resumo
The new organosolv process of wheat straw fractionation elaborated by Compagnie Industrielle de la matiere Vegetale (France) corresponds to the biorefinery approach, which allows separating cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. The straw lignin (Biolignin (TM)) is an attractive product, for which new applications are sought. In the present work, straw lignin (L) was converted into liquid lignopolyols via a batch reaction with propylene oxide (PO). The effects of the lignin content (L%) in the initial reaction mixture (L/(L+PO) on the oxypropylation process and the properties of whole lignopolyols and L/PO copolymers were studied. Almost complete disappearance of L-OHphen and L-COOH groups in copolymers was accompanied by an increase in the L-OHaliph groups' content therein. The polydispersity (M-w/M-n) of all copolymers obtained decreased essentially compared to the reference. The extent of PO grafting onto OH groups increased with decreasing lignin content in the initial reaction mixture. At a lignin content of 15-30% in the initial reaction mixture, the lignopolyols fulfil the requirements of polyol polyethers for rigid polyurethane foam production. The further increase in the lignin content leads to the appearance of the non-liquefied fraction and the undesirable increase in the viscosity of the liquefied part.
palavras-chave
RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS; KRAFT LIGNIN; TECHNICAL LIGNINS; ENSUING POLYOLS; FRACTIONATION; PLASTICS
categoria
Forestry; Materials Science
autores
Arshanitsa, A; Vevere, L; Telysheva, G; Dizhbite, T; Gosselink, RJA; Bikovens, O; Jablonski, A
nossos autores
Laima Vévere
Estudante de doutoramentoGrupos
agradecimentos
The financial support from the 7th FP Collaborative project BIOCORE Contract 241566 and the Latvian budget (LSC grant 564/2012) is gratefully acknowledged. W. Teunissen and J.C. van der Puten from WUR-FBR are kindly acknowledged for SEC analysis.