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Arfelis S, Malpartida I, Lair V, Caldeira V, Sazdovski I, Bala A, Fullana-I-Palmer P. Life cycle assessment on calcium zincate production methods for rechargeable batteries. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 866:161094. [PMID: 36566846 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The world's energy transition from fossil to renewable energy is unthinkable without further research in energy storage. Decreasing the environmental impacts from the production of energy storage technologies is essential for achieving a green energy transition. Calcium Zincate (CAZN) is used as active material in rechargeable zinc-based batteries (and other products, such as heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel or antifungal products). They present a low-cost, safer, alternative to Lithium based batteries and are targeted as replacement solutions for lead-acid batteries. We propose a novelty in the synthesis of CAZN, the hydro-micro-mechanical process (HMMS). The residence time of this new route is about 20 times lower than the traditional processes, so its production needs less infrastructure and can deliver quicker at an industrial scale. In addition, laboratory tests indicate that HMMS CAZN has more reaction surface area and the activation of the battery is 1.77 times faster. Using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method, we compare this new process with the current best option, hydro-thermal synthesis (HTS). The cradle-to-gate results per kg of CAZN already indicates that HMMS is an environmentally better alternative for all indicators; especially when considering the normalization of the results with the residence time and the surface area, HMMS delivers better results, with improvements of 97 % in global warming, for instance. With this, we demonstrate that, outside of the cradle-to-gate, variables that make the final products better service units or give more function should be considered as valuable additional information when deciding among alternatives. This also highlights the importance of life cycle thinking when working with chemical processes and substances. In the sensitivity analysis, we developed 7 scenarios related to the energy demand of the processes, and we incorporated the projection in the European electricity mix for 2030 and 2050.
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- Sergi Arfelis
- UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, Passeig de Pujades, 1, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; DEASYL SA, Chem. du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- DEASYL SA, Chem. du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland; Universidad de Málaga, Departamento Química Inorgánica, Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Av. de Cervantes, 2, 29016 Málaga, Spain.
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- DEASYL SA, Chem. du Pont-du-Centenaire 109, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland; EasylZinc, 415 voie Nicolas Copernic, 73800 Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac, France.
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- EasylZinc, 415 voie Nicolas Copernic, 73800 Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac, France.
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- UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, Passeig de Pujades, 1, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, Passeig de Pujades, 1, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, Passeig de Pujades, 1, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Talukdar H, Sultana SY, Kalita A, Islam NS. Selective and Mild Oxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural to 5‐Hydroxymethyl‐2‐furancarboxylic Acid over Organic Polymer‐Supported Peroxidoniobium(V) Catalysts. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Hiya Talukdar
- Department of Chemical Sciences Tezpur university Tezpur 784028 Assam India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Tezpur university Tezpur 784028 Assam India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences Tezpur university Tezpur 784028 Assam India
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Kim H, Kim J, Won W. Toward Economical and Sustainable Production of Renewable Plastic: Integrative System-Level Analyses. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200240. [PMID: 35438828 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is one of the promising renewable plastic monomers enabling to address several environmental issues, instead of petroleum-based terephthalic acid (TPA). In this study, an integrative process for the co-production of FDCA and furfural as well as activated carbon was developed, and the economic feasibility and environmental sustainability for the proposed process were evaluated. In the proposed process, there were major four catalytic conversion reactions: (1) hydrolysis of biomass to its derivatives (cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin), (2) dehydration of hemicellulose to furfural, (3) dehydration of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and (4) successive oxidation of HMF to FDCA. Particularly, a heat exchanger network coupled with a heat pump was established to minimize the utility consumption, thereby reducing 72 % of the heating requirement. Techno-economic analysis revealed that the minimum selling price of FDCA was $1380 ton-1 , which is comparable to that of petroleum-based TPA ($1445 ton-1 ). Uncertainty analysis using the Monte Carlo simulation method was employed to quantify the risk associated with the unforeseen market condition. From the life-cycle assessment, we observed that the proposed process is more environmentally sustainable than conventional TPA production in terms of climate change and fossil depletion metrics.
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- Hyunwoo Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering (Integrated Engineering), Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, 17104, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, 16419, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering (Integrated Engineering), Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, 17104, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Impact of Bentonite Clay on In Situ Pyrolysis vs. Hydrothermal Carbonization of Avocado Pit Biomass. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12060655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Biofuels produced via thermochemical conversions of waste biomass could be sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels but currently require costly downstream upgrading to be used in existing infrastructure. In this work, we explore how a low-cost, abundant clay mineral, bentonite, could serve as an in situ heterogeneous catalyst for two different thermochemical conversion processes: pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). Avocado pits were combined with 20 wt% bentonite clay and were pyrolyzed at 600 °C and hydrothermally carbonized at 250 °C, commonly used conditions across the literature. During pyrolysis, bentonite clay promoted Diels–Alder reactions that transformed furans to aromatic compounds, which decreased the bio-oil oxygen content and produced a fuel closer to being suitable for existing infrastructure. The HTC bio-oil without the clay catalyst contained 100% furans, mainly 5-methylfurfural, but in the presence of the clay, approximately 25% of the bio-oil was transformed to 2-methyl-2-cyclopentenone, thereby adding two hydrogen atoms and removing one oxygen. The use of clay in both processes decreased the relative oxygen content of the bio-oils. Proximate analysis of the resulting chars showed an increase in fixed carbon (FC) and a decrease in volatile matter (VM) with clay inclusion. By containing more FC, the HTC-derived char may be more stable than pyrolysis-derived char for environmental applications. The addition of bentonite clay to both processes did not produce significantly different bio-oil yields, such that by adding a clay catalyst, a more valuable bio-oil was produced without reducing the amount of bio-oil recovered.
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Towards Sustainable Production Processes Reengineering: Case Study at INCOM Egypt. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14116564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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INCOM Egypt has undergone automation in some processes where critical aspects of its operations are transformed and automated. This paper presents an overview of INCOM Egypt processes using Ould Riva and analyses the process of ‘handling a product’. It aims to demonstrate effective automation of the production of wires and cables process accompanied to Industry 4.0 while considering environmental and economic sustainability goals that were inhibited by COVID-19 restrictions. Ould’s Riva method is used to analyse the production process of wires and cables to propose improvements for automating the process. Business process modelling is utilised to study the processes for clearer understating. The flow of information within the process is also analysed to integrate the production process with other processes and supply chains, which helps to identify which production activities can be automated and mainstreamed into the information flow to achieve environmental and economic sustainability. The context of INCOM Egypt, as a case study, is presented along with the Riva model of its operations. The paper identifies the before, i.e., As-Is process, and after, i.e., To-Be Process, automation of the ‘handle a product’ process using the Role Activity Diagram (RAD). The process involved redesigning and improving different activities to increase resource-use efficiency to participate in achieving the goals of sustainability. The focus of this paper is to investigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on sustainability and to examine the accomplishments of process automation of wire production towards environmental and economic sustainability. The results of the research reveal a relationship between business process modelling and sustainability. Moreover, automation of processes (Industry 4.0) is found to reduce the negative effect of COVID-19 on production. A triangulation between process modelling, process automation (Industry 4.0), and sustainability was determined. Each one is reinforcing and impacting one another. The RAD model demonstrates that automation of the activities in the process reduces waste, time, cost, and redundant processes as factors of sustainability, which may also help to lessen the unfavorable effects of the pandemic. The results proved generalisation on other organisations in the same line of business.
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Perin D, Fredi G, Rigotti D, Soccio M, Lotti N, Dorigato A. Sustainable textile fibers of bioderived polylactide/poly(pentamethylene 2,
5‐furanoate
) blends. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Davide Perin
- Department of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit University of Trento Trento Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit University of Trento Trento Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit University of Trento Trento Italy
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and INSTM Research Unit University of Trento Trento Italy
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Energy-saving and environmentally friendly pervaporation-distillation hybrid process for alcohol and ester recovery from wastewater containing three binary azeotropes. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Paschetag M, Paschetag A, Merkel F, Mehringer C, Scholl S. Life Cycle Analysis: Assessment of Technologies for Droplet Separation – A Case Study. CHEM-ING-TECH 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Mandy Paschetag
- Technische Universität Braunschweig Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering Langer Kamp 7 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering Langer Kamp 7 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- weyer gruppe, horst weyer und partner GmbH Schillingsstrasse 329 52355 Düren Germany
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- RVT Process Equipment GmbH Paul‐Rauschert‐Strasse 6 96349 Steinwiesen Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering Langer Kamp 7 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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Zhu Z, Li S, Meng D, Qi H, Zhao F, Li X, Cui P, Wang Y, Xu D, Ma Y. Energy efficient and environmentally friendly pervaporation-distillation hybrid process for ternary azeotrope purification. Comput Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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New Intensification Strategies for the Direct Conversion of Real Biomass into Platform and Fine Chemicals: What Are the Main Improvable Key Aspects? Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10090961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Nowadays, the solvothermal conversion of biomass has reached a good level of development, and now it is necessary to improve the process intensification, in order to boost its further growth on the industrial scale. Otherwise, most of these processes would be limited to the pilot scale or, even worse, to exclusive academic investigations, intended as isolated applications for the development of new catalysts. For this purpose, it is necessary to improve the work-up technologies, combining, where possible, reaction/purification unit operations, and enhancing the feedstock/liquid ratio, thus improving the final concentration of the target product and reducing the work-up costs. Furthermore, it becomes decisive to reconsider more critically the choice of biomass, solvent(s), and catalysts, pursuing the biomass fractionation in its components and promoting one-pot cascade conversion routes. Screening and process optimization activities on a laboratory scale must be fast and functional to the flexibility of these processes, exploiting efficient reaction systems such as microwaves and/or ultrasounds, and using multivariate analysis for an integrated evaluation of the data. These upstream choices, which are mainly of the chemist’s responsibility, are fundamental and deeply interconnected with downstream engineering, economic, and legislative aspects, which are decisive for the real development of the process. In this Editorial, all these key issues will be discussed, in particular those aimed at the intensification of solvothermal processes, taking into account some real case studies, already developed on the industrial scale.
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Iglesias J, Martínez-Salazar I, Maireles-Torres P, Martin Alonso D, Mariscal R, López Granados M. Advances in catalytic routes for the production of carboxylic acids from biomass: a step forward for sustainable polymers. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:5704-5771. [PMID: 32658221 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00177e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Polymers are ubiquitously present in our daily life because they can meet a wide range of needs and fields of applications. This success, based on an irresponsible linear consumption of plastics and the access to cheap oil, is creating serious environmental problems. Two lines of actions are needed to cope with them: to adopt a circular consumption of plastics and to produce renewable carbon-neutral monomers. This review analyses the recent advances in the chemocatalytic processes for producing biomass-derived carboxylic acids. These renewable carboxylic acids are involved in the synthesis of relevant general purpose and specialty polyesters and polyamides; some of them are currently derived from oil, while others can become surrogates of petrochemical polymers due to their excellent performance properties. Polyesters and polyamides are very suitable to be depolymerised to other valuable chemicals or to their constituent monomers, what facilitates the circular reutilisation of these monomers. Different types of carboxylic acids have been included in this review: monocarboxylic acids (like glycolic, lactic, hydroxypropanoic, methyl vinyl glycolic, methyl-4-methoxy-2-hydroxybutanoic, 2,5-dihydroxypent-3-enoic, 2,5,6-trihydroxyhex-3-enoic acids, diphenolic, acrylic and δ-amino levulinic acids), dicarboxylic acids (2,5-furandicarboxylic, maleic, succinic, adipic and terephthalic acids) and sugar acids (like gluconic and glucaric acids). The review evaluates the technology status and the advantages and drawbacks of each route in terms of feedstock, reaction pathways, catalysts and economic and environmental evaluation. The prospects and the new research that should be undertaken to overcome the main problems threatening their economic viability or the weaknesses that prevent their commercial implementation have also been underlined.
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- J Iglesias
- Chemical & Environmental Engineering Group, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan, s/n, Mostoles, Madrid 28933, Spain
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- EQS Group (Sustainable Energy and Chemistry Group), Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC), C/Marie Curie, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Universidad de Málaga, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Cristalografia y Mineralogía (Unidad Asociada al ICP-CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Glucan Biorenewables LLC, Madison, WI 53719, USA and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- EQS Group (Sustainable Energy and Chemistry Group), Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC), C/Marie Curie, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- EQS Group (Sustainable Energy and Chemistry Group), Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry (CSIC), C/Marie Curie, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Ventura M, Marinas A, Domine ME. Catalytic Processes for Biomass-Derived Platform Molecules Valorisation. Top Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01309-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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