Chicken feathers based composites: a life cycle assessment
| Autor: | Molins Duran, Gemma, Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores, Garrido Soriano, Núria, Macanás de Benito, Jorge, Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Escola d'Enginyeria de Terrassa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Màquines i Motors Tèrmics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut d'Investigació Tèxtil i Cooperació Industrial de Terrassa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. SUMMLab - Sustainability Measurement and Modeling Lab, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. POLQUITEX - Materials Polimérics i Química Téxtil |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Scopus-Elsevier Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname |
| Popis: | Chicken feathers (CFs) are a waste material generated from poultry industry in large quantities. A composite material constituted of poly lactide and CFs is proposed in order to prepare a biodegradable composite with low environmental impact. In order to evaluate its environmental impact, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is performed. The results show that, from the environmental point of view, the more chicken feathers in the material, the greater is its impact. This is mainly due to the non - inclusion of the impact data regarding CFs current waste management treatments required in accordance with the European Directive CE 1069/2009 (in study) and to the high energy consumption of the pre - treatment stages (cleaning and sanitizing) required to transform CFs waste into a CFs technical material that can be used for the preparation of CFs/PLA composites material, which needs to be optimized. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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