Abstract: A process for recycling a polymer blend necessarily containing PLA, comprising grinding, compacting, dissolving in a solvent of PLA, removing the undissolved contaminating polymers, hydroloysis depolymerization reaction and purification steps.

Abstract: Method for purifying a conventional polymer stream (PE, PP, PET, PVC, etc.) contaminated with not more than 50% PLA, comprising steps for the suspension of the polymer with solubilisation of the PLA fraction and the recovery of the purified polymer after separation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of obtaining lactide by means of a solvent of the ether class from a mixture that is in liquid form comprising lactide, meso-lactide, and other impurities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the stereospecific chemical recycling of a mixture of polymers based on polylactic acid PLA, in order to reform the monomer thereof or one of the derivatives thereof. The latter may enter the traditional lactate market or once again serve as a raw material for synthesising PLA.

Abstract: A process for recycling a polymer blend necessarily containing PLA, comprising grinding, compacting, dissolving in a solvent of PLA, removing the undissolved contamining polymers, alcoholysis depolymerisation reaction and purification steps.

Abstract: Method for purifying a conventional polymer stream (PE, PP, PET, PVC, etc.) contaminated with not more than 50% PLA, comprising steps for the suspension of the polymer with solubilisation of the PLA fraction and the recovery of the purified polymer after separation.

Abstract: A process for recycling a polymer blend necessarily containing PLA, comprising grinding, compacting, dissolving in a solvent of PLA, removing the undissolved contamining polymers, alcoholysis depolymerisation reaction and purification steps.

Abstract: Method of polymerization for producing polylactic acid of configuration L or D, with number-average molecular weight between 60 000 and 200 000 having an insertion defect rate between 0 and 0.5 wt. % of polylactic acid and a racemization defect rate between 0 and 2.5 wt. % of polylactic acid, characterized in that the method is a bulk process comprising contacting, at a temperature between 170 and 200° C. and for a reaction time between 5 and 75 minutes, the corresponding lactide of stereochemical configuration L-L or D-D having an optical purity of L or D of at least 99.5 wt. % with at least one catalyst in the presence of an initiator to form poly-L-lactic acid or poly-D-lactic acid.

Abstract: Method for purifying lactic acid by crystallisation in one or a plurality of steps, characterised in that crystals are formed from an impure aqueous lactic acid solution having a colour of >500 Hazen, at a concentration between 85 and 95% by controlling the lactic acid oligomer content expressed in terms of a relative monomer content greater than 80% and controlling the degree of supersaturation of the solution between 1 and 60% in order to obtain lactic acid crystals having a specific surface area by mass of <0.05 m2/g.

Abstract: Solid calcium lactate in the form of substantially spherical particles, characterised in that the spherical particles have a particle size distribution such that most of the particles are between 280 and 550 microns in size and the calcium lactate can be rapidly dissolved in water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of obtaining lactide by means of a solvent of the ether class from a mixture that is in liquid form comprising lactide, meso-lactide, and other impurities.

Abstract: Continuous method for obtaining a lactic ester, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: a) esterification reaction of a composition comprising an alcohol in the presence of a composition comprising lactic acid in excess, b) extraction of a vapour phase from this reaction medium, containing lactic ester, alcohol, water and traces of lactic acid; c) distillation of the vapour phase obtained at step b) in order to recover the lactic ester, alcohol and water at the top; d) distillation of the fraction obtained at step c) in order to recover the purified lactic ester at the bottom.

Abstract: Processes for producing lactide from lactic acid oligomers are described herein. The processes generally include heating a lactic acid oligomer in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of between 150° C. and 300° C. under a pressure of less than 0.01 MPa to form a lactide; distilling the lactide; and condensing and recovering the lactide, wherein the catalyst is a metal salt of the phosphite anion PO33? in which the metal is selected from the group consisting of tin, aluminum, zinc, titanium and zirconium.

Abstract: A process for producing polylactide-urethane copolymers, which comprises the step of contacting a polylactide having terminal hydroxyl groups, produced by contacting at least one lactide monomer with a diol or diamine, with a diisocyanate compound optionally in the presence of a second diol or diamine in the presence of a catalytic system under polymerisation conditions characterised in that the polylactide and the polylactide-urethane copolymers are produced by reactive extrusion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing lactic acid by fermentation of a sugarcane extract by means of microorganisms belonging to the Bacillus or Sporolactobacillus genus. The fermentation medium is self-sufficient. The process may comprise at least one purification step. The lactic acid produced is heat-stable and is of a particularly high purity.

Abstract: A polylactide-urethane copolymer obtainable by a process, which comprises the step of contacting: an ?, ? dihydroxyl polylactide prepolymer of general formula I wherein: X is NH or O, R is an alkyl or an aryl group, n and n? are integer numbers which are substantially the same and which are comprised in the range from 20 to 140, a diisocyanate compound of general formula II O?C?N—R?—N?C?O wherein: R? is an alkyl or an aryl group and an amine or an alcohol of general formula III R??[X?]2 wherein: R? is an alkyl or an aryl group and X? is NH2 or OH with the proviso that at least one of R or R? is an aryl group

Abstract: A process for the production of polylactide, the stages of which for the production and purification of lactide, starting from an aqueous solution of lactic acid or of its derivatives, includes evaporation of water with formation of oligomers, depolymerization to give lactide, condensation and then crystallization of the crude lactide product to give purified lactide, aqueous treatment of the residual fractions from the crystallization and polymerization of purified and/or prepurified lactide to give polylactide in an extruder and in the presence of catalysts. An alternative process includes carrying out the aqueous treatment before the crystallization.

Abstract: A process for the production of polylactide, the stages of which for the production and purification of lactide, starting from an aqueous solution of lactic acid or of its derivatives, includes evaporation of water with formation of oligomers, depolymerization to give lactide, condensation and then crystallization of the crude lactide product to give purified lactide, aqueous treatment of the residual fractions from the crystallization and polymerization of purified and/or prepurified lactide to give polylactide in an extruder and in the presence of catalysts. An alternative process includes carrying out the aqueous treatment before the crystallization.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for purifying the dimeric cyclic esters of lactic (or glycolic) acid starting from a raw lactide (or glycolide) comprising impurities, the method consisting in: extractive and controlled crystallization of the raw lactide, in aqueous medium, controlling the geometry of the formed crystals and carrying out a separation of phases into lactide and impurities; separation of the resulting suspension of crystals, into a phase poor in lactide and loaded with impurities, and a wet cake rich in lactide crystals; drying the resulting wet cake; and recrystallization in melted medium of the resulting dried impure lactide and recuperating the purified lactide.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for purifying the dimeric cyclic esters of lactic (or glycolic) acid starting from a raw lactide (or glycolide) comprising impurities, the method consisting in: extractive and controlled crystallization of the raw lactide, in aqueous medium, controlling the geometry of the formed crystals and carrying out a separation of phases into lactide and impurities; separation of the resulting suspension of crystals, into a phase poor in lactide and loaded with impurities, and a wet cake rich in lactide crystals; drying the resulting wet cake; and recrystallization in melted medium of the resulting dried impure lactide and recuperating the purified lactide.