A PROCESS FOR CHEMICALLY RECYCLING POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA)

A process for chemically recycling polylactic acid (PLA), includes at least a first stage of depolymerisation of the PLA and a separate second consecutive stage of depolymerisation, to which stages the PLA is subjected in a continuous manner, wherein in the first stage, the PLA is continuously fed t...

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Hauptverfasser:	KUNST, Johan Albert Frans, JAGER, Jan, BEHAGE, Jorn Ekkehart, BRONS, Marco
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	A process for chemically recycling polylactic acid (PLA), includes at least a first stage of depolymerisation of the PLA and a separate second consecutive stage of depolymerisation, to which stages the PLA is subjected in a continuous manner, wherein in the first stage, the PLA is continuously fed to an extruder operated at a temperature above the melting temperature of the PLA, while a water is co-fed to the extruder, in order to produce a fluid mixture including a melt of the at least partly depolymerised PLA, and in the second stage, the fluid mixture is continuously fed to a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) operated at a temperature above the melting temperature of the PLA, while co-feeding water to the CSTR, wherein a residence time in the CSTR is used to provide at the outlet of the CSTR a continuous stream of PLA depolymerised into an oligomeric ester.