Open AccessScale‐up and Sustainability Evaluation of Biopolymer Production from Citrus Waste Offering Carbon Capture and Utilisation Pathway
Author(s) -
Durkin Alex,
Taptygin Ivan,
Kong Qingyuan,
Gunam Resul Mohamad F. M.,
Rehman Abdul,
Fernández Ana M. L.,
Harvey Adam P.,
Shah Nilay,
Guo Miao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistryopen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 29
ISSN - 2191-1363
DOI - 10.1002/open.201900161
Subject(s) - sustainability , limiting , biopolymer , scale (ratio) , waste management , engineering , environmental science , biochemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , ecology , mechanical engineering , polymer , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Dr Miao Guo from Department of Chemical Engineering at the Imperial College London (UK). The cover picture shows modelling research on the co‐polymerisation of waste‐sourced limonene oxide with CO 2 to produce poly(limonene carbonate), which offers a sustainable pathway to achieve carbon capture and utilisation. A computational approach to process design was integrated with sustainability evaluation to model this synthetic pathway and identify the environmental‐damaging and performance‐limiting steps for further improvement. Our research highlights the potential of closed‐loop manufacturing systems with waste recovery, which is instrumental in building a sustainable circular economy. Read the full text of their Full Paper at 10.1002/open.201900015.