Paper details

Title:

Production and Obtention of Bioproducts to Boost Mediterranean Forest Management within the Context of a Biorefinery

Author(s):

Mora, M., Coloma, E., Cuadrench, A., Fábregas, E., Céspedes, F., Puy, N.

Document(s):

Abstract:

In the Mediterranean region there is a lack of forest management which results in a rise of forest fires. The present work, englobed inside the European project LIFE BIOREFFORMED, promotes an innovative strategy to boost forest management through the production of renewable value-added chemicals and biofuels, using a semi­industrial torrefaction and pyrolysis plant to produce bio-oil from wood. This study focuses on the production of bio­oil (BO) and posterior separation of sugars, acids, antioxidants and pyrolytic lignin (PL), to produce phenolic resins using wood to increase the end-value of the products and boost the forest value chain. Solvent extraction and column chromatography were used to separate the chemicals from bio-oil achieving the separation of BO into four different fractions: 1) PL which was characterized with FT-IR and converted into phenol-formaldehyde resins (PF), 2) Sugar and acid rich fraction, 3) Antioxidant fraction and 4) Aromatic hydrocarbon fraction. Those fractions were characterised with GC-MS.

Keywords:

bioeconomy, biomass, biorefinery, lignin, pyrolysis, bioproducts

Topic:

Biomass Conversion to Intermediate Bioenergy Carriers and Sustainable Biofuels

Subtopic:

Pyrolysis

Event:

31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

5BV.10.10

Pages:

976 - 978

ISBN:

978-88-89407-23-3

Paper DOI:

10.5071/31stEUBCE2023-5BV.10.10

Price:

FREE