Paulo A.G. Piloto

Dr. Paulo A.G. Piloto

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2004 in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
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PRPaulo Vila Real
Paulo Vila Real
RCR. Cazeli
R. Cazeli
LSL. Simões da Silva
L. Simões da Silva
Aldina SantiagoAldina Santiago
Aldina Santiago
PPPaulo A.G. Piloto
Paulo A.G. Piloto

1 February 2003 in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
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PRPaulo Vila Real
Paulo Vila Real
PPPaulo A.G. Piloto
Paulo A.G. Piloto
JFJ.-M Franssen
J.-M Franssen

1 October 2005 in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
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LMLUIS MESQUITA
LUIS MESQUITA
PPPaulo A.G. Piloto
Paulo A.G. Piloto
Mário VazMário Vaz
Mário Vaz
PRPaulo Vila Real
Paulo Vila Real

1 January 2013 in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
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PPPaulo A.G. Piloto
Paulo A.G. Piloto
ARAna-Belén Ramos-Gavilán
Ana-Belén Ramos-Gavilán
MZMarco Zipponi
Marco Zipponi
AMAlberto Marini
Alberto Marini
LMLUIS MESQUITA
LUIS MESQUITA
GPGiovanni Plizzari
Giovanni Plizzari

1 February 2004 in Fire Safety Journal
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PRPaulo Vila Real
Paulo Vila Real
NLN. Lopes
N. Lopes
LSL. Simões da Silva
L. Simões da Silva
PPPaulo A.G. Piloto
Paulo A.G. Piloto
JFJ.-M. Franssen
J.-M. Franssen

25 June 2021 in Energies
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JPJoão Alves Pinto
João Alves Pinto
Isabel P. FernandesIsabel P. Fernandes
Isabel P. Fernandes
VPVirginia D. Pinto
Virginia D. Pinto
EGElson Gomes
Elson Gomes
COCátia Oliveira
Cátia Oliveira
Maria Filomena BarreiroMaria Filomena Barreiro
Maria Filomena Barreiro
Valorization of industrial low-value side-streams are of great interest, contributing to boosts in the circular economy. In this context, lignin side-streams of the pulp and paper industry were oxypropylated to produce biobased polyols and tested in the synthesis of rigid polyurethane (RPU) foams. E. globulus lignins, namely a lignin isolated from an industrial Kraft black liquor and depolymerized lignins obtained as by-products of an oxidation process, were used. RPU foams, synthesized with 100% lignin-based polyols and using a 1.1 NCO/OH ratio, were characterized concerning apparent density, morphology, thermal conductivity, thermal stability, and heat release rate (HRR). Foams containing the lignin-based polyols presented densities varying from 44.7 to 112.2 kg/m3 and thermal conductivity in the range of 37.2–49.0 mW/mK. For the reference foam (sample produced with 100% wt. Daltofoam TP 32015 polyol), values of 70.9 kg/m3 and 41.1 mW/mK were obtained, respectively. The achieved results point out the viability of using the generated lignin-based polyols at 100% content in RPU foams, mainly when depolymerized lignins are used. Moreover, fire retardancy was favored when the lignin-based polyols were introduced. The proposed strategies can contribute to establishing the integrated pulp and paper biorefinery concept where material synthesis (polyols and RPU foams) can be combined with chemical production (vanillin and syringaldehyde).