Room: Callelongue Parterre
Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Time: 13:45 - 14:45 CEST
Session code 2DO.8
GHG saving potentials: latest developments
Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Three Biomass-Based Technology Platforms for Bulk Aromatics Production
Short Introductive summary
The project ‘Aromatic Renewables as an Opportunity for MATerials with Improved Circularity and Sustainability’ (AROMATICS), funded by the Dutch Ministry, aims to develop three innovative biomass-based aromatics production platforms and bring them to a technology readiness level (TRL) of 5-6. The three platforms start from feedstocks of mixed biomass waste, bioethanol-derived C4, and biobased furanics, and convert them into a range of ‘drop-in’ and ‘near drop-in’ aromatic chemicals over processes with varying TRLs. The overarching aim of this study is to assess the environmental sustainability of the three platforms to be developed. It attempts to 1) understand the cradle-to-gate environmental impacts and identify hotspots of the three platforms, and 2) compare the impacts with fossil-based and other biobased production routes. Ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) will be applied as the main tool.
Presenter
Zizhang WANG
Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
PhD candidate at Corpernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands, research topic 'environmental sustainability of innovative pathways towards bulk bio-aromatics production'.
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Co-authors:
L. Shen, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
H.M. Junginger, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
Session reference: 2DO.8.4