In the past few decades, there has been a growing demand for renewable and sustainable polymeric materials due to 1) their ability to provide enhanced functionality, and 2) increasing environmental concerns from fossil-based products. Epoxidized vegetable oils and their derivatives are alternative sources for petroleum-based resins. Among epoxidized vegetable oil-based resins, epoxidized sucrose soyate (ESS) has gained great interest as it has shown to significantly enhance the mechanical properties as an adhesive in a wide range of applications including composites and coatings.<br/>In our study, we investigate the environmental and economic performances of the ESS resins. We use laboratory and pilot-scale data to model the process of preparing ESS resin in industrial-scale using Aspen Plus software. Additionally, we use life cycle assessment (LCA) method to assess the environmental impacts of making this resin. We use Simapro software and TRACI 2 method (including ten environmental impact categories e.g. global warming) to compare the environmental performance of ESS with commercially available petroleum-based epoxy resins. The results from the process simulation including material and energy balances are also used to evaluate the production cost of ESS. The combination of environmental and cost performance data of the ESS will provide decision-making information for its commercialization and allow us to identify hotspots in the production process and recommend possible synthesis improvements that can help this novel resin compete with commercially available resins in the market. To our best of knowledge, this is the first research that investigates the cost and environmental impacts of ESS.<br/>

Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of epoxidized sucrose soyate: Novel biobased adhesive

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