A Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate (ESS)-Based Biocomposite.

ABSTRACT: Biocomposites can be both environmentally and economically beneficial: during their life cycle they generally use and generate less petroleum-based carbon, and when produced from the byproduct of another industry or recycled back to the manufacturing process, they will bring additional economic benefits through contributing to a circular economy. Here we investigate and compare the environmental performance of a biocomposite composed of a soybean oil-based resin (epoxidized sucrose soyate) and flax-based reinforcement using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. We evaluate the main environmental impacts that are generated during the production of the bio-based resin used in the biocomposite, as well as the biocomposite itself. We compare the life cycle impacts of the proposed biocomposi

SUBMITTER: Ghasemi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7356212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature