International Journal of Polymer Science

Research Article

Potential Environmental Benefits of Ultralight Particleboards with Biobased Foam Cores

Table 4

Detail inventory for 1 m3 panel from gate-to-gate (Module A3).
FlowUnitPBULPB (EPS)ULPB (PLA/PMMA)ULPB (PLA)
Input
Resources     
 Water for coolingm3
Equipment     
 PlantCount
 Batch reactorCount  
 Absorption chillerCount  
 Liquid storage tankCount  
Energy     
 ElectricitykWh
 HeatMJ
  …thereof BiomassMJ
  …thereof GasMJ
  …thereof OilMJ
Output
Productm3
Byproducts: wood chipsm3
Waste waterm3
HeatMJ
Emissions     
 CO2 fossilkg
 CO2 biogenickg
 kg
 kg
 NMVOCkg
 Particulateskg
 Formaldehydekg
 Pentanekg