Amarakoon, Manul;
Alenezi, Hussain;
Homer-Vanniasinkam, Shervanthi;
Edirisinghe, Mohan;
(2022)
Environmental Impact of Polymer Fiber Manufacture.
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
, 307
(11)
, Article 2200356. 10.1002/mame.202200356.
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Abstract
This review focuses on the effects on the environment due to the production of polymer-solvent solutions and the manufacture of polymeric fibers of thicknesses from a nanometer up to a millimeter using these solutions. The most common polymeric fiber manufacture methods are reviewed based on their effects on the environment, particularly from the use of hazardous materials and energy consumption. Published literature is utilized to analyze and quantify energy consumption of the manufacturing methods electrospinning, phase separation, self-assembly, template synthesis, drawing and pressurized gyration. The results show that during the manufacturing stage of the lifecycle of polymeric fibers, pressurized gyration is more environmentally efficient primarily due to its mass-producing features and fast processing of polymeric solutions into fibers, it also works best with water-based solutions. Further green alternatives are described such as the use of sustainable polymers and solvents to enhance the environmental benefit. Overall, it is shown that the most effective method of curbing the environmental impact of manufacturing polymeric fibers is the use of nontoxic, water-soluble polymers along with the evasion of toxic solvents.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Environmental Impact of Polymer Fiber Manufacture |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mame.202200356 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202200356 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Polymer Science, Materials Science, energy consumption, environmental impacts, manufacturing, polymeric fibers, sustainability, GREEN CHEMISTRY, NANOFIBERS, PLASTICS, RELEASE, CARBON, COMPOSITES, HYDROGELS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159762 |
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