SBIR Phase II: Development of Low-Cost, Biodegradable Substitutes for Disposable Plastics

SBIR 第二阶段：开发低成本、可生物降解的一次性塑料替代品

• 批准号: 0923863
• 负责人: Dara Woerdeman
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Green Materials, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923863&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Development; Low

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will use readily available plant protein and innovative, environmentally friendly processes to develop bio-based plastic prototypes such as packaging products. The resulting formulation and production processes for each prototype will meet the needs of large manufacturing companies and consumers who seek biobased and biodegradable products. The prototypes will be designed to meet production requirements, product characteristics and costs that compete with incumbent petroleum-based plastics. Phase II goals are to refine the formulations and processes from Phase I to produce acceptable prototypes for our potential customers, particularly in the packaging industry. The results of a defined formulation and process for each product will enable R&D Green Materials to develop, in Phase III, a scalable pilot process to produce the bio-based products and show that economic implementation can be achieved by our industrial partners.The project will result in unique processes and technologies to produce biobased, biodegradable plastic products that are functionally equivalent to nonbiodegradable petroleum-based plastics. R&D Green Materials will develop environmentally friendly, cost-effective alternatives to plastic products through technologies that utilize plant-based materials that remain non-toxic from manufacture to disposal. The results will allow industrial partners the freedom to utilize bio-based plastic products without the current problems of high cost and inappropriate characteristics of the process and/or product. As use of the biobased plastics becomes widespread, the general environmental benefits and reduction of plastic pollution is likely to exert a positive effect on human health through reduced exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors. Compared with synthetic polymers, the unique biobased polymers used in the Phase II prototypes can reduce environmental impact, minimize pollution, and conserve resources.

这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目将使用现成的植物蛋白和创新的、环保的工艺来开发生物基塑料原型，如包装产品。每个原型的最终配方和生产过程将满足寻求生物基和可生物降解产品的大型制造公司和消费者的需求。原型的设计将满足生产要求，产品特性和成本，与现有的石油基塑料竞争。第二阶段的目标是完善第一阶段的配方和工艺，为我们的潜在客户生产可接受的原型，特别是在包装行业。每种产品的明确配方和工艺的结果将使绿色材料研发部能够在第三阶段开发可扩展的试验工艺来生产生物基产品，并表明我们的工业合作伙伴可以实现经济实施。该项目将产生独特的工艺和技术来生产生物基、可生物降解的塑料产品，其功能相当于不可生物降解的石油基塑料。研发绿色材料将通过利用从制造到处理都无毒的植物基材料的技术，开发环境友好、成本效益高的塑料产品替代品。研究结果将使工业合作伙伴能够自由地利用生物基塑料产品，而不会出现目前高成本和工艺和/或产品特性不适当的问题。随着生物基塑料的广泛使用，总体环境效益和塑料污染的减少很可能通过减少接触致癌物和内分泌干扰物对人类健康产生积极影响。与合成聚合物相比，第二阶段原型中使用的独特生物基聚合物可以减少对环境的影响，最大限度地减少污染，节约资源。