Journal
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 109, Issue -, Pages 426-433Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.060
Keywords
Wheat straw; Liquefaction; Alcohol-water mixed solvent; Base catalyst; Bio-polyols; Bio-based polyurethane foams
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- Chinese Scholarship Council
- NSERC
- FPInnovations
- Ministry of Research and Innovation of Ontario through the Industrial Research Chair and ORF-RE5 Programs in Forest Biorefinery award
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Highly efficient liquefaction of wheat straw (WS) was achieved using alcohol/water mixed solvent at low temperatures under medium pressure in the presence of an alkaline catalyst. Effects of liquefaction conditions, e.g., temperature, residence time, catalyst, and type of solvents on the yields of bio-polyols (BP) and solid residue were investigated. Liquefaction of WS in ethanol/water (50/50, v/v) using NaOH (15 wt.% w.r.t. WS weight) at 270 degrees C for 120 min produced 72.1% yield and the BP has a weight-average molecular weight of 1000 g/mol and hydroxyl number of 449 mg KOH/g. The obtained BP was successfully utilized to substitute up to 50 wt.% of PPG400 for the preparation of bio-based PU (BPU) foams using a low amount of foaming catalyst (0.5 wt.%). The BPU foams exhibit good thermal conductivity (0.040-0.050 W/(m K)) and thermal stability comparable to those of a reference foam prepared with 100% PPG400.
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