Maleic anhydride from bio-based 1-butanol and furfural: a life cycle assessment at the pilot scale
Raffaele Cucciniello, Daniele Cespi, Matteo Riccardi, Elena Neri, Fabrizio Passarini, Federico Maria Pulselli
Abstract
The necessity to feed the chemical industry with bio-based platform chemicals encourages the usage of a life cycle perspective in order to evaluate potentialities and drawbacks, before launching them at the industrial scale.
Topics & Concepts
FurfuralMaleic anhydrideLife-cycle assessmentButanolScale (ratio)Biochemical engineeringPerspective (graphical)Process engineeringChemistryPulp and paper industryOrganic chemistryEngineeringComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceProduction (economics)CatalysisPhysicsEconomicsEthanolPolymerMacroeconomicsCopolymerQuantum mechanicsCatalysis for Biomass ConversionChemistry and Chemical EngineeringMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction