LAPSE:2025.0226
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LAPSE:2025.0226
Environmental assessment of the catalytic arabinose oxidation
June 27, 2025
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Oxidation of arabinose to arabinoic acid is an innovative way to valorize local biomass to a high add value product. Previously done experiments on oxidation of arabinose to arabinoic acid with molecular oxygen were used to determine the optimum reaction conditions, scale-up the process and analyse the techno-economic aspects. These results were utilized to analyse the environmental impact of the scaled-up process during its lifetime using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. SimaPro software combined with the impact assessment method IMPACT 2002+ were applied. The results revealed that heating seems to be the largest contributor to the environmental impact even if the reaction is performed under rather mild conditions (70oC). This highlights the importance of reducing the energy consumption via efficient heat integration.
Oxidation of arabinose to arabinoic acid is an innovative way to valorize local biomass to a high add value product. Previously done experiments on oxidation of arabinose to arabinoic acid with molecular oxygen were used to determine the optimum reaction conditions, scale-up the process and analyse the techno-economic aspects. These results were utilized to analyse the environmental impact of the scaled-up process during its lifetime using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. SimaPro software combined with the impact assessment method IMPACT 2002+ were applied. The results revealed that heating seems to be the largest contributor to the environmental impact even if the reaction is performed under rather mild conditions (70oC). This highlights the importance of reducing the energy consumption via efficient heat integration.
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Biomass, Catalyst, Life Cycle Assessment
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Hachhach M, Murzin DY, Salmi T. Environmental assessment of the catalytic arabinose oxidation. Systems and Control Transactions 4:468-472 (2025) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.143249
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Hachhach M: Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering (TKR), Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre (PCC),; National Thematic Institute for Scientific Research-Water, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
Murzin DY: Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering (TKR), Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre (PCC),
Salmi T:
Murzin DY: Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering (TKR), Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre (PCC),
Salmi T:
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Systems and Control Transactions
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468
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472
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2025
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2025-07-01
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