Innovative process for valorizing paper industry wastes and byproducts into reinforced plastic composites

摘要

Presentation of MF process and its results as an efficient way for valorizing biomass byproducts or waste into bio-mass reinforced plastic composites Several processes try to valorize the most available poly-mers in the world, the cellulose, either in energy, chemi-cal products, or reinforced composites. Lignin is also very interesting as highly stable biopolymer. Recently an innovative method emerges to process various lignocellulosic materials into biomass plastic compound. In Japan, a car parts maker includes kenaf in a poylpro-pylene (PP) composite up to 40% and observes a gain of 10% in weight and a reduction of 20% in CO2 emissions in comparison with conventional air cleaners . This Company has designed a complete production chain, from the kenaf seeding to the final product in the car, which embo-dies the M&F Technology's to secure the blending phase. In this paper we will have a look first at different processes that increase the value of biomass byproducts or wastes: subcritical water processes to separate it into different chemical components, and processes that create or process lignocellulosic reinforced plastics. Then we will present the MF process and display its strong points, to conclude with some results shown in the different pro-duced compounds and data from formed products.