Towards a wood based material biorefinery - A demonstratorShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)In: 6th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, NWBC 2015, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland , 2015, p. 92-101Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Wood, the most abundant ligno-cellulosic raw material available, is a key potential feedstock for production of more sustainable alternatives to fossil-based materials. However advances within the fields of extraction and treatment processes within what is often referred to as the biorefinery concept is essential to allow for such transition. In this study, several different methods for the extraction and separation of wood constituents have been combined in a single process with the purpose of achieving a high overall efficiency of material extraction and utilisation. The work builds on several activities within the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC). The aim is to present a laboratory-scale demonstrator that illustrates how the different constituents can be separated from the wood matrix for later use in the production of bio-based materials and chemicals. The process steps involved have been tested as integral steps in a linked process for a scale of operations that range from the kilogram-scale down to the gram-scale. Industrially chipped softwood, containing mainly spruce with some pine, was used as raw material.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland , 2015. p. 92-101
Keywords [en]
Bio-based materials, Bioconversion, Biorefinery concept, Extraction, Ligno-cellulosics, Overall efficiency, Potential feedstock, Refining, Treatment process, Wood, Wood chemicals, Wood constituents, Wood-based materials
National Category
Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-284894Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85088254556ISBN: 9789513883539 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-284894DiVA, id: diva2:1508006
Conference
6th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, NWBC 2015; Helsinki; Finland; 20 October 2015 through 22 October 2015
Note
QC 20201209
2020-12-092020-12-092025-02-18Bibliographically approved