Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Levoglucosan Production from Cotton Straw Through Fast Pyrolysis.
Bioresource Technology(2020)
摘要
This study aimed to evaluate the environmental impacts (i.e. global warming potential (GWP) and resource depletion (RD)) of the bio-based levoglucosan production process through fast pyrolysis of cotton straw via life cycle assessment (LCA). An LCA model consisting of feedstock transportation, biomass pretreatment, fast pyrolysis, bio-oil transportation, bio-oil recovery and levoglucosan extraction was developed. Results indicated that GWP and RD of bio-based levoglucosan production were approximately 2 and 32.5 times less than that of the petroleum-based counterpart. Sensitivity analysis showed that the GWP and RD of levoglucosan production were highly sensitive to plant size, hydrochloric acid usage, cooling energy, levoglucosan yield and bio-oil yield. The results of this research could provide a framework for robust decision making at an industrial level, which is useful for the commercial-scale production of levoglucosan.
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Levoglucosan,Life cycle assessment (LCA),Bio-based chemicals,Bio-oil,Global warming potential (GWP),Resource depletion (RD)
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