Method for producing regenerated biopolymers and regenerated products obtained by said method

US8841441B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Eric Uerdingen · Speyer, DE
• Michael Siemer · Mannheim, DE
• Michael Lutz · Speyer, DE
• Thomas Wisniewski · Atlanta, US
• Frank Hermanutz · Leonberg, DE
• Frank Gaehr · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/54
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing regenerated biopolymers in the form of carbohydrates, using a solvent system that contains the biopolymers dissolved therein. The solvent system is based on a melted ionic liquid and optionally a protic solvent or a mixture thereof. The biopolymers dissolved in the solvent system are precipitated in a coagulation medium, said medium comprising a protic coagulant or a mixture of protic coagulants. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the surface tension σ of the coagulant or the mixture of coagulants is 99% to 30% of the surface tension σ of water, the surface tension being measured according to ASTM D 1590-60 at a temperature of 50° C. The method according to the invention is economical and flexible and leads to advantageous products, especially in the form of staple fibers which are especially not fibrillated and have an advantageous wet to dry strength ratio.