-CNCs separation methods, including gravity settling, centrifugation and microfiltration, are used to directly separate sulphuric acid from hydrolysate mixture to reduce alkaline and water consumption. Microfiltration was selected as the best method for acid-CNCs separation. Using microfiltration, the highest sulphuric acid recovery ratio was about 65.0%, with an acid concentration range of 8–10 wt% in the pilot-scale CNCs production. Continuous centrifugation was introduced to replace gravity settling to separate CNCs from the neutralised mixture for faster production and reducing water consumption. The consumption of alkaline and water decreased by 63.0% and 68.0%, and the cost was reduced by 26%. The result of life cycle assessment (LCA) showed that the process with acid-CNCs separation using microfiltration achieved a reduction of 33.4% in aquatic ecotoxicity, 38.1% in terrestrial ecotoxicity, 47.9% in aquatic acidification, 55.8% in aquatic eutrophication, 40.0% in global warming potential and 47.8% in non-renewable energy consumptions. This study provided a promising approach for separating sulphuric acid from hydrolysate mixture and reducing consumption of alkaline and water. Such clean and economic process has great potential in the industrial production of CNCs.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

20704 - Energy and fuels

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Laboratoř integrace procesů pro trvalou udržitelnost</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Cleaner Production

ISSN

0959-6526

e-ISSN

1879-1786

Svazek periodika

neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

345

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

131073-131073

Kód UT WoS článku

000789632400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85125434434