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Creating sustainable building materials from lignocellulosic residual biomass to replace dependency on fossil-based materials
Bio-resources such as straw, bark, forest residues and sunflower husks could hold the key to a more environmentally friendly future for Europe’s process industry. Bio4Products has demonstrated how these four bio-resources can be exploited, creating renewable and natural alternatives to fossil-based processing streams such as bitumen, phenols and creosote.
A state-of-the-art fast pyrolysis process was deployed, to transform solid lignocellulosic residues into a flexible bio-oil in a matter of seconds. A fractionation demo-plant was also constructed and used to separate the oil into lignin and sugar fractions via low temperature fractionation which keeps the chemical functionalities intact. These bio-based intermediates which could be integrated into existing production processes for the development of sustainable alternative products for use in different construction applications, and variety of other industry relevant sectors.
The global green building materials market is projected to grow from $422.27 billion in 2023 to $951.15 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 12.3%.
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) involved an analysis of 17 different impacts clustered around three end points: damage to human health, damage to ecosystems and damage to resources. The results prove that all value chains show significant Greenhouse Gas (GHG) savings and overall low environmental impacts.
Creating secondary revenue for forestry farmers
Farmers or foresters, researchers, technology providers, product end users (e.g., construction material producers, automative industry, building, maintenance and household supplies)
Straw, bark, forest residues and sunflower husks
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BIO4Products
Pyrolysis and extraction
Phenolic resins, Insulation foams, Sand moulding resins
3 tonnes/day pyrolysis oil
Netherlands
2016
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