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NATURAL BIO-POLYMERS, BIO-BASED,

SUSTAINABLE BIOMATERIALS AND

GREEN COMPOSITES

DO WE STILL NEED WOOD?

Rupert Wimmer

Institute for Natural Materials Technology, IFA Tulln

Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Vienna (BOKU), Austria

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Wood used as the

dominating material


Wood Science & Technology

Applications and opportunities

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every 5 seconds….60,000 plastic bags (US)

Climate Change

Energy

Sustainability

Renewability


Worldwide raw-material consumption

Polymers 280 mio tons p.a.

Steel 1.6 billion tons p.a.

Renewable raw materials (incl. wood) 2 billion tons p.a.

© T. Hirth, 2014


Worldwide biomass production and consumption

Wood.. worlds most utilized biomass source

More biomass needs to be utilized, to replace „oil“


Major components of biomass


Bio-based monomers and polymers from renewable

resources (selected)


Rapid – recent development: Increased speed of

BBM innovations

• Revolution in genome sequencing

& gene synthesis

• Progress in bioinformatics &

automation

Improved understanding of metabolic pathways for new (bio)technology

© A. Künkel, BASF, 2014


Renewable building-block development in 2006



Renewable building-block development in 2014


Many bio-based developments have reached production scale !


Example: Succinic acid fermentation technology for

new biopolymers


Wood will be the major source!!


Trends in „Bio-based polymers “

cited publications cited patents

2013

Most of it is in fact „wood science“….

Increasingly „invisible“


„wood“ becomes increasingly hidden


Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which

a new name, term, symbol, design, or

combination thereof is created for an

established brand with the intention of

developing a new, differentiated identity in

the minds …

…. need for rebranding „wood“?


Forest Products Biomaterials, Bio-based materials


Biomaterials" is used to describe any organic materials

that are extracted from ecosystems, including but not

limited to, wood, mushrooms, edible berries, and plant

sap in terrestrial ecosystems and algae in aquatic

ecosystems

Terry Sharik

Dean, School of Forest Resources &

Environmental Science, Michigan Tech

… not limited to wood


…not limited to wood….the European initiative


The European bio-based industries initiative

Reinforce innovation and extend current infrastructure across the economy

Built and strengthen value chains across industry sectors

Realise a connected bio-based economy from field to end consumer


Raw materials, processes and products

© T. Hirth, 2014

mostly wood


Biorefinery – raw materials,

processes and products

© T. Hirth, 2014

mostly wood

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Mostly coming from wood



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Will there be enough wood ? Availability, consumption and difference for woody biomass in 2020

(Source: Mantau 2007, Schwarzbauer)

Germany

Finland

France

Austria

Poland

Rumania

Sweden

Slowakia

Czech Rep

Selected EU/EFTA countries


Annual growth in woody stock vs. harvest

Switzerland Austria Finland Sweden EU-15

Enough wood ?


The European bioeconomy initiative

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Waste raw materials

• Beverage Cardboards

• Cardboard

• Kraft paper

• Leaflet paper

• Poster paper

• Wallpaper

• Yoghurt Beaker

• Laminated paper

• De-Inking paper sludge


Beverage Cardboards

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ng

and EVOH: Ethylen-Vinylalkohol-Copolymer

PE 25%

In Germany:

2009: 210.000 t produced, 125.000 t re-cycled, 2.5 kg/a capita

60% recycled;

Cellulose fibres (75%) are extracted and re-used

Sig combibloc

Elopak

Italpak

Tetrapak


Wood

Natural

Lignin & resin in the matrix

Paper

Chemical treated

Nearly no lignin and resin

PPC: the more durable WPC type

thermal instable

brittleness by resin

silicate causes abrasion

higher processing temperature

flexible adjustment of properties

higher lifetime at processing units

greying UV - stable


from laminated paper waste…to innovative products

New material:

Paper-Plastic-Composite (PPC)


UPM-Kymmene Cooperation, FI


z.B. TetraPak SammlungDeckings Fair in Milano

Research project 2005 - 2009

UPM-Kymmene Cooperation, FI

Product now successfully on the market: UPM ProFi Deck


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De-Inking Paper Sludge Extruded Products

~ 70 % inorganic

~25% cellulose

From sludge waste ‚

to value materials

Developing resource-efficient materials


Mechanical properties – DPS – Wood Composites

extruded Wood – DeInking Paper Sludge (DPS) –

polypropylene (30%) composites.

Wood/DPS

35%/35%

Wood / DPS

0%/70%

MOR [MPa] 52 56

MOE [MPa] 7511 6648

IBS [kJ/m2] 4,7 3,6


How is innovation happening?

Starting point for each

innovation is either a

technology push or an

existing market pull.

Dr. Dolittle‘s

Push and Pull

Product innovation

New productMarket demand

Technological

potential


Wood is THE material for new bio-based,

sustainable and green material solutions….

…. no limitation to wood !

Innovation opportunities have expanded

Re-branding is a consequence

We need a lot of wood !

Finally….


Thank You !

Thank you for your attention !!

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NATURAL BIO-POLYMERS, BIO-BASED, SUSTAINABLE BIOMATERIALS AND GREEN COMPOSITES … · 2014-08-23 · SWST 2014 International Convention, Zvolen 1 NATURAL BIO-POLYMERS, BIO-BASED,