A green method for polybutylene succinate recycling: Depolymerization catalyzed by lipase B from Candida antarctica during reactive extrusion
International audience This study aims to investigate a "green" recycling route for polybutylene succinate (PBS) based on reactive extrusion in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of this aliphatic polyester: lipase B from Candida antarctica. This enzyme was chosen due to i...
Published in: | European Polymer Journal |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01221094 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.04.039 |
Summary: | International audience This study aims to investigate a "green" recycling route for polybutylene succinate (PBS) based on reactive extrusion in the presence of an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of this aliphatic polyester: lipase B from Candida antarctica. This enzyme was chosen due to its thermal stability, since reactive extrusion was performed at 120 degrees C (i.e. above PBS melting temperature). PBS hydrolysis was measured after extrusion at 120 degrees C either in a single or a twin screw extruder, in the presence of 0-10 wt% C. antarctica lipase for 5 or 30 min. In a twin screw extruder, the residual activity of the enzyme was still 38% or 24%, after 5-30 min extrusion at 120 degrees C, respectively. For instance, the weight average molecular weight (M-w) of PBS decreased from 82,000 to 4500 g mol(-1) after extrusion for 5 min in the presence of 1% wt of lipase. The highest yield of free succinic acid release (44%) was obtained following a 30 min extrusion in the presence of 10 wt% of C. antarctica lipase. The drastic decrease in weight average molecular weight of PBS after enzymatic hydrolysis caused an only 10 degrees C decrease in the melting temperature. |
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