Table 6 Life cycle inventory of PHB extraction process based on experimental results
From: Novel insights in dimethyl carbonate-based extraction of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
| Â | PHB from DMC/ethanol (run 11) | PHB from chloroform/hexane (standard extraction) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dataset | Amount | Unit | Dataset | Amount | Unit | |
Output | PHB | 0.235 | g | PHB | 0.239 | g |
Inputs | Biomass | 0.546 | g | Biomass | 0.55 | g |
DMC (modelled) | 23.01 | g | Hexane {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U | 15.84 | g | |
Ethanol, without water, in 99.7% solution state, from ethylene {RER}| ethylene hydration | Alloc Def, U | 50.89 | g | Trichloromethane {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U | 11.92 | g | |
Electricity, low voltage {Europe without Switzerland}| market group for | Alloc Def, U | 4.463·10–03 | kWh | Electricity, low voltage {Europe without Switzerland}| market group for | Alloc Def, U | 8.177·10–04 | kWh | |