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Borrega, Marc
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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- 2023Evaluation of chemical additives in hydrothermal pre-treatment of wood for the integrated production of monosugars and hydrolysis lignins for PLA-based biocompositescitations
- 2022Utilizing and Valorizing Oat and Barley Straw as an Alternative Source of Lignocellulosic Fiberscitations
- 2022Utilizing and Valorizing Oat and Barley Straw as an Alternative Source of Lignocellulosic Fiberscitations
- 2022Valorization of Industrial Spruce Bark by Alkaline Extraction
- 2020Morphological and Wettability Properties of Thin Coating Films Produced from Technical Ligninscitations
- 2016Wood biorefinery based on γ-valerolactone/water fractionationcitations
- 2015Composition and structure of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) woodcitations
- 2015Mechanics of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) woodcitations
- 2011Radial mechanical properties of high-temperature dried Norway spruce (Picea abies) woodcitations
- 2011Cell wall porosity in norway spruce wood as affected by high-temperature drying
- 2010Three mechanisms affecting the mechanical properties of spruce wood dried at high temperaturescitations
- 2008Effect of relative humidity on thermal degradation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) woodcitations
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Valorization of Industrial Spruce Bark by Alkaline Extraction
Abstract
Industrial bark is an abundant side-stream from the debarking of wood logs by the forest industries. Nowadays the bark is mainly treated as energy source in the mills but other applications of bark are also being sought. Softwood bark is composed of cellulose, non-cellulosic polysaccharides, lignin, high amounts of tannins and other extractives, and inorganic compounds. Alkaline extractions of spruce bark conducted under a wide range of process conditions showed that between 20-27 % of the bark could be extracted as polyphenols, mainly tannins and some lignin, with a molar mass of about 2-3 KDa (Borrega et al., 2022). For comparison, the polyphenol yield from water extractions conducted under similar temperature and time was only about 4 % on bark. The polyphenols in the black liquor from two selected extractions, conducted at 100 ˚C with 15 % NaOH and at 160 ˚C with 24 % NaOH, were recovered by acidic precipitation and tested as surfactants. The composition of the polyphenol-rich precipitates was dependent on the extraction conditions; lower extraction temperature increased the share of carbohydrates while higher temperature increased the share of lignin. Nonetheless, despite the different composition, the polyphenol-rich precipitates were able to decrease the surface tension in aqueous solutions and showed surface activity similar to that of a commercial biosurfactant (Borrega et al., 2022). The polyphenol-rich materials could also be used to partly replace phenol in resins for wood adhesives. Moreover, the utilization of alkali extracted polyphenols as preservative component in construction wood is currently being investigated. In addition to extraction of polyphenols in high yield, alkaline extractions of bark leave a celluloserich bark residue that may be exploited in various applications. For instance, the utilization of residual spruce bark (after alkaline extraction) in saccharification trials demonstrated that up to 94% of the polysaccharide fraction could be hydrolyzed into monosugars (Borrega et al., ...