Potential Environmental Benefits of Ultralight Particleboards with Biobased Foam Cores

Table 2

Disaggregation of the energy consumption for each manufacturing stage (A3 modules) of a 1 m³ conventional PB (Ecoinvent v2.2 dataset) using literature information and assumptions.

Manufacturing stage	Particle preparation	Drying	Gluing	Mat forming	Pressing	Others	Total
Electricity (%)	31	21	5	4	21	18	100
Electricity (kWh/m^3)	32	22	5	4	22	19	104
Electricity (MJ/m^3)	116	79	19	15	79	67	374
Wood (%)		83			17		100
Wood (MJ/m^3)		913			187		1,100
Fossil (%)		41			13	46	100
Heavy oil (MJ/m^3)		17			21	48	86
Light oil (MJ/m^3)		17			21	48	86
Natural gas (MJ/m^3)		100				54	154
Total fossil (MJ/m^3)		134				150	326
Total energy (MJ/m^3)	116	1,125	19	15	266	217	1758
Total energy (%)	7	64	1	1	15	12	100
Total energy (kWh/m^3)	32	313	5	4	74	60	488