(694e) The Effect of Natural Fillers on the Marine Biodegradation Behaviour of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)
AIChE Annual Meeting
2020
2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting
Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division
Sustainable Materials from Lignocellulosic Resources for Industrial Applications
Friday, November 20, 2020 - 9:00am to 9:15am
We simulated a marine environment (as per ASTM D7991-15) to study the degradation of PHA-based biocomposites. The results from the ongoing experiment suggests the % degradation of PHAs in a marine environment improved significantly after the addition of the natural fibres in various proportions. This evidence can conclude that PHA-based composites with proteinaceous fillers is the more effective in improving marine biodegradability than natural fibres. However, the effects of various experimental conditions such as temperature on natural marine degradation of plastics is still unclear.
Acknowledgements
This research is financially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada Discovery Grants (Project # 400320); the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) â University of Guelph, the Bioeconomy Industrial Uses Research Program Theme (Project # 030177); the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade ORF-RE09-078 (Project # 053970 and 054345); and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Maple Leaf Food, Canada and Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canada through Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) Bioproducts AgSci Cluster Program (Project # 054015, 054449 and 800148).