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Chicken feathers based biocomposites: a new sustainable product?
dc.contributor.author | Molins Duran, Gemma |
dc.contributor.author | Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores |
dc.contributor.author | Garrido Soriano, Núria |
dc.contributor.author | Macanás de Benito, Jorge |
dc.contributor.author | Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando |
dc.contributor.other | Escola d'Enginyeria de Terrassa |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Química |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Màquines i Motors Tèrmics |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut d'Investigació Tèxtil i Cooperació Industrial de Terrassa |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-19T13:13:40Z |
dc.date.created | 2013 |
dc.date.issued | 2013 |
dc.identifier.citation | Molins, G. [et al.]. Chicken feathers based biocomposites: a new sustainable product?. A: LCA Conference. "LCA Conference". 2013. |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20654 |
dc.description.abstract | Plastic composites are made of polymers and different reinforcements that originally were synthetic and non-biodegradable. Since 1990’s, many biodegradable composites, formed by a biodegradable matrix and natural fibers, have been proposed. In spite of the advantages of biocomposites, it is important to ponder the technical drawbacks of these natural fibers, mainly from a vegetable origin, and their environmental impacts (EIs). Vegetable fibers imply a land use that can compete with food production. Chicken feathers (CFs), made of keratin fibers, are a potential alternative as they are a waste material, produced in large quantities (800,000 ton/year in EU-27), do not compete with human food production and have been scarcely used up to now. Taking on board these premises, a biocomposite made of PLA and CFs was fabricated at lab-scale as new material. However, before using CFs as reinforcement, sanitizing pretreatments have been envisaged before, due to their quick decay. The EIs of these treatments were experimentally quantified and a cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was performed to evaluate altogether the impacts of manufacturing a technical panel with different content of CFs (up to 35% v/v). As main results, the avoided burdens of the CF waste treatment and the energy consumption for the drying step must be optimized to achieve lower EIs for the preparation of CFs/PLA composites |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria biomèdica::Biomaterials |
dc.subject.lcsh | Polymers |
dc.subject.lcsh | Composite materials |
dc.subject.lcsh | Feathers |
dc.subject.other | Chicken feathers |
dc.subject.other | Biocomposites |
dc.subject.other | Waste recovering |
dc.subject.other | Life Cycle Assessment |
dc.title | Chicken feathers based biocomposites: a new sustainable product? |
dc.type | Conference report |
dc.subject.lemac | Plomes |
dc.subject.lemac | Polímers |
dc.subject.lemac | Materials compostos |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. SUMMLab - Sustainability Measurement and Modeling Lab |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. POLQUITEX - Materials Polimérics i Química Téxtil |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://cataleg.upc.edu/record=b1433593~S1*cat |
dc.rights.access | Restricted access - publisher's policy |
local.identifier.drac | 12870187 |
dc.description.version | Postprint (published version) |
dc.date.lift | 10000-01-01 |
local.citation.author | Molins, G.; M.D. Alvarez; Garrido, N.; Macanas, J.; Carrillo, F. |
local.citation.contributor | LCA Conference |
local.citation.publicationName | LCA Conference |