A review on life cycle assessments of thermally modified wood

This review compiles various literature studies on the environmental impacts associated with the processes of thermal modification of wood. In wood preservation field, the wood modification by heat is considered as an ecofriendly process due to the absence of any additional chemicals. However, it is challenging to find proper scientific and industrial data that support this aspect. There are still very few complete studies on the life cycle assessment (LCA) and even less studies on the environmental impacts related to wood heat treatment processes whether on a laboratory or on an industrial scales. This comprehensive review on environmental impact assessment emphasizes environmental categories such as dwindling of natural resources, cumulative energy intake, gaseous, solid and liquid emissions occurred by the thermal-treated wood industry. All literature-based data were collected for every single step of the process of wood thermal modification like resources, treatment process, transport and distribution, uses and end of life of treated wood products.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Candelier, Kévin, Dibdiakova, Janka
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	K50 - Technologie des produits forestiers, J12 - Manutention, transport, stockage et conservation des produits forestiers, préservation du bois, traitement thermique, impact sur l'environnement, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8428, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24947, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/596363/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/596363/7/596363.pdf
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