Yes, we can make money out of lignin and other bio-based resources

Published  Date
Industrial Crops and Products
Available online 10 November 2016, doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.10.036

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• Author 

• Florian H.M. Graichen ^,
• Warren J. Grigsby
• Stefan J. Hill
• Laura G. Raymond
• Marion Sanglard
• Dawn A. Smith
• Glenn J. Thorlby
• Kirk M. Torr
• Jeremy M. Warnes

• Scion, 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand

Received 29 July 2016. Accepted 22 October 2016. Available online 10 November 2016.

Highlights

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  Size of the product: from designing trees with customised lignin and modifying wood dried by supercritical processing to bioaromatics from lignin hydrogenolysis.
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  Scale of the product: from wood fibre plastic composites at commercial scale and lignin-rich bioadhesives to bio-based materials for 3D printing.
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  Value of the product(s): lignin-based nanofibres and supercritical extraction of chemicals and compounds to utilising biomass side streams.

Abstract

Unlike a traditional review, this article does not summarise and discuss scientific progress in terms of traditional focus topics such as upstream processes or conversion and downstream processes, but instead provides examples proving that “Yes, we can make money from lignin and other bio-based resources”. The nine success stories from Scion's research are differentiated by the size of the product from designing trees with customised lignin and modifying wood dried by supercritical processing to bioaromatics from lignin hydrogenolysis, the scale of the product – from wood fibre plastic composites at commercial scale and lignin-rich bioadhesives to bio-based materials for 3D printing and the value of the product(s) – from lignin-based nanofibres and supercritical extraction of chemicals and compounds to utilising biomass side streams.

Keywords

Lignin

Biobased

Bioeconomy

Biopolymer

Wood fibre composite

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