Progress in upcycling polylactic acid waste as an alternative carbon source: A review

C Sun, S Wei, H Tan, Y Huang, Y Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) is currently the highest production of all bio-based plastics globally. Its
production will increase year by year to replace part of petroleum-based plastics to reduce …

PLA bioplastic production: From monomer to the polymer

J Yu, S Xu, B Liu, H Wang, F Qiao, X Ren… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) plastics is of great significance to the sustainable
development of the world. Today, most PLA is prepared by ring-opening polymerization of …

Simulating the pyrolysis interactions among hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin in wood waste under real conditions to find the proper way to prepare bio-oil

C Sun, H Tan, Y Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The distribution of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin in the biomass structure was uneven.
To explore the interactions of three components under real conditions during pyrolysis and …

[HTML][HTML] Silane-modified wood fiber filled EPDM bio-composites with improved thermomechanical properties

G Chen, A Gupta, TH Mekonnen - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) bio-composites filled with silane-modified
wood fiber (Si-WF) were fabricated by melt batch mixing and compression molding. The …

Comparison of properties of poly (lactic acid) composites prepared from different components of corn straw fiber

Z Qi, B Wang, C Sun, M Yang, X Chen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, under the pressure of resource shortage and white pollution, the
development and utilization of biodegradable wood-plastic composites (WPC) has become …

Preparation and mechanism of lightweight wood fiber/poly (lactic acid) composites

B Wang, Z Qi, X Chen, C Sun, W Yao, H Zheng… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high density and poor thermal insulation of traditional wood-plastic composites limited
the application in the field of building materials. In this paper, wood fiber (WF) and PLA were …

Insight into the pyrolysis of bamboo flour, polylactic acid and their composite: Pyrolysis behavior, kinetic triplets, and thermodynamic parameters based on Fraser …

Y Cao, Z Chen, M Boukhir, B Dong, J Zhang, S Gu… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kinetic triplets and thermodynamics are important in the design of pyrolysis processing. In
this study, the non-isothermal kinetics and thermodynamics of pseudo components of …

Virtuous utilization of carbon dioxide in pyrolysis of polylactic acid

SH Cho, Y Kim, S Lee, KYA Lin, WH Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid has been adopted as a strategic alternative to petroplastics because of its
biodegradability. The waste generation rate could be proportional to its use, considering the …

Optimization of degradation behavior and conditions for the protease K of polylactic acid films by simulation

W Pang, B Li, Y Wu, S Tian, Y Zhang, J Yang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With global enforcement of plastic bans and restrictions, the biodegradable plastic, eg,
polylactic acid (PLA), has been extensively employed as a primary substitute for traditional …

Exploring how lignin promoting the co-pyrolysis with polylactic acid: Artificial neural network modeling, kinetic analysis and product distribution

C Sun, Z Yang, Z Zheng, W Li, H Tan, Y Huang… - Sustainable Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Toward the development of a suitable method for the upcycling of lignin from second-
generation bioethanol production and waste polylactic acid (PLA), the recovery of lactide …