A

PRESENTION
ON
“BIOPOLYMER”
PRESENTED BY –
ASHUTOSH MUGDIL
Sr.No.- 1046/08
Roll no.- 0804587009
lll B.tech. Plastic technology
 CONTENTS :
• Introduction
• History of Bio polymer
• Uses of bio polymer
• Degradation
• Application of bio polymer
• Advantage of bio polymer
• Disadvantage of biopolymer
• Future trends
 INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS THE BIO POLYMER ?

The “Biopolymers” are compounds
made by all living organisms,
including plants.
Polymers are made of repeated
units of the same or similar
structure (monomers) Linked together.
Conti………

 Biopolymers are
obtained via
polymerization
of bio based raw
materials thought
engineered industry
process .
Conti………..

The raw material of biopolymers are

either isolated from plants and
Animals or synthesized from
biomass using enzymes/
microorganism .
 Examples of biopolymer rubber,
cellulose, starch, proteins etc.
 HISTORY OF BIOPOLYMER
 The introduction of biopolymer in the
late 1970’s. the 1980’s biopolymer
material come in market. Confusion and
skepticism about claims and product
performance have prevailed.

 Not a new class of plastic .

 have been around 20 year.

Conti………

 Over a decade ago took a nasty knock.

 starch added to conventional plastic was

promoted as “way to go”.

 proven to be inflective , tainted plastic

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production structure of biopolymer
German chemical gaint BASF has taken a
decisive step toward starting commercial
production of polymer for making plastics

Biopolymer production bargains with

fermentation during which Bactria grog on
bio mass nutrients, such as glucose ,
sucrose, glycerol ,whey ,or palm oil which
could be supplied from waste material.
P. fluorescens BMO7 was cultovated in
M1 minimal medium at two different
temperature (10-30°c)

Effect of Ph –production was studied

by using the m1 minimal medium in the
range of pH 5-8.
Effect of osmolarity and dehydration on
bio polymer production-it has been shown
that ion conc. Is an effect factor on the
microbial growth an metabolite production.

This is a mark contrast to our finding for

the effect of Nacl and ethanol on the bio
polymer production in m1 minimal
medium.
A major but defining difference
between polymers and biopolymers can
be found in their structures.

Primary structure
Secondary
Tertiary
 Example of biopolymer
 Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with
the formula (C6H10O5)n . A poly
saccharide consisting of a linear chain of
several 100 to over ten thousand beta
linked D-glucose units .

Industrial uses glucose value mainly

obtain from wood pulp cotton (the
cellulose contain cotton is 90% and that
of wood is 40-50% ).
 Polylactic Acid
Polylactic acid (PLA) degrades primarily by
hydrolysis and not microbial attack.

Copolymers of lactic acid

and glycolic acid are used in
sutures, controlled drug
release, and as prostheses
in orthopedi surgery.
 Degradation of biopolymer
 This systems introduce pressurised water flow
into the layer of waste material , feeding
oxygen and micro organism down to the
degrading rubbish.

 The material will also degrade under other

conditions , no just in the composting type
conditons of a land fill site.
 Biodegradation of disposal

0 day 24 days 30 days

Degradetion
USES
 Application of biopolymer
Diposable
Packing

Crockery

Pots

Bowls

Some trays

containers
 Non disposable items
 Mobile phones casing

 Carpet fibers

 Car interior

 Fuel lines

 Plastics pips
ADVANTAGE OF BIOPOLYMER
 biopolymers have several economic and
environmental advantages. Biopolymers could also
prove an asset to waste processing. For example,
replacing the polyethylene used in coated papers
by a biopolymer could help eliminate plastic scraps
occurring in compost.

  Biopolymers can also have advantages for

waste processing.

GEL INKS- The main advantage of
biopolymer in gel inks becouse gel inks
made by water and biopolymer.

 biopolymer is environmental friendly.

Disadvantage-

 Eventually there is a limit to how many times a

piece of plastic can be recycled, so there
will in the end there will be waste produced.

The cost of recycling plastics, in terms of

energy, can be significantly higher than virgin
resin.
 Toxic gases can be releasing from burning
waste plastics in order to harness the
energy for production .
Future trends-
 World plastics consumption is expected to
increase by 43% during the next two years (180
million tons currently to 258 million tons in 2010.)

 Depending on oil prices, R&D funding and social

pressure to reduce green house gases, the use of
biopolymers could explode in the next two years to
12.4 million tons in the year 2010.
 The Australian Government has paid $1
million dollars to research and develop
starch-based plastics.

 In America, McDonald’s is now working on

making biodegradable containers to use for
their fast food(“Plastics”, 1998).
Queries
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