A Preliminary Study of Biorefinery Concept to Obtain Furfural and Binder-Less Panels from Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) Shives
Abstracts of 55th International Scientific Conference: Subsection: Environmental and Climate Technologies
2014
Prans Brazdausks,
Ramunas Tupciauskas,
Mārtiņš Andžs,
Jānis Rižikovs,
Māris Puķe,
Aigars Pāže,
Kristīne Meile,
Nikolajs Vederņikovs
The study is related to the development of a biorefinery concept to obtain furfural from hemp shives with Al2(SO4)3 as catalyst in the pretreatment process and binder-less panels from leftover without additional adhesives. Pretreatment temperatures were 160-180°C and time 90 min. The results show that it is possible obtain furfural 64.8-67.2%, calculated from the theoretically possible, and to obtain binder-less panels from pretreated hemp shives, but it is necessary to diminish the moisture content and severity factor of lignocellulose before the pressing stage.
Keywords
hemp shives, pretreatment process, furfural, steam explosion, binder-less panels
Brazdausks, P., Tupciauskas, R., Andžs, M., Rižikovs, J., Puķe, M., Pāže, A., Meile, K., Vederņikovs, N. A Preliminary Study of Biorefinery Concept to Obtain Furfural and Binder-Less Panels from Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) Shives. In: Abstracts of 55th International Scientific Conference: Subsection: Environmental and Climate Technologies, Latvia, Rīga, 14-16 October, 2014. Riga: RTU Press, 2014, pp.23-23. ISBN 978-9934-10-612-5.
Publication language
English (en)