Techno-economic risk assessment, life cycle analysis and life cycle costing for poly(butylene succinate) and poly(lactic acid) production using renewable resources.
Sci Total Environ
; 806(Pt 4): 150594, 2022 Feb 01.
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The sustainable production of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) or poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) from corn glucose syrup, corn stover and sugar beet pulp (SBP) have been assessed via process design, preliminary techno-economic evaluation, life cycle assessment and life cycle costing (LCC). Cost-competitive PLA and PBS production can be achieved in a SBP-based biorefinery, including separation of crude pectin-rich extract as co-product, leading to minimum selling prices of $1.14/kgPLA and $1.37/kgPBS. Acidification Potential, Eutrophication Potential and Human Toxicity Potential are lower when SBP is used. The LCC of PLA ($1.42/kgPLA) and PBS ($1.72/kgPBS) production from SBP are lower than biaxial oriented polypropylene (BOPP, $1.66/kg) and general purpose polystyrene (GPPS, $2.04/kg) at pectin-rich extract market prices of $3/kg and $4/kg, respectively. Techno-economic risk assessment via Monte-Carlo simulations showed that PLA and PBS could be produced from SBP at the market prices of BOPP ($1.4/kg) and GPPS ($1.72/kg) with 100% probability to achieve a positive Net Present Value at pectin-rich extract market prices of $3/kg and $4/kg, respectively. This study demonstrated that SBP-based biorefinery development ensures sustainable production of PLA and PBS as compared to fossil-derived counterparts and single product bioprocesses using glucose syrup and corn stover.
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Poliésteres
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Estadios del Ciclo de Vida
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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Sci Total Environ
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2022
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Grecia
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