Fraunhofer's 72 institutes, as Europe's leading applied research organization, are investigating sustainable alternatives to new terpene high performance plastics found in resins. Fraunhofer researchers are using new catalytic processes. Converting ene to a 100% pure bio-based plastic that is transparent and has high thermal stability.
Endene is a natural substance that is a component of turpentine. Turpentine is a waste of cellulose produced from wood. Pine trees, larch or spruce provide natural materials. Pulp preparation involves decomposing wood to separate cellulose fibers and 2. A large amount of separation of terpenes as a by-product.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer branch participated in a joint project of 'Building Blocks of Terpene Bio-Based Polyamides', which successfully optimized the synthesis of lactams from enriches and converted them into scalable, competitive The process can be used for industrial scale production. Experts believe that terpenes, limonene and other terpenes are suitable raw materials for the synthesis of bio-lactams, and are the basic raw materials for the production of polyamide.
The Raunhofer Association is Germany and Europe's largest applied scientific research institution. It was founded on March 26, 1949, and is named after German scientist, inventor and entrepreneur Joseph Fraunhofer. Unlike Mark Planck Research associations, the Fraunhofer Institute is dedicated to industrial application technology research. In particular, focus on shaping technology, designing new products, improving hygiene, communication, safety, energy saving, environmental protection and other production methods and technologies.
The development of polymers with lower environmental impacts presents a huge opportunity for plastics producers. The global market for growing materials based on renewable resources and meeting stringent physical, chemical and mechanical properties is growing. In many applications, Bio-based plastics can already replace some of the plastics based on petrochemical feedstocks, which greatly facilitates the more sustainable processing of resources. According to market data compiled by the European Bioplastics Association and research institutes, the global bio-based plastics capacity will be from 2017. About 2.05 million tons increased to about 2.44 million tons in 2022.
From the actual production of bio-based plastics and regional production capacity, Asia is becoming the largest production center for bio-plastics and will further expand its global leadership. As an important category in bio-based plastic products, the development of bio-based plastics It is a leaps and bounds, and has made continuous progress in the research and development of new materials and performance improvement. At present, a variety of bio-based plastics have entered the stage of commercial application, and the development prospects are very optimistic.