CN1826379A - Biopolymer structures and components - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition, which can be referred to as a biopolymer, including fermentation solid and thermoactive material. The present invention also includes methods of making the biopolymer, which can include compounding fermentation solid and thermoactive material. The present biopolymer can be formed into an article of manufacture. Methods of making such articles of manufacture include for example extruding, injection molding, or compounding fermentation solid and thermoactive material. Structures formed from biopolymer can include lumber replacements, window components, door components, siding assemblies, and other structures.

Description

Biopolymer structures and parts

Invention field

The present invention relates to a kind of composition (can be described as biopolymer) that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material.The present invention also comprises the preparation method of this biopolymer, can comprise that to make fermentation solid and hot active material compound.Biopolymer of the present invention can be made into goods.The production method of these goods for example comprise fermentation solid and hot active material are extruded, injection moulding or compound.The structure of being made by biopolymer can comprise wood substitutes, window component, door part, wall panel assembly and other structure.

Background of invention

Filled plastics can be made into many products.For example, plastics can be made into wood substitutes, window component, door part or are used for the wallboard of building structure.

Used filler existing about 90 years in plastics industry.It is to reduce the expensive polypropylene and the price of other plastics with lower-cost filler such as wood powder, talcum powder, mica and glass fibre that most manufacturers use the reason of filled plastics.The plastics of filled glass fiber can be by producing higher thermostability and higher bending and breaking tenacity improved its characteristic.But filler such as wood powder may reduce some quality of plastics and make it more difficult processing cheaply.Talcum and mica increase the intensity of plastics, but also make weight increase and reduce because of wearing and tearing the life-span of forcing machine.Glass fibre makes the intensity of product that sizable raising be arranged, but cost is quite high.

There are many shortcomings in the existing plastics of filling plant material such as timber or grass.With the subject matter that accompanies with injection moulding of extruding of these type of plastics be that the granularity of used plant material in this method is minimum, be mainly the levigated wood powder.Otherwise the viscosity of mixture is too high and can not extrude effectively or molded.In addition, extrude or injection moulding also is subject to the ratio of spendable packing material such as timber and plastics.This makes producible product be subjected to undesirable constraint.Wood-plastic composite material uses considering to be worth doing with unitary plastic blended wood powder or half ripper between 30 to 65% usually.Be higher than that this ratio will cause processing problems and moisture absorption, rots, the overall performance of aspects such as decay and moisture resistance reduces.

Still need to reduce the cost of hot active material and consumption and performance than the better cheap bio-derived material of filler that is used for products such as window and door assembly, wood substitutes, building wallboard.

Summary of the invention

The present invention relates to a kind of composition (can be described as biopolymer) that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material.The present invention also comprises the preparation method of this biopolymer, can comprise that to make fermentation solid and hot active material compound.Biopolymer of the present invention can be made into goods.

The present invention relates to a kind of composition that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material.Said composition can comprise these compositions of wide region content.For example, in a kind of embodiment, said composition can comprise about 5 to about 95% (weight) fermentation solid and about 1 to the hot active material of about 95% (weight).In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid can comprise the dry grain vinasse or the dry grain vinasse of solvend are arranged, can derive from the fermentation of plant material such as cereal (for example corn).Described hot active material for example can comprise thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, and resin and adhesive polymer at least a.The present composition can be used for various goods.Described goods can comprise the described composition that contains fermentation solid and hot active material.

The invention still further relates to a kind of preparation of compositions method that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material.This method comprises that to make the composition of described composition compound, and described composition includes but not limited to fermentation solid and hot active material.The compound thermokinetics that comprises is compound.Described composition can be made into foam composition.The production foam composition can comprise extrudes the material that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material; Described foam materials needn't comprise whipping agent.

The present composition can use in preparing the method for goods.This method comprises by the composition that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material and forms goods.

Can form structure by the composition that can be described as biopolymer that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material.The preparation method of biopolymer product for example comprise fermentation solid and hot active material are extruded, injection moulding or compound.The structure of being made by biopolymer can comprise wood substitutes, window component, door part, wall panel assembly and other structure.

In a kind of embodiment, goods comprise the biopolymer material that contains hot active material and fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise about 5 to about 95% (weight) fermentation solid and about 1 to the hot active material of about 95% (weight).In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse, do in amyloid root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse and the dried piece root vinasse one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprise in dried grains vinasse and the dried leguminous plants vinasse one of at least.In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprises dried maize alcohol stillage, dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, does little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse and dried soybean vinasse.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to the part of window, the part of door, the part of furniture.For example, described goods plastic be assembled in window assembly, door assembly and the furniture assembly one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to the timber alternative means.Described timber alternative means can comprise fine and close shell and foam core.Described timber alternative means can also be included in the grain surface on the fine and close shell.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to ornament.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can comprise foam core.In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to fit together by thermo-welding and another goods.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to comprise the internal surface that limits the chamber, stretch into the support in the chamber and stretch into anchor portion in the chamber, and described anchor portion is configured for receiving fastening piece.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can comprise in compression moulding goods, extruded product and the injection-molded item one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can comprise second material layer that is positioned on the biopolymer.In a kind of embodiment, this layer second material can comprise imprinting moulding feature, coextrusion material or powder coating.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer can be configured to the parts of wall panel assembly for building.In a kind of embodiment, the parts of wall panel assembly for building can include the longitudinal member of the vertical body that extends between first and second ends, described longitudinal member comprises the biopolymer material, one of at least is configured to be connected with second parts of wall panel assembly in first and second ends.In a kind of embodiment, second parts comprise the biopolymer material and are configured to and are connected with an end of longitudinal member by thermo-welding.In a kind of embodiment, described longitudinal member includes the surface variations that changes outward appearance, described surface variations comprise in powder coating, grain surface and the print surface one of at least.In a kind of embodiment, the wallboard product can comprise hollow space, foam segment, mesh portion (webbed portions) or its combination.

In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprises the protein solid of fermentation.In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse.In a kind of embodiment, described dried grains vinasse further comprise solvend, exsiccant cereal-200 and/or dried maize alcohol stillage.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer comprise about 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid; With about 20 to about 50wt% hot active materials.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer comprise hot active material, described hot active material comprise thermoplastic material, thermosetting material and resin, adhesive polymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, epoxy material, melamine, polyester, phenol polymer and contain in the polymkeric substance of urea one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer are forms of whole biopolymer, compound bio superpolymer or gathering biopolymer.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer are forms of compound bio superpolymer, and the outward appearance of described compound bio superpolymer is like grouan.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer comprise in dyestuff, pigment, hydrolytic reagent, softening agent, filler, sanitas, antioxidant, nucleator, static inhibitor, biocide, mycocide, fireproofing agent, fire retardant, thermo-stabilizer, photostabilizer, conductive material, water, oil, lubricant, impact modifier, coupling agent, linking agent, whipping agent and the reprocessed plastic(s) one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, the goods that comprise biopolymer comprise in softening agent, photostabilizer and the coupling agent one of at least.

A kind of method of preparation goods comprises by comprising about 5 compositions to about 95wt% fermentation solid and about 0.1 to about 95wt% hot active material and forms described goods.A kind of method can also comprise in extrusion molding, injection moulding, blowing, compression moulding, transfer molding, thermoforming, casting, calendering, low pressure molding, high-pressure laminating, reaction injection molding(RIM), the foam-formed and coating one or more.

The manufacture method of a kind of biopolymer wood substitutes, window or door part or wall member can comprise described biopolymer heating; Exert pressure for the biopolymer of described heating; Make the biopolymer moulding of described heating; With make the cooling of described biopolymer to keep article shape.A kind of method can also comprise to described goods and applies superficial makings.Make the biopolymer moulding can comprise injection moulding, make biopolymer extrude extrudate or other method of producing by die head.Apply step and can comprise the described goods of extruding, this can comprise drainage water from biopolymer.In a kind of embodiment, described method can be included in and form hollow and/or foam segment in described wood substitutes, window, door, the wall member, and described hollow or foam segment improve the R value of described goods or parts.

The accompanying drawing summary

Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of window assembly.

Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of cross section of window assembly.

Fig. 3 illustrates a kind of foam extruded product.

Fig. 4 illustrates a kind of door assembly.

Fig. 5 illustrates a kind of extrudate of part hollow.

Fig. 6 illustrates a kind of outward appearance like the alternative part of the timber of timber.

Fig. 7 illustrates a kind of articles of sheet material.

Fig. 8 illustrates a kind of building structure wallboard product.

Fig. 9 illustrates the back perspective view of the wallboard product of Fig. 8.

It can be the wallboard product of foam or hollow interior region that Figure 10 illustrates a kind of comprising.

Figure 11 illustrates a kind of working method of biopolymer composition.

Figure 12 illustrates a kind of method that is formed goods by biopolymer.

Figure 13 is a kind of front perspective view of decorative system.

Figure 14 is the front perspective view of base component and pillar.

Figure 15 is the front perspective view of cylinder and base component.

Figure 16 is the front perspective view of cylinder, base component and top cover.

Figure 17 is the perspective view of the parts of balustrade assemblies.

Figure 18 is the side-view of the parts of balustrade assemblies.

Figure 19 is the side-view that the balustrade assemblies of cross bar lid is arranged.

Figure 20 is the skeleton view of pedestal.

Figure 21 is the top view of panel component.

Figure 22 is the cross-sectional view in bight.

Figure 23 is the skeleton view of top cover.

Figure 24 is the top view of stanchion.

Figure 25 is the side-view of sheer pole.

Figure 26 is the side-view of cross bar lid.

Detailed Description Of The Invention

Definition

Term used herein " biological high polymer " means to comprise the material of hot active material and fermentation solid.

Term used herein " fermentation solid " means from the fermentation process such as the solid material that reclaims the production of alcohol (for example ethanol).

Term used herein " protein solid of fermentation " means the fermentation solid of recovery from the material fermentation that comprises protein. The protein solid of described fermentation also comprises protein.

Term used herein " dried grains vinasse " (DDG) means to make starch fermentation in the cereal (for example corn) produce remaining dried residue after the product that comprises ethanol and carbon dioxide with selected yeast and enzyme. What DDG can comprise surplus can molten thing, for example about 2wt%. The dried grains vinasse comprise composition and the useless solid that is called vinasse.

The term used herein dried grains vinasse of molten thing " have can " (DDGS) mean remaining thick material after the starch fermentation in the cereal (for example corn) add by evaporation and concentration produce can the fermentation of molten thing after the dry preparation that divides of the soluble portions of residual residue. Can in DDG, add described can be molten thing form DDGS.

Term used herein " wet cake " or " the cereal vinasse wet " mean to make the starch fermentation in the cereal (for example corn) produce the afterwards remaining thick wet residue of the product that comprises ethanol and carbon dioxide with selected yeast and enzyme.

Term used herein " the wet cake that solvent was washed " means the wet cake washed with solvent such as water, alcohol or hexane.

Term used herein " seitan meal " means the accessory substance of plant material (for example corn, wheat or potato) wet-milling starch. The corn gluten meal also can be the accessory substance that the starch in whole or various heat up in a steamer minute of dry grinding corn changes into corn syrup. The seitan meal comprises prolamin and seitan (mixture of the water-insoluble protein that exists in most of Cereals) and a small amount of fat and fiber.

Term used herein " plant material " means all or part of of any plant (for example Cereals), is generally the material that comprises starch. The plant material that is fit to comprises cereal such as corn (for example complete wear corn), Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum), barley, wheat, rye, rice, millet, oat, soybean and other Cereals or pulse family crop; And contain piece root crops, stem tuber or piece root such as sweet potato and the cassava of starch. Described plant material can be to make the waste material (stover) of feed or the mixture of other material that contains fiber and half fiber such as the woods or plant residue after the accessory substance of this type of material and this type of material such as corn fiber, corn cob, the crops harvesting. Preferred plant material comprises corn, standard corn or wax kind corn. The preferred plant material generation fermentation solid of can fermenting.

It is arbitrarily that term used herein " prolamin " means one group of spherical protein that plant for example finds in the cereal. Prolamin generally is dissolved in 70-80% alcohol but is insoluble to water and anhydrous alcohol. These protein comprise a large amount of glutamic acid and proline. The prolamin that is fit to comprises gliadin (wheat and rye), zeins (corn) and the molten albumen of Ocatacosanol (Chinese sorghum and millet). The gliadin that is fit to comprise α-, β-, γ-and ω-gliadin.

The prolamin that term used herein " zeins " means to find in the corn, its molecular weight are about 40000 (for example 38000), and do not contain tryptophan and lysine.

The particle that term used herein " vitrifying transition point " or " Tg " mean material (such as fermentation solid or hot active material) reaches " softening point " thereby has viscoplasticity and can be easier to the temperature of compacting. Be in " glass attitude " at the following material of Tg, have the form that under simple pressurization, is difficult for distortion. Term used herein " fusing point " or " Tm " mean material (such as fermentation solid or hot active material) fusing and the temperature that begins to flow. The method that is applicable to measure these temperature comprises that differential scanning calorimetry method (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DTMA) and heat engine tool analyze (TMA).

Weight percent rate used herein (wt%) and % (weight) etc. mean to multiply by the 100 material concentration that represent with the weight of material divided by the weight of composition again. Unless be otherwise noted, the amount of composition means the amount of active component.

The variation of the amount that the term " about " that this paper is used for modifying any amount for example means under the actual condition of producing the materials such as polymer or composite in the laboratory, pilot plant or production equipment run into. For example, when modifying approximately in the mixture amount of used composition be included in equipment or the variation in the laboratory of producing material or polymer and measure in the careful degree that adopts. For example, use the amount of product component when modifying approximately to comprise the difference between equipment or the laboratory batch and divide intrinsic difference in the analysis method. Whether no matter use approximately and modify, described amount all comprises the jljl of waiting of those amounts. Any amount of mentioning herein and using " pact " to modify also can be used as the amount that need not modify approximately and is used for the present invention.

Biological high polymer

The present invention relates to comprise the biological high polymer of one or more fermentation solid and one or more hot active material. The biological high polymer of the present invention can show the distinctive character of plastic material, is better than the character of conventional plastic material and/or is better than comprising plastics and the character of the aggregation of for example timber or cellulose material. The biological high polymer of the present invention can be with the useful article that optionally is structured into of various conventional method that is formed article by plastics. The biological high polymer of the present invention can adopt multiple any form.

In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of the present invention comprises the fermentation solid that is integral with the active material of heat. The biological high polymer that will comprise the fermentation solid that is integral with the active material of heat herein is called " whole biological high polymer ". Whole biological high polymer can be included in the covalency bonding between hot active material and the fermentation solid. In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of described integral body forms homogeneous substance, wherein fermentation solid blending in the active material of heat.

In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of the present invention comprises visible remaining ferment solid particle. The biological high polymer that will comprise visible remaining ferment solid particle herein is called " compound bio high polymer ". The compound bio high polymer can have the granite outward appearance, has the hot active material based body of the first outward appearance to surround the fermentation solid particle of the 2nd outward appearance. In a kind of embodiment, even in the compound bio high polymer, but most of fermentation solid also blending in the active material of heat and/or with the active material of heat, be combined. In a kind of embodiment, there is the compound bio high polymer of granite outward appearance can form the one matter that the fermentation solid particle can not therefrom be removed.

In an embodiment again, the biological high polymer of the present invention comprises in a large number to be surrounded or to be embedded in the fermentation solid that the discrete particle form in the hot active material exists by hot active material. To comprise the biological high polymer that is surrounded or be embedded in the fermentation solid discrete particle in the hot active material by the active material of heat herein and be called " assembling biological high polymer ". Assemble in the biological high polymer at this, the bulk fermentation solid that exists with the discrete particle form can be considered increment agent or filler. But, but a small amount of fermentation solid blending in the active material of heat and/or with the active material of heat, be combined.

In a kind of embodiment, compound fermentation solid and hot active material (being the biological high polymer of soft matter or raw material) for pinching the plastomer form, can be substantially uniformly before sclerosis. " substantially uniformly " used herein pinched plastomer and meant the similar material that cures dough (for example bread or cookie dough) of denseness, and most of fermentation solid blending is in the active material of heat and no longer occur with the separating particles form. In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of described soft matter or raw material does not comprise detectable fermentation solid particle, for example for pinching uniformly plastomer. In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of described soft matter or raw material can comprise maximum 95wt% (for example 90wt%) fermentation solid, for substantially evenly or uniformly pinching the plastomer form. In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of described soft matter or raw material can comprise about 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid, for substantially evenly or uniformly pinching the plastomer form.

In a kind of embodiment, the biological high polymer of described raw material or soft matter comprises the fermentation solid of visible energy. The fermentation solid of visible energy used herein means the biological high polymer that makes curing that available naked eyes clearly see and has particle like the granite outward appearance. For the decoration effect in the solidified biological high polymer can make this visible fermentation solid painted. Can be by using than the outward appearance of producing fermentation solid even or that substantially evenly pinch the larger grain of plastomer and produce similar granite.

In some embodiment, described biological high polymer can comprise about 0.01 to about 95wt%, about 1 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 80wt%, about 5 to about 70wt%, about 5 to about 20wt%, about 50 to about 95wt%, about 50 to about 80wt%, about 50 to about 70wt%, about 50 to about 60wt%, about 60 to about 80wt% or about fermentation solid of 60 to about 70wt%. In some embodiment, described biological high polymer can comprise the fermentation solid of about 5wt%, about 10wt%, about 20wt%, about 50wt%, about 60wt%, about 70wt% or about 75wt%. The biological high polymer of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with these amounts of modifying approximately or scope.

In some embodiment, described biological high polymer can comprise about 0.01 to about 95wt%, about 1 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 30wt%, about 5 to about 40wt%, about 5 to about 50wt%, about 5 to about 85wt%, about 5 to about 95wt%, about 10 to about 30wt%, about 10 to about 40wt%, about 10 to about 50wt% or about 10 to about 95wt% hot active material. In some embodiment, described biological high polymer can comprise the hot active material of about 95wt%, about 75wt%, about 50wt%, about 45wt%, about 40wt%, about 35wt%, about 30wt%, about 25wt%, about 20wt%, about 15wt%, about 10wt% or about 5wt%. The biological high polymer of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with these amounts of modifying approximately or scope.

In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise about 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid and about 5 to about 95wt% hot active materials, can comprise about 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid and about 30 to about 70wt% hot active materials, can comprise about 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid and about 20 to about 70wt% hot active materials, can comprise about 50 to about 60wt% fermentation solid and about 30 to about 50wt% hot active materials, perhaps can comprise about 60 to about 70wt% fermentation solid and about 20 to about 40wt% hot active materials.In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise about 5wt% fermentation solid and about 70 to about 95wt% hot active materials, about 10wt% fermentation solid and about 70 to about 90wt% hot active materials, about 50wt% fermentation solid and about 30 to about 50wt% hot active materials, about 55wt% fermentation solid and about 30 to about 45wt% hot active materials, about 60wt% fermentation solid and about 20 to about 40wt% hot active materials, about 65wt% fermentation solid and about 20 to about 40wt% hot active materials, about 70wt% fermentation solid and about 10 to about 30wt% hot active materials, about 90wt% fermentation solid and about 5 to about 10wt% hot active materials.Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with this tittle modified approximately or scope.

The specific embodiments of biopolymer

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can have the thermal conductivity higher than conventional thermoplastic material.For example, in a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention is comparable not to be had the hot active material of fermentation solid to cool off quickly or heats.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can the same cooling promptly with its building mortion.Though do not limit the present invention, the raising of believing this thermal conductivity may be due to the character of fermentation solid.For example, thermal conductivity improve may be because of fermentation solid and hot active material integrated due to.For example, use fermented protein solid thermal conductivity to improve may to be because of protein with due to the interaction of hot active material.

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention has the outward appearance of similar grouan.There is biopolymer like the grouan outward appearance can comprise fermentation solid than the bigger grain of whole biopolymer.For example, available granularity about 2 is formed with the biopolymer of similar grouan outward appearance to about 10 purpose fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer that comprises this big fermentation solid has and is fit to or even helps compound and flow characteristics moulding.In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer that comprises this big fermentation solid is a compound bio superpolymer form.

Fermentation solid

It is arbitrarily that biopolymer of the present invention can comprise various fermentation solid.Can from of the production of various fermenting processs, reclaim fermentation solid as alcohol (for example ethanol).Can from the fermentation of for example plant material, reclaim fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, can from the fermentation of the plant material that comprises starch such as cereal (for example Cereals or leguminous plants), amyloid root crop, stem tuber or piece root, reclaim fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, can from the fermentation that comprises starch and proteinic plant material such as cereal (for example Cereals or leguminous plants), amyloid root crop, stem tuber or piece root, reclaim fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid).In a kind of embodiment, from the fermentation of cereal, reclaim fermentation solid.For example, can change into the alcoholic acid fermenting process from cereal and reclaim the fermentation solid that is called " dried grains vinasse ".

Fermentation consumes carbohydrate such as the starch in the plant material, can obtain the material that starch content reduces than plant material.In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid comprises the wt% starch that reduces than the used plant material of fermentation.In some embodiment, fermentation solid comprises and is less than or equals about 10wt% carbohydrate, be less than or equal about 5wt% carbohydrate or be less than or equal about 2wt% carbohydrate.Can use fermentation solid in the biopolymer of the present invention more than the 10wt% carbohydrate.

Many fermentation solid are characterized by mainly as animal-feed.The fermentation solid that has characterized comprises wet cake (WWC), fractionated dried grains vinasse (FDDG) and the seitan meal that the dried grains vinasse (DDGS) that are called dried grains vinasse (DDG), solvend is arranged, wet cake (WC), solvent were washed.Fermentation solid can comprise for example protein, fiber and nonessential fat.Fermentation solid can also comprise remaining starch.

For example, the fermentation solid that reclaims from the dry grinding fermentation of corn has the dried grains vinasse of solvend can comprise 30wt% or greater protein matter.For example, the fermentation solid that from the routine of corn dry grinding fermentation, reclaims have the dried grains vinasse of solvend can comprise about 30 to about 35wt% protein, about 10 to about 15wt% fat, about 5 to about 10wt% fiber and about 5 to about 10wt% ash content.For example, the fermentation solid that reclaims from the routine dry grinding fermentation of corn has the dried grains vinasse of solvend can comprise about 5wt% starch, about 35wt% protein, about 15wt% fat, about 25wt% fiber and about 5wt% ash content.In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid comprises or is DDGS that the latter comprises about 30-38wt% protein, about 11-19wt% fat and about 25-37wt% fiber.In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid comprises or is DDGS that the latter comprises about 10wt% starch, about 35wt% protein, about 15wt% fat, about 30wt% fiber and about 5wt% ash content.This DDGS can be by the living amylofermentation production of corn.Fermentation solid of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with this tittle modified approximately or scope.

Dried grains vinasse or other dried plant material vinasse can come from the arbitrary of various agricultural-food." distiller's dried grain " used herein means the fermentation solid that is produced by this plant or vegetation type fermentation in conjunction with plant name or vegetation type.For example, the dried grains vinasse mean the fermentation solid that is produced by fermented grain.As example more specifically, dried maize alcohol stillage means the fermentation solid that is produced by corn fermentation.Dried jowar vinasse mean the fermentation solid that is produced by Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) fermentation.Do little spent grains and mean the fermentation solid that produces by the wheat fermentation.Dried plant material vinasse may not only be derived by the indication plant material.But say that the indication plant material is plant material main in the described fermentation solid or unique plant material.

It is arbitrarily that biopolymer of the present invention can comprise various fermentation solid, comprises for example dried grains vinasse, dried starch-containing root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse, dried piece root vinasse.The dried grains vinasse that are fit to comprise the poor and dried leguminous plants vinasse of solid food cereal wine.The dried grains vinasse that are fit to comprise dried maize alcohol stillage (for example doing complete wear maize alcohol stillage or dried classification maize alcohol stillage), dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, do little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse, dried soybean vinasse.The dried piece root vinasse that are fit to comprise dried sweet potato vinasse and dried cassava grain stillage.The dried stem tuber vinasse that are fit to comprise the dried potato vinasse.

Described plant material can comprise the part of the whole or plant of plant.Perhaps, can make the part classification of plant or plant.Be referred to herein as dried classification plant material vinasse by fractionated plant material deutero-fermentation solid, for example do classification cereal vinasse.Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise that various fractionated fermentation solid are arbitrarily.For example, biopolymer of the present invention can comprise dried classification maize alcohol stillage.For example, biopolymer of the present invention can comprise dried maize alcohol stillage plumule and/or dried maize alcohol stillage endosperm.

Dried grains vinasse or other dried plant material vinasse can be arbitrarily from various fermenting processs.Hint that as this term dried plant material vinasse are super-dry.Drying is finished under can heating up in fermentation equipment or device.Drying can comprise makes wet plant material vinasse contact with air, and this air can be 1000 to 1500 temperature.Although mix with warm air, the plant material vinasse do not reach the same high temperature with warm air.The plant material vinasse can be rolled or circulate with air.Like this, for example after being exposed to 1000 to 1500 air, dried plant material vinasse can reach only about 200 the temperature exit of drying installation (for example).

In some embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 500, about 400, about 300, about 250, about 200 or about 180 the temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 500 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 400 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 300 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 250 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 200 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein isolation thing) reaches and is not higher than about 180 temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).Fermentation solid of the present invention comprises that these temperature of not modified approximately are arbitrarily.

The fermentation solid of this temperature or following the temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example) is followed numeral to mean to reach in " distiller's dried grain " used herein back.For example, dried grains vinasse-200 mean the dried grains vinasse that reach 200 or following the temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).In some still-process, may also plant material be ground.Grinding can make plant material heat up." distiller's dried grain " used herein back and then has the numeral of suffix " gd " to mean to be ground and drying reaches the fermentation solid of this temperature or following the temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).For example, dried grains vinasse-200gd means and is ground and drying reaches the dried grains vinasse of 200 or following the temperature exit of moisture eliminator (for example).Adopt the fermentation solid of cryogrinding and/or dry preparation to be referred to herein as " the gentle fermentation solid of handling ".Adopt the fermented protein solid of cryogrinding and/or dry preparation to be referred to herein as " protein fermentation solid ".The fermentation solid that the gentleness that is fit to is handled comprises gentle DDG that handles and the gentle DDGS that handles.The gentle fermentation solid of handling comprises by the fermenting process deutero-fermentation solid that does not have the shortening step.

The fermentation solid that is applicable to biopolymer of the present invention can have the water content of wide region.In a kind of embodiment, water content can be less than or equal to about 15wt%, and for example about 1 to about 15wt%.In a kind of embodiment, water content can be about 5 to about 15wt%.In a kind of embodiment, water content can be about 5 to about 10 (for example 12) wt%.In a kind of embodiment, that water content can be is about 5 (for example 6) wt%.

Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise or can be by the preparation of fermentation solid arbitrarily that wide size range is arranged.In some embodiment, in the described biopolymer granularity of used fermentation solid be about 2 orders to less than about 1 micron (for example about 0.1 to about 0.01 micron), about 2 to about 10 orders, about 12 to about 500 orders, about 60 orders to less than about 1 micron, about 60 orders to about 1 micron, about 60 to about 500 orders.Comprise granularity and can be considered nano material, perhaps be considered as nano composite material under some situation less than the biopolymer of the fermentation solid of about 1 micron (for example about 0.1 to about 0.01 micron).

In some embodiment, in the described biopolymer used fermentation solid with before hot active material mixes can by painted, grind and screening (for example reaching the consistent particle size scope), dry or be used to handle the handling arbitrarily or before compound, passed through this type of processing of various known method of agricultural material.

In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise about 0.01 to about 95wt%, about 1 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 80wt%, about 5 to about 70wt%, about 50 to about 95wt%, about 50 to about 80wt%, about 50 to about 70wt%, about 50 to about 60wt%, about 60 to about 80wt% or about fermentation solid of 60 to about 70wt%.In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise the fermentation solid of about 5wt%, about 10wt%, about 50wt%, about 60wt%, about 70wt% or about 75wt%.Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with this tittle modified approximately or scope.

The fermentation solid that is applicable to biopolymer of the present invention comprises by the dry grinding method deutero-fermentation solid that is called " giving birth to starch " method.Produce the U.S. Patent application No.10/798 that is entitled as " with giving birth to Starch Production alcoholic acid method " that the living starch method that is suitable for fermentation solid comprises application on March 10th, 2004,226 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/552, the method of describing in 108, these applications all are incorporated herein for reference.

The specific embodiments of fermentation solid

Though do not limit the present invention, believe that fermentation solid of the present invention in certain embodiments (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) can be beneficial to the suitable biopolymer that forms.For example, in a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) can or can have glass transition point (Tg) and/or softening temperature (Tm) by glass transition point (Tg) and/or softening temperature (Tm) sign.For example, in a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) can form whole biopolymer.Though do not limit the present invention, a kind of embodiment of believing whole biopolymer can be included in the covalent bonding between fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) and the hot active material.As further example, in a kind of embodiment, believe that fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) gives biopolymer ideal thermal conductivity (for example advantageously rapidly heating and cooling).

Though do not limit the present invention, believe in some embodiment that fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) available two temperature-glass transition points (Tg) and softening temperature (Tm) characterize.In a kind of embodiment, can demonstrate under the viscoelastic temperature at it and for example between Tg and Tm, make fermentation solid compound.In a kind of embodiment, can its melted or fusible for example or be higher than under the temperature of Tm and make fermentation solid compound.In a kind of embodiment, described biopolymer comprises the fusing point hot active material lower than about Tg of fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, described biopolymer comprises the fusing point hot active material lower than about Tm of fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, described fermentation solid can have and the approximately equalised Tm of described polymkeric substance.

Though do not limit the present invention, believe to make under the temperature of Tg that is lower than fermentation solid and/or Tm that fermentation solid and hot active material are compound not to produce whole biopolymer or with the soft of dough form or raw material biopolymer.Believe have an appointment 150 ℃ Tm of DDG from the produced amylolysis Ethanol Method.

The Tm of fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) may be relevant with its content from the oil of plant material or other additive or syrup (for example solvend).In a kind of embodiment, can select the Tm of fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) by the amount of oil or syrup (for example solvend) in the control material.For example, believe that the content height of oil or syrup (for example solvend) reduces Tm and Tg, the low Tm that makes of the content of oil or syrup (for example solvend) raises.

The Tm of fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) may be relevant with the content of its softening agent (for example water, liquid polymer, liquid thermoplastic material or lipid acid etc.).In a kind of embodiment, can select the Tm of fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) by the amount of softening agent in the control material.For example, believe that the content height of softening agent reduces Tm and Tg, the low Tm that makes of the content of softening agent raises.

Though do not limit the present invention, believe under the Tg of fermentation solid and the temperature between the Tm, biopolymer of the present invention to be compounded with to be beneficial between hot active material and the fermentation solid to interact, can produce biopolymer with beneficial property.In a kind of embodiment, selected temperature also can be higher than the fusing point of hot active material and be fit to hot active material compound.In some embodiment, the Tg of fermentation solid and Tm allow and fusing point is higher polymkeric substance such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate and other engineering plastics are compound.

Though do not limit the present invention, believe that fermentation solid of the present invention (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) can comprise the plant material that is beneficial to processing.Make described plant material fermentation can remove most of starch and carbohydrate.Believe that fermentation can make proteolysis.Believe that proteolysis can provide the functional group that can form covalent interaction with hot active material, can make the gained biopolymer have beneficial characteristics.Believe also in some embodiment that fermentation can make protein more not soluble in water.

Though do not limit the present invention, believe in some embodiment that biopolymer of the present invention can comprise the fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) that advantageously comprises the high-load prolamine of finding in Cereals.These prolamine comprise zein (for example zein) and kafirin (for example jowar albumen).

Though do not limit the present invention, believe that in some embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can comprise the fermentation solid that reclaims from fermenting process, material described in the fermenting process is under the situation that higher determining alcohol existence is arranged.For example, in a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention is that determining alcohol meets or exceeds in the fermenting process of about 60wt% and reclaims from beer.For example, in a kind of embodiment, fermentation solid of the present invention be in fermentor tank determining alcohol meet or exceed about 19, about 20 or the fermenting process of about 21vol% reclaim.Though do not limit the present invention, believe that so high determining alcohol can produce the fermentation solid that prolamine improves.

In a kind of embodiment, but biopolymer of the present invention can comprise the fermentation solid of fermented material such as starch decreased.In a kind of embodiment, can be by making fractionated plant material fermentative production fermentation solid.For example, removing wheat bran and/or plumule fraction before the fermentation can make prolamine in plant material and the gained fermentation solid (for example zein) concentrate.Corn embryosperm comprises zein.Though do not limit the present invention, believe that the corn embryosperm fermentation can make the content of zein in the fermentation solid improve.

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can have the flow characteristics more favourable than ordinary hot plastic material.Melt flow index is represented the flow capacity of plastic material.Melt flow index is high more, and described material is easy more flowing under assigned temperature.Melt flow index can be measured by the standard test that is called MFR or MFI.

In brief, described test is included in the specific power (producing with accurate counterweight) of extruding the plastic material of heating under the assigned temperature by the circular die of fixed measure.The amount of extruding hot active material in 10 minutes is called MFR.This test is by standard plastic testing method ASTM D 3364 regulations.

Most of olefin thermoplastic materials are tested under 230 ℃.Biopolymer of the present invention can be issued to the melt index of the hot active material of homogeneous at low temperature more.For example, consider that 230 ℃ of following melt indexs are 10 plastics.These plastics can the hot active material of only about 30wt% and the amount of about 70wt% fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid such as DDG or DDGS) in biopolymer of the present invention as hot active material.The gained biopolymer will only had an appointment 10 melt index under about 160 ℃, and this is more much lower than 230 ℃.Equally, the gained biopolymer has under 230 ℃ and is starkly lower than 10 melt flow index.Favourable like this flow characteristics can be processed biopolymer of the present invention at a lower temperature.Processing at a lower temperature can be saved energy and be made cooling faster.

On the contrary, the plastics of filled plastics such as timber/plastics, fiberfill fibers, the plastics of filling mineral and other inert filler make the melt index of hot active material reduce usually, cause flowing relatively poor or induce the required power that flows bigger.Therefore, these conventional filled plastics are than the more difficult processing of pure plastics, and processing and maintenance melt flow index may need higher temperature.

Hot active material

It is arbitrarily that described biopolymer can comprise multiple hot active material.For example, but described biopolymer can comprise any hot active material of wherein embedding fermentation solid.In a kind of embodiment, can form the ability even or substantially even dough that comprises fermentation solid according to it and select hot active material.In a kind of embodiment, can select hot active material with the ability of fermentation solid covalent bonding according to it.In a kind of embodiment, can mix with fermentation solid or the flow capacity of compound tense is selected hot active material according to it.In a kind of embodiment, described hot active material can be finalized the design after moulding.Many so commercially available acquisitions of hot active material.

The hot active material that is fit to comprises thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, resin and adhesive polymer etc.Term used herein " thermoplastic material " means and hardens afterwards fusible and plastic material that finalize the design again.Term used herein " thermoset " material means the material (for example plastic material) that the back of hardening is difficult for fusing and finalizes the design again.Term used herein " resin and adhesive polymer " means than thermoplastic material and easier reaction of thermosetting material or the higher polymkeric substance of polarity.

The thermoplastic material that is fit to comprises polymeric amide, polyolefine (polyethylene for example, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, ethene-alpha-olefin copolymer, polybutene, polyvinyl chloride, acrylate, with acetic ester etc.), polystyrene (polystyrene homopolymer for example, polystyrene copolymer, the polystyrene terpolymer, and styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) multipolymer), polysulfones, halogenated polymer (polyvinyl chloride for example, polyvinylidene chloride), or polycarbonate etc., and the multipolymer of these materials and mixture etc.The vinyl polymer that is fit to comprises the vinyl polymer of producing by methods such as homopolymerization, binary copolymerization and terpolymers.The homopolymer that is fit to comprises polyacrylic ester, polymethacrylate, polymethylmethacrylate, and the multipolymer of these materials and the mixture etc. of polyolefine such as polyethylene, polypropylene, poly-1-butylene etc., polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylic ester, replacement.The alpha-olefin copolymer that is fit to comprises ethylene-propylene copolymer, ethene-hexene copolymer, ethylene-methyl acrylate multipolymer, ethylene-methyl acrylate multipolymer, the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.In some embodiment, the thermoplastic material that is fit to comprises polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.In some embodiment, the thermoplastic material that is fit to comprises polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), new LDPE (film grade) (LDPE), vinyl-vinyl acetate copolymer, the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.

The thermosetting material that is fit to comprises epoxy material, melamine material, the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.In some embodiment, the thermosetting material that is fit to comprises epoxy material and melamine material.In some embodiment, the thermosetting material that is fit to comprises Epicholorohydrin, dihydroxyphenyl propane, 1, the diglycidylether of 4-butyleneglycol, the diglycidylether of neopentyl glycol, the diglycidylether of cyclohexanedimethanol, aliphatic series; Aromatic amine hardeners is as Triethylenetetramine (TETA), quadrol, N-cocounut oil alkyl trimethylene diamines, isophorone diamine, diethyl toluene diamine, three (dimethylaminomethyl phenol); Carboxylic acid anhydride such as methyltetrahydro Tetra hydro Phthalic anhydride, hexahydro phthalic anhydride, maleic anhydride, the many acid anhydrides of many nonane diacids and Tetra hydro Phthalic anhydride, and these mixtures of material etc.

The resin and the adhesive polymer material that are fit to comprise such as resins such as polycondensation material, vinyl polymerization material and alloys thereof.Resin that is fit to and adhesive polymer material comprise polyester (for example polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate etc.), methyl vulcabond (urethane or MDI), organic isocyanide, aromatics isocyanide, phenol polymer, the polymkeric substance based on urea, the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.The resin material that is fit to comprises acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) (ABS), poly-acetyl resin, polyacrylic acid resinoid, fluorocarbon resin, nylon, phenoxy resin, polybutene resin, polyarylether such as polyphenylene oxide, polyphenyl thioether material, polycarbonate material, oxetane resin, polyethersulfone resin, polyphenylene oxide resin, polysulfone resin, polyimide resin, Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomer, the multipolymer that reaches these materials and mixture etc.In some embodiment, resin that is fit to and adhesive polymer material comprise polyester, methyl vulcabond (urethane or MDI), phenol polymer and based on the polymkeric substance of urea etc.

The hot active material that is fit to comprises the polymkeric substance from renewable resources, as comprises the polymkeric substance of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and the polymkeric substance that a class is called the polymkeric substance of polyhydroxyalkanoatefrom (PHA).The PHA polymkeric substance comprises poly butyric ester (PHB), poly-hydroxyl valerate (PHV) and poly butyric ester-hydroxyl pentanoate copolymer (PHBV), polycaprolactone (PCL) (being TONE), polyesteramide (being BAK), modification polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (being BIOMAX) and " aliphatic-aromatic " multipolymer (being ECOFLEX and BASTAR BIO), reaches these mixtures of material etc.

In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise about 0.01 to about 95wt%, about 1 to about 95wt%, about 5 to about 30wt%, about 5 to about 40wt%, about 5 to about 50wt%, about 5 to about 85wt%, about 5 to about 95wt%, about 10 to about 30wt%, about 10 to about 40wt%, about 10 to about 50wt% or about 10 to about 95wt% hot active material.In some embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise the hot active material of about 95wt%, about 75wt%, about 50wt%, about 45wt%, about 40wt%, about 35wt%, about 30wt%, about 25wt%, about 20wt%, about 15wt%, about 10wt% or about 5wt%.Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise not arbitrarily with this tittle modified approximately or scope.

The specific embodiments of hot active material

In a kind of embodiment, the hot active material that provides with liquid (for example MDI) form is provided biopolymer of the present invention.The hot active material of described liquid state can make described biopolymer have beneficial characteristics.MDI, organic isocyanide, aromatics isocyanide, phenol, melamine and can be considered the polymkeric substance of high-moisture based on polymkeric substance of urea etc., this has to be beneficial to extrudes.Available this type of hot active material produces the foam extrudate and is used for the lower application scenario of weight.

Additive

Biopolymer of the present invention can also comprise one or more additive.The additive that is fit to comprises one or more dyestuff, pigment, other tinting material, hydrolytic reagent, softening agent, filler, extender, sanitas, antioxidant, nucleator, static inhibitor, biocide, mycocide, fireproofing agent, fire retardant, thermo-stabilizer, photostabilizer, conductive material, water, oil, lubricant, impact modifier, coupling agent, linking agent, whipping agent and reprocessed plastic(s) etc. or its mixture.The additive that is fit to comprises softening agent, photostabilizer and coupling agent etc. or its mixture.In some embodiment, additive can be the character of final Application Design biopolymer of the present invention.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 20wt% additive.

Hydrolytic reagent

The available alkaline dispersing agent that comprises makes the fermentation solid hydrolysis as strong high alkali aqueous solution inorganic or organic bases.Described alkali can be strong inorganic base such as KOH, NaOH, CaOH, NH ₄OH, white lime or its combination.Can realize hydrolysis by the mechanical process of heating and pressurizing.Can realize hydrolysis by the pH that reduces mixture.Can in fermentation solid, add compounds such as toxilic acid or maleinization polypropylene.The G-3003 that maleinization polypropylene such as Eastman Chemicals produce is hydrolysis with G-3015 and/or is connected examples of material.Fermentation solid and hot active material can be crosslinked by means of the condition (high temperature and high pressure) of hydrolytic process and moulding process.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 0.01 to about 20wt% hydrolytic reagent.

Softening agent

Can use conventional softening agent in the biopolymer of the present invention.Softening agent can change the performance of described biopolymer, for example makes it more pliable and tougher and/or the change flow characteristics.Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise the softening agent of usage quantity in the conventional plastics.Suitable softening agent comprises at least a in natural or synthetic compound such as the following material: polyoxyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene-propylene glycol, triglycol, glycol ether, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, glycerine, glyceryl monoacetate, Glycerol dimer, glyceryl diacetate or triacetate, 1, the 4-butyleneglycol, the glyceryl diacetate sorbyl alcohol, anhydrosorbitol, N.F,USP MANNITOL, maltose alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol, the Mierocrystalline cellulose sodium glycolate, urea, methyl ether of cellulose, sodium alginate, oleic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, the diethyl sodium succinate, triethyl citrate, the diethyl sodium succinate, 1,2, the 6-hexanetriol, trolamine, cithrol, oil, epoxidized oil, natural rubber, other known plasticizers, and composition thereof or combination etc.In some embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 15wt% softening agent, about 1 to about 30wt% softening agent or about 1 to about 50wt% softening agent.

Linking agent

Found that linking agent reduces in the plasticity composite prod observed creep and/or can change water tolerance.Linking agent improves the machinery of biopolymer of the present invention and the ability of physicals in addition.Crosslinked meaning used herein makes hot active material and fermentation solid bonding.The crosslinked coupling agent that is different from Cheng Jian between plastic material.The linking agent that is fit to comprise one or more metal-salt (for example NaCl or halite) and salt hydrate (can improve mechanical property), formaldehyde, melocol, phenol and resol, melamine, methyl two isocyanides (MDI), other tackiness agent or resin system, and composition thereof or combination etc.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 20wt% linking agent.

Lubricant

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can comprise lubricant.Lubricant can compound, extrude or injection moulding process in change processing characteristics and the physical properties of fusion (fusing) point to obtain to want.

Outer, interior and outer/inner type that lubricant can be divided into.These classification are based on the effect of lubricant to melt in following plasticized screw or the heat power set composite.External lubricant can play the good effect of peeling off from the metallic surface, lubricate between the metal parts of each particle or particle surface and processing units.Internal lubricant can for example provide lubrication between the resin particle in composition, can reduce melt viscosity.The inside/outside lubricant can not only provide outer lubrication but also provide interior lubrication.

The external lubricant that is fit to comprises non-polar molecule or paraffinic hydrocarbons, as paraffin, mineral oil, polyethylene, and composition thereof or combination etc. in one of at least.This series lubricant agent can help biopolymer of the present invention (for example comprising PVC's) to slide on the hot melts surface of die head, machine barrel and screw rod not adhere to and help the gloss on finished product surface.In addition, external lubricant can keep shearing point and reduce the overheated of biopolymer.

The internal lubricant that is fit to comprises polar molecule, as the metal ester of lipid acid, fatty acid ester, lipid acid, and composition thereof or combination etc. in one of at least.Internal lubricant can with hot active material such as alkene, PVC, and other hot active material compatible with fermentation solid.These lubricants can reduce melt viscosity, reduce internal friction and because of associated hot due to the internal friction, and promote fusing.

Some lubricant also may be natural softening agent.The natural plasticising lubricant that is fit to comprise oleic acid, linolic acid, polyoxyethylene glycol, glycerine, stearic acid, palmitinic acid, lactic acid, sorbyl alcohol, wax, epoxidized oil (for example soya-bean oil), heat change oil (heat embodied oil), and composition thereof or combination etc. in one of at least.

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 10wt% lubricant.

Processing aid

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention comprises processing aid.The processing aid that is fit to comprises acrylic polymers and alpha-methyl styrene.These processing aids can use with the PVC polymkeric substance.Processing aid can reduce or improve melt viscosity and reduce in the uneven mould mobile.In hot active material, it promotes fusion, acts on similar internal lubricant.Processing aid content improve make usually compound, extrude, the injection moulding processing temperature is lower.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 10wt% processing aid.

Impact modifier

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention comprises impact modifier.The shock strength that some application requiring is higher than common plastics.The impact modifier that is fit to comprises acrylic acid or the like, chlorinatedpolyethylene (CPE) and methacrylic ester-butadiene-styrene (MBS) etc.These impact modifiers can use with the hot active material of PVC.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 10wt% impact modifier.

Filler

Biopolymer of the present invention needn't but can comprise filler.Filler can reduce the cost of material, can strengthen the property as hardness, rigidity and shock strength in some embodiment.Filler can improve the characteristic of described biopolymer, for example improves thermostability, improves snappiness or bendability and improves breaking tenacity.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can be the form of cementability material, and inert filler (as timber, fiber, glass fibre etc.) is combined with the hot active material of petroleum base.Filler such as wood powder improve filled plastics or biopolymer quality indistinctively.Conventional fillers such as talcum and mica improve the impact-resistance of biopolymer of the present invention, but the life-span of gaining in weight and reducing forcing machine.Glass fibre significantly improves the intensity of product as filler, but cost is higher.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can not necessarily comprise about 1 to about 50wt% filler.

Other filler of some that use in wood powder and the plastics is not heat-staple.Wood powder does not mix with plastics or is crosslinked, and each particle is surrounded by plastics under the heating and pressurizing condition.Mineral, glass fibre and wood powder are because of crosslinked or bonding is not called the 'inertia' filler with plastics.And timber or cellulose base filler can not be dealt with the heat demand of most of plastic workings (as extruding and injection moulding).In addition, wood meal reduces and reservation moisture.

Fiber

Biopolymer of the present invention can comprise fibre additive.The fiber that is fit to comprises various natural arbitrarily with synthon, as timber; The agricultural fibre that comprises flax, hemp, mestha, wheat, soybean, switchgrass or grass; The synthon that comprise glass fibre, Kevlar, carbon fiber, nylon; And composition thereof or combination etc. in one of at least.Fiber can change the performance of biopolymer.For example, long fiber be can in the biopolymer member, add and higher deflection and rupture modulus given.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can comprise about 1 to about 20wt% fiber.

Whipping agent

Even when producing with form of foam, biopolymer composition of the present invention also needn't comprise or adopt whipping agent.But for some application that will produce the form of foam composition, described biopolymer can comprise or adopt whipping agent.The whipping agent that is fit to comprise in pentane, carbonic acid gas, methyl iso-butyl ketone (MIBK) (MIBK) and the acetone etc. one of at least.

The preparation method of biopolymer

Biopolymer of the present invention can be by making arbitrary preparation of hot active material and fermentation solid blended the whole bag of tricks.In a kind of embodiment, make hot active material and fermentation solid compound.Verb used herein " compound " means and makes each several part merge into integral body and/or make each several part (for example hot active material and fermentation solid) combination forming.Can make the compound arbitrarily of fermentation solid and various hot active material such as thermoset and thermoplastic material.Can make mixing or compound preparation biopolymer of the present invention with fermentation solid and hot active material arbitrarily of various additives or other suitable material.In a kind of embodiment, the compound generation this paper of fermentation solid and hot active material dough shape noted earlier material.

Compoundly comprise, make fermentation solid and hot active material mix (for example kneading) and make fermentation solid and one or more of the process of hot active material in crosslinked the heating of fermentation solid and hot active material.Compoundly comprise that heat power is compound, extrude or high shear mixing compound etc.In a kind of embodiment, in the presence of hydrolytic reagent, make fermentation solid and hot active material compound.

Fermentation solid and hot active material are melted together form biopolymer or biopolymer dough.On the contrary, the compound generation of the heat power of wood particle and hot active material wherein be easy to see be suspended in the plastic substrate individual particle or by the material of the wood particle of plastic-coated wood particle form.Advantageously, described compound fermentation solid and hot active material can be evenly or almost uniform whole material.

Described compound, raw material or soft biopolymer can directly use or can form ball sheet, particle or other makes things convenient for form to be transformed into goods by molding or other method.

Heat power is compound

Heat power compound (" TKC ") can be utilized high speed thermokinetics principle mixing and compound.Heat power is compound comprise with homogenizer with high shear rates make two or various ingredients mix.The heat power set composite that is fit to is commercially available, for example Gelimat G1 (Draiswerke Company).This type systematic can comprise the computer control metering and the batch of material system of weighing.

A kind of embodiment of heat power set composite comprises the mixing tank of horizontal positioned and the batch mixing chamber of centre rotational axis is arranged.Several staggered hybrid elements are installed on the axle with different angles.The concrete quantity of mixing paddle and position change with the size of chamber.Can infeed prediction hot active material and fermentation solid in batches to mixer, for example by whole screw rod, this screw rod can be the part of turning axle.Perhaps, can supply hot active material and fermentation solid by the sliding gate that is positioned on the mixing tank body.This device can comprise the automatic operation Dump gate that is positioned at bottom, batch mixing chamber.

Indoor at batch mixing, hot active material and fermentation solid stand the high turbulent flow because of the high tip speed generation of hybrid element.Hot active material and fermentation solid thorough mixing also stand to collide the temperature rise that locular wall, mixing paddle and material particles itself produces.Friction in the mobile particle can promptly elevate the temperature and dehumidify.

The hot active material of bump batch mixing chamber interior and the mixture of fermentation solid heat material.For example, can in about 5 to about 30 seconds short period of time, material be heated to about 140 to about 250 ℃.Process cycle can be controlled by microprocessor.Microprocessor can be monitored parameters such as energy, input, temperature and/or time.When microprocessor was determined described end of processing, this device can be opened Dump gate and give off hot active material of compound and fermentation solid (described biopolymer).In a kind of embodiment, the composite material of fusing that the compound hot active material of discharge and fermentation solid are even blend can be processed immediately.

Use under the situation that is purchased the heat power set composite noted earlier, the energy that blend, dispersion and fusing consumed can be about 0.04 kilowatt of/pound product, than favourable with 0.06-0.12 kilowatt of/pound product of standard twin screw batch mixing system.

Can make hot active material of compound and fermentation solid (described biopolymer) produce uniform granulated material then through grinding technics again.This grinds and can utilize the standard cutter grinding system that uses screen cloth, can produce the size littler single-size close with shape.This granulated material can be used for for example extruding, injection moulding and other plastic working.

In a kind of embodiment, the TKC method makes hot active material and fermentation solid only be exposed to high temperature and shear-stress in short time.The time length that can select TKC is to prevent or to reduce thermal destruction.

In a kind of embodiment, it is compound that few mixture to hot active material of 10wt% and as many as 90wt% fermentation solid is carried out heat power.A high proportion of fermentation solid like this is difficult to carry out compound with conventional twin screw composite system.In a kind of embodiment, adopt heat power compound, can at a good pace change formula for a product.The batch mixing chamber of fermentation solid and the described device of hot active material compound tense can keep clean.In a kind of embodiment, the parking that the also comparable needs of heat power set composite are wasted time and energy and the standard composite system of cleaning process start quickly and close.

Though do not limit the present invention, heat power is compound to make the temperature of the material that comprises fermentation solid rise to the boiling point of water rapidly, and this moment, evaporation of water made temperature rise slack-off.In case it is several that the water content of the indoor material of batch mixing reduced to for percent zero point, then can occur being rapidly heated until the Tm of the mixture that reaches hot active material and fermentation solid point.Can be about 10 to about 30 seconds in the indoor residence time of batch mixing.Can spread the constant time Variables Selection residence time such as (diffusion constant time) and initial water content based on particulate.

The heat power of fermentation solid and hot active material is compound to adopt different processing parameters to produce the biopolymer of wanting.In a kind of embodiment, compoundly continue to described material and met or exceeded its Tm point.

In a kind of embodiment, the soft or raw material biopolymer of the compound generation dough of the heat power of fermentation solid and hot active material form can be substantially uniformly.For example, the compound similar material that cures dough (for example bread or cookies dough) of denseness that produces of heat power, most of fermentation solid blending is in hot active material and no longer occur with the separating particle form.In a kind of embodiment, the soft or raw material biopolymer of the compound generation of heat power, wherein the fermentation solid more than or equal to 70-90wt% all changes into dough.In a kind of embodiment, the compound generation of heat power does not comprise the soft of detectable fermentation solid particle or raw material biopolymer.

In a kind of embodiment, compound fermentation solid and the hot active material of making of heat power melts together.On the contrary, the compound generation of the heat power of wood particle and hot active material wherein is easy to see the individual particle that is suspended in the plastic substrate or by the material of the wood particle of plastic-coated wood particle form.Advantageously, in a kind of embodiment, heat power is compound to be compounded to form evenly fermentation solid and hot active material or almost uniform whole material.

In a kind of embodiment, compound raw material or the soft biopolymer that comprises the visible energy fermentation solid that produce of heat power.This is compound to use granularity for about 2 to about 20 purpose fermentation solid particles.

Heat power is compound to comprise that to make the front compound with the batch that is fit to described device at fermentation solid and hot active material cited amount or concentration.In a kind of embodiment, heat power is compound can to make fermentation solid and a spot of hot active material (for example about 5 to about 10wt% hot active material) compound and produce raw material or soft biopolymer effectively.The amount of this hot active material is lacked than plant material such as timber and hot active material compound common process institute consumption.

Compound by extruding

Can be by being applicable to that fermentation solid is mixed with hot active material or the arbitrary shape of the various extrusion moldings of compound becomes biopolymer of the present invention.For example, available conventional extrusion molding such as the compound preparation of twin screw biopolymer of the present invention.Compoundly can in forcing machine, provide higher internal temperature to promote the interaction of thermoplastic material and fermentation solid by what extrude.Compound corotation or the counter-rotating screw rod of using of twin screw.Described forcing machine can comprise permission moisture or the venting port of volatile matter from being discharged the compounding mixture.Utilize the die head on the forcing machine can be compound and the described biopolymer that is shaped.

Removing of water and other material

Processor (as forcing machine) can be configured to remove in the process of shaping biopolymer at processing materials and anhydrates or other material (gas, liquid or solid).For example can be in the twin screw extrusion or drainage water in the heat power recombination process.For clarity sake, hereinafter refer to the discharge of water, can discharge other liquid, gas or solid, as impurity, degradation production and gaseous by-product etc. but should understand also.

In a kind of embodiment, available mechanical means drainage water.For example, can in extrusion, exert pressure and from material, extrude water.In a kind of embodiment, extrude water or other liquid or gas in the interior abscess that the described material of compression can may form in extrusion from described material.

Also can utilize the hot type water outlet and/or make the material drying.In a kind of embodiment, can in extrusion or in other mechanical drainage procedure, apply heat.In a kind of embodiment, extrude or the compression moulding process after, can handle described biopolymer reaches described material with the water of removing surplus trim point by microwave or hot air drying system immediately.This is usually between the 3-8% water content.The interpolation ratio height of hot active material is tending towards reducing described trim point and further improves chemical bonding efficient, and this produces the water tolerance and the physical strength of height.

Vacuum available or liposuction technique drainage water and other impurity or gas from described biopolymer also.In a kind of embodiment, heat, vacuum and mechanical skill can one be used from drainage water and other material from described biopolymer.In a kind of embodiment, can airtight abscess be broken by one or more that uses heat, compression and vacuum take-off.

The technology of drainage water further describes at US 6,280 from high polymer material, in 667, is incorporated herein for reference.This patent disclosure be used to handle the method and apparatus of the plastics of timber filler.These method and apparatus also can be used for handling biopolymer of the present invention and the embodiment that constitutes biopolymer of the present invention.

Biopolymer is configured as product

The present invention relates to by the goods biopolymer manufacturing that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material or that comprise described biopolymer.Biopolymer of the present invention can show the distinctive character of plastic material, be better than the character of conventional plastic material and/or be better than comprising the character of the aggregate of plastics and for example timber or cellulose materials.Biopolymer of the present invention can be with various ordinary method that forms article by plastics be configured as useful goods arbitrarily.Biopolymer of the present invention can adopt any form.

The biopolymer material can be configured as various article and structure.In a kind of embodiment, the material biopolymer can be configured as the ball sheet, infeeds and is configured to injection moulding, extrudes or with other method moulding or process the machine of described biopolymer.In a kind of embodiment, can order about polymkeric substance and fermentation solid earlier and produce the line style extrudate by die head and then extrudate is cut into ball sheet type and forms the ball sheet.In a kind of embodiment, described ball sheet has consistent basically size and dimension.The cross section of described ball sheet can be that different shape is arbitrarily, as square, circle, ellipse, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon etc., depends on the shape of extrusion die.Circular cross section may be preferred in many application, and radius is several millimeters usually, and length is about 2 to 4 times of radius.

Though specific biopolymer product is described below, other products also is possible.For example, biopolymer can be used for hull, playground platform, storage receptacle and crown moulded product etc.

The injection moulding of biopolymer

The specific embodiments of biopolymer of the present invention can be injection moulding.In a kind of embodiment, the compound biopolymer can be ground to form uniform ball sheet and be used for injection moulding process.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can be used than conventional thermoplastic material energy (every pound) still less and process.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can demonstrate in injection moulding process than the conventional thermoplastic material time of heating and cooling faster.In a kind of embodiment, but biopolymer of the present invention keeps the melt index of plastics and has flowability making it high speed injection motding.For example, observe and comprise fermentation solid and polyacrylic biopolymer has the thermal conductivity higher than virgin pp.Thermal conductivity is high more, and heating and/or cooling are fast more, can accelerate processes such as injection moulding.

Injection molding technology is that those skilled in the art are known.In a kind of embodiment, can construct machine and be wanted shape by biopolymer is injection molded into.The shape that the hot active material of mould decision heating forms.Make described material cooled then, from mould, discharge subsequently.

Extruding of biopolymer

Biopolymer of the present invention can be with various conventional extrusion moldings extrude the formation goods arbitrarily.For example, biopolymer of the present invention can be extruded by dry method.For example, biopolymer of the present invention can extruding arbitrarily with various conventional die design.In a kind of embodiment, extrude process that biopolymer of the present invention forms goods and can comprise described biopolymer is infeeded the batching worm conveyor and makes it to be transformed into the size that is fit to extrude.Extrude and to use the arbitrarily with various conventional temperature arbitrarily of various conventional die heads.By extrude compound higher internal temperature can be provided in forcing machine and promote interact between thermoplastic material and the fermentation solid.

There is the forcing machine of one or more die head can be configured to make described biopolymer moulding.Can order about described biopolymer and produce the cross section of wanting by die head.Can as required the biopolymer of extruding be cut into the length of wanting then.Also can make the sclerosis of described biopolymer or otherwise solidify to keep cross-sectional shape.Can as requested the biopolymer of extruding be cut into shorter length then.

In a kind of embodiment, can more than fusing point, heat described biopolymer material.Can make described biopolymer move through the die head of the effect of converging then, with the shear-stress in the biopolymer that reduces adjacent wall, provide the cross section of wanting by shaping area then the die head heating.In a kind of embodiment, make not heating or the adiabatic section of described biopolymer by low friction then, this section has and the same or analogous cross section of the cross section of shaping area, to set up the swelling after cross section memory and minimizing are extruded in described polymkeric substance.Can make described biopolymer material form shell then in the following quenching of fusing point.In some embodiment, described shell can make described biopolymer keep the shape of wanting basically.

In another embodiment, can construct machine and make biopolymer move through the transition die head, produce biopolymer line material by the wire rod extrusion die again.Can further construct machine makes described line material move through the molding die head to make described line material be combined into the extrudate of wanting.In a kind of embodiment, but this extrude the line material and again combined techniques production structure and/or outer appearnce like the product of woody texture.

With biopolymer coextrusion material

Other material can with described biopolymer coextrusion.In a kind of embodiment, another kind of material (for example coating or hot active material) the layer or sheet can with described biopolymer coextrusion.In a kind of embodiment, described coextrusion layer or sheet can provide the surface properties of wanting, textural property and/or outward appearance.

The foaming of biopolymer

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention foams in the time of can be in the form of soft by it under the situation of not adding whipping agent, raw material or in fusion.Be the blocky hardened foam of the biopolymer of the present invention even the generation hard that can under the situation of reactive blowing agent, when extruding, foam unexpectedly.Though do not limit the present invention, believe that foam of the present invention may be the result of the protein foaming in the fermentation solid.

This rigidity or rigid foam can show the intensity bigger than the conventional porous plastics of equal densities (for example modulus in flexure).Conventional plastics intensity when foaming reduces.Though do not limit the present invention, believe biopolymer foam of the present invention may comprise with the interactional denatured protein of hot active material to produce useful blocky biopolymer foam.

Can be by injection moulding, extrude and the similar approach that is used for plastic shaping makes biopolymer of the present invention (for example ball sheet type) be transformed into the biopolymer foam.Though do not limit the present invention, believe that the heat and the kinetic energy that for example apply by mixing screw in these processes are enough to make biopolymer foaming of the present invention.In injection moulding, can partly fill mould and allow the foaming effect of described biopolymer to be full of described chamber.This can reduce the density of moulded product under the situation of not using chemical foaming agent.Also can utilize to extrude and make biopolymer foaming of the present invention.Used die head can make the biopolymer moulding of foaming in extruding.

In a kind of embodiment, whipping agent is mixed with fermentation solid and hot active material produce the foam biological superpolymer.In a kind of embodiment, can under the situation that is not configured to the ball sheet in advance, make the biopolymer foaming by the following method: fermentation solid and hot active material are mixed with the powdery whipping agent, with described mixture heating up and compound, then described biopolymer is extruded.In a kind of embodiment, vacuum available is removed steam.In a kind of embodiment, the expansion bigger than section bar periphery appears in the center of extrusion profile, so that density is higher than inner near the extruded product appearance.

May wish that the biopolymer composition is processed into particulate makes it effective foaming.In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer product can be earlier composition be processed into, described biopolymer particulate can be ground to form again so that be foamed into the shape of froth product then.

In a kind of embodiment, can produce the foam biological superpolymer by the following method: in the biopolymer material, produce discontinuous point.Described discontinuous point is expanded, then by cooling or crosslinkedly make described biopolymer stabilization to keep described discontinuous point.In a kind of embodiment, available whipping agent such as rare gas element (for example nitrogen or carbonic acid gas, hydrocarbon, hydrochloric ether, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)) or with liquid state dissolving or be dispersed in the biopolymer and the decomposability chemical foaming agent that resolves into rare gas element under heating up prepares biopolymer.Follow the expansion of whipping agent or decomposability chemical foaming agent that foam structure is expanded to form the foam biological superpolymer.Can control this foaming process by control extrusion temperature and other parameter.

A kind of embodiment of foam components comprises fine and close skin or shell and the inside that is formed by the foam biological superpolymer.Foam biological superpolymer parts can be configured to provide than lower weight of the parts of densification and the rigidity of Geng Gao.For example, the foam biological superpolymer can be configured as for example timber, pillar, beam, fringing, shaped component, the furniture plate and the veneer parts of dimensioning.The proportion parts lower than water of may wishing to be shaped make the parts floatability or near the density of timber.Also can be configured to window or door part by the foam biological superpolymer.The parts of hollow and foam core combination also are possible.

Processing parameter and structural parameter

In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer mixture can provide the mobile or lower viscosity higher than the typical mixture of using dried fiber and hot active material.This can allow extrude or injection moulding process in process with significantly lower pressure.For example, the pressure of compression moulding conventional fibre/polymer materials usually can be in the scope of 500-1000psi.On the contrary, in a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can be issued to maximum density at the pressure that is lower than 150psi.In a kind of embodiment, the motor load of processing biopolymer of the present invention can be reduced to 10% of polymkeric substance of the present invention from 50% of conventional polymer.

The low pressing pressure of biopolymer embodiment of the present invention requires to allow to be used for that the design of the compacting of described biopolymer or extrusion equipment and structure have bigger change and the cost that reduces this equipment.In a kind of embodiment, can also lower processing temperature be configured to process the equipment of described biopolymer.In a kind of embodiment, processing temperature can be reduced to 320 of one of biopolymer of the present invention embodiment from 400 of conventional polymer.

The mechanical property that timber substitutes device (or other structure) can quantize and test various parameters.The composition of may command biopolymer and production method obtain institute's performance of wanting and make up.The character that can consider comprises density, surface hardness, shearing resistance and bending property, confining force (keeping nail, screw or other fastening piece), separability (strip-out properties), hot expansion system and Young's modulus.In a kind of embodiment, can be by changing the content control texture parameter of fermentation solid in the described biopolymer.

The specific embodiments that illustrates

Fig. 1-8 illustrates the example of the structure embodiment that can be formed by biopolymer.

Articles of sheet material

Biopolymer of the present invention can be configured to sheet material.Fig. 7 illustrates a kind of embodiment of articles of sheet material 700.A kind of embodiment of articles of sheet material can be configured to texture and/or print to simulate other material.

Structural member

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer can be configured to structural member.In a kind of embodiment, but the manufacturing structure member is with the performance and/or the outward appearance of imitated other material.For example, in a kind of embodiment, described biopolymer can be used for making usually the structural member of the assembly that is become by timber, plastics or metal, and this class component is shown among Fig. 1 and 2.In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer can be configured to the timber alternative means, and the timber alternative means 600 as shown in Figure 6.The core 610 of timber alternative means 600 can comprise solid biopolymer, foam biological superpolymer, hollow hole, support, web or its combination.Can be by the technological parameter commonly used size of definite timber alternative means such as 2 * 4,2 * 2 and 2 * 6 for example.

Also can be configured as the sheet material that substitutes timber by biopolymer.For example, biopolymer can be configured as 4 * 8 sheet material to replace the glued board of standard.Also can be configured as the sheet material of other type.

Biopolymer also can be configured as more special-purpose timber alternative means or other structural member, comprises the member that shape is more complicated.Exemplary sheet materials shown in Fig. 7.

The parts that are used for window and door assembly

In a kind of embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention can be configured as door and window parts.Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of window assembly, and its parts can be made of biopolymer.Window assembly 100 comprises framework 25, can be formed by back timber 30, bottom girder 35 and lateral column 40, all can be configured to by described biopolymer material.Window frame 45 can be formed by cross bar 50 and munnion 55.Cross bar 50 and munnion 55 also can be configured to by described biopolymer.Muntin 60, frame 65 and veneer parts 70 (being shown among Fig. 2) also can be configured to by described biopolymer.Though Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of double-hung window, but the window assembly of other type also can be configured to by described biopolymer, includes but not limited to the assembly of casement, awning window, fixed frame roundheaded window, transom window, skylight, sliding window, oblique formula window, bow window and bay window.

In a kind of embodiment, can form custom-designed shape of cross section and described biopolymer window or door part can be assembled together and cooperate with glass, veneer or other parts.Fig. 5 illustrates one of complex-shaped member example.In a kind of embodiment, the assembling of biopolymer parts available heat welding process wherein makes it the parts heating fuse together.In a kind of embodiment, thermo-welding can produce the bigger weld of typical components that strength and stiffness are made than woodwork.In a kind of embodiment, available instrument finishing weld forms even transition and/or beautiful outward appearance.Described instrument can be for example cutter, copying milling tool or other appearance instrument.In a kind of embodiment, described instrument can heat makes described biopolymer partial melting impel clean and welding gallantly.

Fig. 2 illustrates a kind of cross section of window.Solid parts 80, hollow part 85 and sheet member 90 all can be shaped by described biopolymer.In some embodiment, the parts that are formed with hollow cross-section and at least one structure web are to provide light weight and to be enough to stand intensity used in everyday and wearing quality.The embodiment of window assembly can comprise foam components.A kind of embodiment of foam components shown in Figure 3 has fine and close shell 95 and foam core 100.Core shown in Fig. 3 97 also can be hollow or netted.

Fig. 4 illustrates a kind of door assembly.The parts that are used for standard gate, appearance of french doors, slip gate and other type door can be configured to by described biopolymer.Door assembly among Fig. 4 comprises framework 105, and it comprises back timber 110, door pillar 115 and bottom girder 120.This door comprises in panel 125, doorframe 130 and the door endures 135.These parts all can be configured to by described biopolymer material.Non-structural ornament spare and moulded product also can be configured to by described biopolymer.

The biopolymer parts can be configured as hollow or half hollow configuration.In a kind of embodiment, the parts that are shaped by described biopolymer comprise shell or wall and one or more inner support.Fig. 5 illustrates can be by a kind of typical case half hollow part of described biopolymer material forming.Described parts include the outer wall 200 of internal surface 205 and outside surface 210.Can form groove 215 or other premolding track or feature in outside surface makes the interface adapt to associated member.Can provide in one or more and support 220.One or more anchoring piece 225 also can be provided.Anchoring piece can be configured as fastening pieces such as receiving screw or bolt.Also can provide bonding surface 230 to make the biopolymer parts be fit to thermo-welding on other hot active material or biopolymer material.

The wallboard product

Building structure also can be configured to by described biopolymer with the wallboard product.In a kind of embodiment, can provide the wallboard product of sheet-form.The wallboard product can be copied for example stone material or marble.

In another embodiment, can provide the wallboard product of the strip of similar wood, aluminium or Vinylite wallboard.For example, Fig. 8 illustrates the wallboard product that comprises longitudinal member 800.Fig. 9 and 10 also illustrates wallboard members 900,1000.In a kind of embodiment, thereby described biopolymer can be configured as the longitudinal member that fit structure can connect adjacent members.For example, available tongue 810 and groove 820 arranged and made longitudinal member and be positioned at top or following similar component and link to each other.A kind of embodiment of longitudinal member can comprise that reinforcing support 930 or support webs 940 are to increase rigidity, as shown in Figure 9.

A kind of embodiment of wallboard members can comprise foam or hollow space.Figure 10 illustrates a kind of embodiment 1000 of the inside 1010 of foam or hollow.There is the embodiment of hollow space can also comprise the web of support structure, for example shown in Fig. 8.The embodiment of foam or hollow space can improve the R value of wallboard.There is the embodiment of foam or hollow space also can make wallboard members harder and show less creep.Also can comprise at least two kinds combination in foam, hollow space and the mesh portion.

A kind of embodiment of wall panel assembly can comprise can be by the wallboard members of thermo-welding tail to the tail linking.The exposed face of wallboard members can be printed, be coated with, covers or otherwise handle to improve weathering resistance and/or outward appearance, as hereinafter described.

Column and railing system

The specific embodiments that comprises the structural member of biopolymer material can be used for constructing various structures, comprise cylinder, cross bar and decorative system, can be used for various places, comprise porch, courtyard, access road, garden, lawn or as keypoint part (accent).In a kind of embodiment, cylinder and cross bar can be used as the parts of decorative system.

In a kind of preferred embodiment of column and railing system, cylinder is made up of pedestal, bight, panel and top cover.In a kind of embodiment, pedestal can be configured in connection or be fixed on ground or another the structural pillar slide.Though do not need pillar, it can provide favourable support structure.In a kind of embodiment, a plurality of panels can be interconnected to form cylinder by a plurality of bights.In a kind of embodiment, four panels and four cylinders can be used for forming rectangular cylinder.In other embodiments, can form other cylinder body shape, as trilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon and octagon etc.Irregular cylinder also can: make panel that cylinder is shaped and bight all need not to be same size.

In a kind of embodiment, cylinder can be configured to slide on pillar or otherwise connect with pillar.Cylinder can also connect with pedestal.Also cylinder can be fixed on the pillar, perhaps pedestal can be fixed on the pillar.Top cover can be installed or otherwise is connected on pillar and/or the cylinder then.Top cover can be various form, comprises function or aesthetic requirement form.In a kind of embodiment, the approximate horizontal member of body and first and second outer ends and the first and second approximate vertical members that separate and inwardly be provided with described first and second ends of horizontal member in top cover is configured as.

Column can be hollow, filling, partially filled or inner foaming.In a kind of embodiment, described column can have the inside of hollow.In another embodiment, described column has partially filled inside, is fixed on the top cover but when distance or space are arranged between one or more panel and pillar as pillar.In the third embodiment, column can have the inside that is full of fully, is fixed on the top cover and during the contact panel as pillar.In other embodiment, column can have fine and close shell and foam, netted or inside or its combination of support arranged.The invention is not restricted to these possible embodiments.

Described panel can be a decoration, color likely, material or texture etc.In a kind of embodiment, described panel can be transparent or semitransparent material, as stained glass or the paint glass or the plastics of stained glass outward appearance are provided.In a kind of embodiment, light source and configurable light source can be set in cylinder or column to illuminate transparent or semitransparent panel.In a kind of embodiment, in the interval of light source between cylinder and pillar.In a kind of embodiment, corner component can constitute the frame of decorating panel.

In a kind of preferred embodiment, railing is formed by stanchion and cross bar.A plurality of stanchions are placed between cross tube and the sheer pole, are fixed on then on the upper and lower cross bar.Then the cross bar lid is fixed on and is configured as railing on the cross tube.

Structural member can be configured to by the various materials that comprise biopolymer, timber, glass and matrix material whole or in part, can apply brasssky, bronze, chromium or gunmetal and form unique outward appearance and pattern.But top cover also glass or other transparent or semitransparent material is configured to and throws light on from the inboard.Also other illuminating arrangement can be arranged.Described structural member can have different shape.For example, described structural member can have edge or the sharp edge that rounds, and can be circular or polygonal.Described structural member can prepare in every way, comprises injection moulding or extrudes.Described structural member can also variety of way be fixed, comprise be screwed, nail, gluing, bite or fix with the button bolt.But the thermo-welding of biopolymer parts together.Available cutter, copying milling tool or other instrument make thermo-welding level and smooth or have further feature that beautiful outward appearance is provided.

The column that illustrates and the embodiment of railing system

Figure 13-26 explanation can be formed or be comprised the example of the structure embodiment of biopolymer of the present invention by biopolymer of the present invention.

Figure 13 is the front perspective view of the embodiment of decorative system, can be made up of bight 1, panel 2, stanchion 3, cross bar 4, cross bar lid 5, pedestal 6 and top cover 7.Cylinder can comprise bight 1, panel 2, pedestal 6 and top cover 7, can be fixed on the railing, and railing can be made up of stanchion 3, cross bar 4 and cross bar lid 5, as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 14 illustrates the front view of base component, and wherein pedestal 6 can slide on pillar 8.Fastening piece such as screw 9 can be fixed on pedestal 6 on the pillar 8.A plurality of panels 2 can be interconnected to form rectangular cylinder by a plurality of bights 1.Cylinder can slide on the pillar 8 and can be installed on the pedestal 6, as shown in Figure 15.Top cover 7 can be installed on the pillar 8 and form cylinder, as shown in Figure 16.

Figure 17 is the front view of balustrade assemblies.A plurality of stanchions 3 can be placed between cross tube 4 and the sheer pole 4, as shown in Figure 5.Stanchion 3 can be connected with sheer pole 4 with cross tube 4 by for example screw 10, as shown in Figure 18.Cross bar lid 5 can be installed on the cross tube 4 of Assembled fence and make railing, as shown in figure 19.

The embodiment that can be used for forming the structure unit of Figure 13-19 structure is shown among Figure 20-26.Figure 20 is the skeleton view of pedestal 6.Figure 21 is the top view of panel parts 2.Figure 22 is the cross-sectional view in bight 1.Figure 23 is the skeleton view of top cover 7.Figure 24 is the top view of stanchion 3.Figure 25 is the side-view of sheer pole 4.Figure 26 is the side-view of cross bar lid 5.

Coating, texture and outward appearance

Can carry out the outward appearance processing to described biopolymer in the moulding process or afterwards.For example, used die head or other surface may form grain surface in the moulding on the biopolymer goods.Extruding can be with the extexine and the coextrusion of biopolymer core of polymkeric substance or other material.After the moulding, available multiple roll print process is handled the biopolymer of moulding to give real wood or other the printing texture of wanting or the outward appearance of color.After the moulding, the biopolymer of available heat solidity powder treatment moulding.Described powder thermosetting can be for example transparent, translucent or fully painted.This powdered thermosettingization can be made, the coating that is fit to inside or outside use can be formed.Also can make this powder form texture for example appearance of natural wood and texture are provided.

In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer product can be carried out powder coated, make omphalos and/or printing provides surface properties such as weathering resistance and uviolresistance and/or surface effect such as the wood grain color and the texture of requirement.

In a kind of embodiment, can be configured as the biopolymer product of matcoveredn.In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer product can scribble powder thermosetting, makes powder curing become high-performance coating through baking.Described powder can be for example polyester, Resins, epoxy, acrylate or other polymkeric substance or hot active material or its combination.Described coating can be transparent, translucent or fully painted.In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer product that scribbles powder can toast in infrared or IR/UV stove.In can being suitable for, this coated product uses and external application.

In a kind of embodiment, can add skim resin or other material from the teeth outwards.For example, a kind of embodiment of wallboard material can be made as resin protective layer to strengthen weathering resistance.Add upper layer and also can be fit to other and use, comprise furniture in the internal application (for example bathtub or shower area) that for example may contact clean-out system and applications such as building decoration, window shutter, lawn and garden furniture, decoration panel and mark or the institute.

In a kind of embodiment, the biopolymer product can wrap up with the Vinylite parcel or with metal.

Can make the biopolymer product have the outward appearance and/or the texture (or other texture/outward appearance) of timber by for example omphalos or printing or with methods such as outer and biopolymer coextrusion.For example, wall panel assembly can be decorated with wood grain outward appearance or texture.But articles of sheet material also figure ornament and the coating so that wood grain outward appearance or other outward appearance to be provided.Other timber substitute products can be processed into texture and the specific timber (or painted timber) that is similar in color equally.

In a kind of embodiment, can make described biopolymer product by outward appearance or other the printing texture or color of wanting of multiple roll typography, as plaster, concrete, brick, stone, ceramic tile, clay or metal to give real wood.In other embodiment, extrudate can directly print with gravure processes or embossed wheel.Color and texture-combined can produce appearance of natural wood and sensation.Other print process also can be used, and comprises direct computer generated image.In a kind of embodiment, printing or other method can produce woody texture true to nature such as maple, oak, cherry, China fir or other trace of wanting and texture.In a kind of embodiment, can be in solidification process the biopolymer material be placed in the hot plate type squeezing machine and not only can solidifies quickly but also go out texture in the finished product surface imprint.

In a kind of embodiment, form externally applied product together with fermentation solid and the powder coating that is used for externally applied product.In a kind of embodiment, can print off the outward appearance of wanting and/or in the stamping press of grain board is arranged, produce texture to externally applied product to form the Topical grade grain surface.In another embodiment, available similar approach produces durable product.

In another embodiment, described biopolymer can print, and is coated with then with the protection printing surface.Described biopolymer can be through digital printed, for example gives the outward appearance wanted such as the texture of special timber such as cherry.Can carry out powder coated then to described biopolymer with the protection printing surface.In a kind of embodiment, can on described biopolymer, printing surface can be showed powder coated transparent layer.

In another embodiment, apply skin to product.Described skin can be the coextrusion layer of facing plate, woody texture tectum, coloured tectum or other type for example.This skin can provide color, outward appearance, texture, weathering resistance or other performance of wanting.

In another embodiment, described biopolymer can be made into outer appearnce like grouan.In a kind of embodiment, described biopolymer can comprise remaining ferment solid visible particles.This type of compound bio superpolymer can cause surrounding in a kind of matrix of outward appearance the particle of different outward appearances, obtains the grouan outward appearance.In this type of compound bio superpolymer, but the fermentation solid blending of larger proportion combines in hot active material and/or with hot active material.

In another embodiment, can in described biopolymer, add particulate matter.The embodiment that comprises particulate matter can be configured as simulation grouan or other stone material or the natural wood texture outward appearance as the timber that removes the knurl knot.In a kind of embodiment, can make the particle fusion in the biopolymer product, for example by composite grain in extrusion molding or compression moulding process.In a kind of embodiment, particle is insoluble to polymkeric substance and keeps separating, so that can with the naked eye see particulate matter.In a kind of embodiment, particle is blended in obtains desired gathering outward appearance in the polymkeric substance.In a kind of embodiment, there is the biopolymer of aggregation can carry out mechanical workout, cutting, boring or other processing.

Figure 11 illustrates the schema 1100 of explanation production of articles method.Preparation comprises about 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid and about 0.1 composition to the hot active material of about 95wt% at 1110 places.By molding, injection moulding, blowing, compression moulding, transfer molding, thermoforming, casting, calendering, low pressure molding, high-pressure laminating, reaction injection molding(RIM), foam-formed and coating composition is configured as 1120 goods.In a kind of embodiment, can after moulding, give described goods coating coating 1130.

Figure 12 illustrates the schema that explanation can be made as biopolymer of the present invention the method for wood substitutes, window or door part or wall member.With biopolymer heating 1210.Exert pressure 1220 for the biopolymer of described heating.In a kind of embodiment, heat and exert pressure and to carry out simultaneously or can begin earlier to exert pressure.Make the biopolymer moulding 1230 of heating form goods or parts.In a kind of embodiment, can be by extruding or injection moulding 1240 makes described biopolymer moulding.In a kind of embodiment, can be by compacting 1260 described goods or parts pressed ware.In a kind of embodiment, suppress the therefrom drainage water 1270 of described biopolymer.For example, compacting can produce articles of sheet material or other products or can prepare and be used to subsequently to extrude or the biopolymer of injection moulding.In a kind of embodiment, between shaping period and afterwards, other processing be can carry out, for example further moulding, cutting, machining or surfacing comprised.In a kind of embodiment, apply superficial makings 1250 can for goods or parts.Can impress from the teeth outwards by for example coextrusion or with die head and apply superficial makings.Also can adopt other technology that produces superficial makings.Make described biopolymer cooling 1280 with holding member or shape of products.

Embodiment

Embodiment 1 is by the compound production biopolymer of heat power

This embodiment describes the preparation of the biopolymer of the present invention that comprises fermentation solid (for example DDG, specific fermented protein solid), polypropylene and toxilic acid (maleated acid).For example, the ratio in 60/38/2 measures these components, carries out compound with the composite machine of Gelimate G1 heat power.Listed other ratio in the composite in the same way table.Carry out compound with 4400RPM; Material is discharged from composite machine under 190 ℃ temperature.Described polypropylene is the commodity that are called SB 642 that provided by BasellCoproration.Described biopolymer leaves composite machine with dough material form, the dough/pasta of similar bread (soft or raw material biopolymer).In conventional cutter grinding system, make soft or raw material biopolymer granulating formation ball sheet.

With " dog bone " the mold injection biopolymer ball of the present invention sheet of standard, all trizonal temperature are 320 Fahrenheit degrees on Toshiba Electric injection press.In contrast, also use the same method molding independent be purchased polypropylene.

The tensile strength, modulus in flexure, rupture modulus of pressing ASTM plastic testing standard testing gained dog bone shape material are to determine physical strength.Obtain following result:

Polymkeric substance	Tensile strength (1bs, ASTM)	Flexural strength (psi, ASTM)	Displacement (elongation) tensile test (inch, ASTM)
				100% polypropylene	130	61,000	0.22
Biopolymer embodiment 1 (50wt% fermented protein solid and 50wt% polypropylene)	140	140,000	0.11
				Biopolymer embodiment 2 (70wt% fermented protein solid and 30wt% polypropylene)	130	210,000	0.061
Biopolymer embodiment 3 (60wt% fermented protein solid, 38wt% polypropylene, 2wt% maleinization polypropylene)	140	220,000	0.071

Be in plastics, to add fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) intensity of plastics is improved unexpectedly.Biopolymer of the present invention is firmer than the hot active material that is used to prepare it.Three ionization meters of every kind of polymkeric substance all illustrate this result.

Biopolymer of the present invention shows comparison according to the bigger tensile strength of plastics.This is unexpected.Conventional filled plastics (for example filling inert filler) have usually than its lower tensile strength of plastics of preparation.Particularly, there is the conventional filled plastics tensile strength that reaches 50wt% or 70wt% inert filler lower than its plastics of preparation.Among this embodiment, there is the biopolymer of 50wt% or 70wt% fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) all to demonstrate comparison according to the bigger tensile strength of plastics.Among this embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention obtains additional tensile strength when adding linking agent.

Biopolymer of the present invention demonstrates comparison according to the bigger modulus in flexure of plastics.Among this embodiment, there is the biopolymer of 50wt% or 70wt% fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) all to demonstrate comparison according to the bigger modulus in flexure of plastics.Among this embodiment, biopolymer of the present invention obtains additional modulus in flexure when adding linking agent.

Biopolymer of the present invention demonstrates the displacement (less " elongation ") that comparison reduces according to plastics.Among this embodiment, there is the biopolymer of 50wt% or 70wt% fermentation solid (for example Fa Jiao protein solid) all to demonstrate the displacement that comparison reduces according to plastics.Can think that generally elongation reduces to improve relevant with thermostability, processing stability and structural stability.

Embodiment 2 is by extruding the production biopolymer

Extrude parameter production biopolymer of the present invention below the employing.

Taper reversible type forcing machine

178 ℃ of RT (resin temperature)

RP (resin pressure) 11.9

Main motor (%) 32.3%

RPM 3.7

D2 (die head warm area 2) 163

D1 (die head warm area 1) 180

AD (die head) 180

C4 (machine barrel heating zone 4) 177

C3 181

C2 194

C1 208

Extruder temperature 149

(temperature be ℃)

(equipment TC85 milicron CCRE)

The mixture of the DDG of 15% polypropylene (" PP ") and 85% blending 7%MC is compound with the high-shear composite system, under above processing parameter, extrude then by the hollow mould head system.Notice that DDG comprises protein, fiber, fat and ash content.15%PP and 85% cellulosic fibre (wheat) are adopted in test for the second time, with complete same process, equipment and above processing parameter as a comparison.

In the initial contrast of the test of this specific embodiments, between biopolymer extrudate embodiment of the present invention and the correlated fiber/PP extrudate a lot of differences are arranged.Fiber/PP extrudate is simulated existing wood plastic fibre technology and overall performance approx.Fiber/PP extrudate color except that very dark integral color is arranged is also very different, demonstrates each fiber and particle.This conventional material also demonstrates relatively poor mechanical strength property and fragility, and described biopolymer has higher whole breaking tenacity and stiffness.

Biopolymer embodiment of the present invention keeps its more shallow color and outward appearance substantially evenly.This shows that biopolymer of the present invention mutually combines or is fused together under the forcing machine condition that is adopted.

Should notice that used singulative " a kind of " and " being somebody's turn to do " comprise plural object in this specification and the appended claims, unless other clear and definite indication is arranged.Therefore, for example mention that the composition that comprises " a kind of compound " comprises two or the mixture of multiple compound.Should also be noted that term " or " implication comprise " and/or ", unless other clear and definite indication is arranged.

Should also be noted that used term in this specification and the appended claims " adopt and structure " is described as finishing particular task or adopts particular configuration and the system, equipment or other structure that are configured to.Term " adopt and structure " can be with other similar terms such as arrangement and configuration, body plan and arrangement, adopt, construct, make and arrangement etc. is exchanged and used.

Invention has been described in conjunction with different concrete and preferred embodiments and technology.Can make many modifications and change within the spirit and scope of the present invention but should understand.

Claims (147)

1. composition comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

2. the composition of claim 1, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the protein solid of fermentation.

3. the composition of claim 2, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse.

4. the composition of claim 2, wherein said dried grains vinasse also comprise solvend.

5. the composition of claim 2, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried grains vinasse-200.

6. the composition of claim 2, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried maize alcohol stillage.

7. the composition of claim 6, wherein said dried maize alcohol stillage comprise does the classification maize alcohol stillage.

8. in the wet cake that the composition of claim 1, wherein said fermentation solid comprise the dried grains vinasse, the dried grains vinasse of solvend are arranged, wet cake and solvent were washed one of at least.

9. the composition of claim 1, wherein said fermentation solid comprise the dried grains vinasse, do in amyloid root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse and the dried piece root vinasse one of at least.

10. the composition of claim 9, wherein said fermentation solid comprise in the poor and dried leguminous plants vinasse of solid food cereal wine one of at least.

11. the composition of claim 10, wherein said fermentation solid comprise dried maize alcohol stillage, dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, do little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse and dried soybean vinasse.

12. the composition of claim 9, wherein said fermentation solid comprise dried piece root vinasse, described dried piece root vinasse comprise in dried sweet potato vinasse, dried Chinese yam vinasse and the dried cassava grain stillage one of at least.

13. the composition of claim 9, wherein said fermentation solid comprise dried stem tuber vinasse, described dried stem tuber vinasse comprise the dried potato vinasse.

14. the composition of claim 1 comprises:

About 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid; With

About 20 to about 50wt% hot active materials.

15. the composition of claim 1, wherein said hot active material comprise thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, and resin and adhesive polymer in one of at least.

16. the composition of claim 1, wherein said hot active material comprise in polyethylene, polypropylene and the polyvinyl chloride one of at least.

17. the composition of claim 1, wherein said hot active material comprise in epoxy material and the melamine one of at least.

18. the composition of claim 1, wherein said hot active material comprise polyester, phenol polymer and contain in the polymkeric substance of urea one of at least.

19. the composition of claim 1, wherein said composition are the forms of whole biopolymer, compound bio superpolymer or gathering biopolymer.

20. the composition of claim 1, wherein said composition are the forms of compound bio superpolymer, the outward appearance of described compound bio superpolymer is like grouan.

21. the composition of claim 1, wherein said composition be ball sheet, particle, extrude the form of solid, injection moulding solid, rigid foam, sheet material, dough or its combination.

22. being macroscopic views, the composition of claim 1, wherein said composition go up uniformly.

23. the composition of claim 1 comprises the covalent bonding of described fermentation solid and described hot active material.

24. the composition of claim 1 comprises the melt of described fermentation solid and described hot active material.

25. the composition of claim 1, also comprise in dyestuff, pigment, hydrolytic reagent, softening agent, filler, sanitas, antioxidant, nucleator, static inhibitor, biocide, mycocide, fireproofing agent, fire retardant, thermo-stabilizer, photostabilizer, conductive material, water, oil, lubricant, impact modifier, coupling agent, linking agent, whipping agent and the reprocessed plastic(s) one of at least.

26. the composition of claim 1, also comprise in softening agent, photostabilizer and the coupling agent one of at least.

27. goods that comprise composition, described composition comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

28. a preparation of compositions method, this method comprise that to make the material that comprises fermentation solid and hot active material compound.

29. the method for claim 28 wherein compoundly comprises that heat power is compound.

30. the method for claim 28, the wherein compound twin screw that comprises is extruded.

31. the method for claim 30, wherein twin screw is extruded and is comprised and make the foaming of described composition.

32. the method for claim 28 also comprises making described composition sclerosis.

33. the method for claim 32 also comprises described hardened composition is ground.

34. the method for claim 33 comprises described composition is ground to form particle.

35. the method for claim 32 also comprises described composition is configured as the ball sheet.

36. the method for claim 32 also comprises described composition is configured as sheet material.

37. the method for claim 28 comprises that to make the mixture that comprises following component compound:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 0.1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

38. the method for claim 37 comprises that to make the mixture that comprises following component compound:

About 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid; With

About 20 to about 50wt% hot active materials.

39. the method for claim 28 comprises that to make dried grains vinasse and hot active material compound.

40. the method for claim 39 comprises that to make dried maize alcohol stillage and hot active material compound.

41. the method for claim 28 comprises making hot active material and dried grains vinasse, doing one of at least compound in amyloid root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse and the dried piece root vinasse.

42. the method for claim 28 comprises making hot active material and dried maize alcohol stillage, dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, doing one of at least compound in little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse, dried soybean vinasse, dried sweet potato vinasse, dried Chinese yam vinasse, dried cassava grain stillage and the dried potato vinasse.

43. the method for claim 28, comprise make fermentation solid and thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, and resin and adhesive polymer in one of at least compound.

44. the method for claim 28 comprises one of at least compound in the polymkeric substance that makes fermentation solid and polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, epoxy material, melamine, polyester, phenol polymer and contain urea.

45. the method for claim 28, uniform composition on the wherein compound generation macroscopic view.

46. the method for claim 28, the wherein compound covalent bonding that impels described fermentation solid and described hot active material.

47. the method for claim 28, the wherein compound temperature that makes described fermentation solid rises to the temperature of the Tg that is higher than described fermentation solid.

48. the method for claim 28, the wherein compound temperature that makes described fermentation solid rises to the temperature of the Tm that is higher than described fermentation solid.

49. the method for claim 28 also comprises to described compound composition coating coating.

50. the preparation method of a foam composition, this method comprises:

The material that will comprise fermentation solid and hot active material is extruded; With

Production comprises the foam composition of fermentation solid and hot active material.

51. the method for claim 50 comprises and extruding not containing the composition that adds whipping agent.

52. the production method of goods, this method comprises:

Form described goods by composition, described composition comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 0.1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

53. the method for claim 52, the method that wherein forms goods comprise in extrusion molding, injection moulding, blowing, compression moulding, transfer molding, thermoforming, casting, calendering, low pressure molding, high-pressure laminating, reaction injection molding(RIM), the foam-formed and coating one or more.

54. the method for claim 52 also comprises to described goods coating coating.

55. the composition of claim 1 comprises dried grains vinasse and polypropylene, also comprises the maleinization polypropylene.

56. goods that comprise the biopolymer material, described biopolymer material comprises hot active material and fermentation solid.

57. the goods of claim 56, wherein said biopolymer comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

58. the goods of claim 56, wherein said fermentation solid comprise the dried grains vinasse, do in amyloid root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse and the dried piece root vinasse one of at least.

59. the goods of claim 58, wherein said fermentation solid comprise in the poor and dried leguminous plants vinasse of solid food cereal wine one of at least.

60. the goods of claim 59, wherein said fermentation solid comprise dried maize alcohol stillage, dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, do little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse and dried soybean vinasse.

61. the goods of claim 56, goods described in being total to are the part of window, the part of door, the part of a piece of furniture.

62. the goods of claim 56, wherein said article configurations becomes the timber alternative means.

63. the goods of claim 62 also comprise fine and close shell and foam core.

64. the goods of claim 63 also are included in the grain surface on the fine and close shell.

65. the goods of claim 56, wherein said article configurations becomes decorated articles.

66. the goods of claim 56, at least a portion of wherein said goods comprises foam core.

67. the goods of claim 56 are configured to fit together by thermo-welding and another goods.

68. the goods of claim 56, assembled configuration become in window assembly, door assembly and the furniture assembly one of at least.

69. the goods of claim 56 also comprise the internal surface that limits the chamber, stretch into the support in the chamber and stretch into anchor portion in the chamber that described anchor portion is configured for receiving fastening piece.

70. the goods of claim 56, comprise in compression moulding goods, extruded product and the injection-molded item one of at least.

71. the goods of claim 56 also comprise second material layer that is positioned on the biopolymer.

72. the goods of claim 71, wherein said second material layer comprises the imprinting moulding feature.

73. the goods of claim 71, wherein said second material layer comprises the coextrusion material.

74. the goods of claim 71, wherein said second material layer comprises powder coating.

75. the goods of claim 56, wherein said article configurations becomes the parts of wall panel assembly for building.

76. the goods of claim 75, the parts of wherein said wall panel assembly for building comprise:

The longitudinal member that the vertical body that extends between first and second ends is arranged;

Described longitudinal member comprises the biopolymer material;

One of at least be configured to be connected in first and second ends with second parts of wall panel assembly.

77. the goods of claim 76, wherein said second parts comprise the biopolymer material, and described second unit architecture becomes to be connected with an end of longitudinal member by thermo-welding.

78. the goods of claim 76, wherein said longitudinal member include the surface variations that changes outward appearance, described surface variations comprise in powder coating, grain surface and the print surface one of at least.

79. the goods of claim 56, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the protein solid of fermentation.

80. the goods of claim 79, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse.

81. the goods of claim 80, wherein said dried grains vinasse also comprise solvend.

82. the goods of claim 80, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried grains vinasse-200.

83. the goods of claim 80, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried maize alcohol stillage.

84. the goods of claim 56 comprise:

About 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid; With

About 20 to about 50wt% hot active materials.

85. the goods of claim 56, wherein said hot active material comprise thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, and resin and adhesive polymer in one of at least.

86. the goods of claim 56, wherein said hot active material comprise in polyethylene, polypropylene and the polyvinyl chloride one of at least.

87. the goods of claim 56, wherein said hot active material comprise in epoxy material and the melamine one of at least.

88. the goods of claim 56, wherein said hot active material comprise polyester, phenol polymer and contain in the polymkeric substance of urea one of at least.

89. the goods of claim 56, wherein said goods are forms of whole biopolymer, compound bio superpolymer or gathering biopolymer.

90. the goods of claim 56, wherein said goods are forms of compound bio superpolymer, the outward appearance of described compound bio superpolymer is like grouan.

91. the goods of claim 56, also comprise in dyestuff, pigment, hydrolytic reagent, softening agent, filler, sanitas, antioxidant, nucleator, static inhibitor, biocide, mycocide, fireproofing agent, fire retardant, thermo-stabilizer, photostabilizer, conductive material, water, oil, lubricant, impact modifier, coupling agent, linking agent, whipping agent and the reprocessed plastic(s) one of at least.

92. the goods of claim 56, also comprise in softening agent, photostabilizer and the coupling agent one of at least.

93. a biopolymer timber substitutes the manufacture method of goods, window or door part or wall member, this method comprises:

With described biopolymer heating;

Exert pressure for the biopolymer of described heating;

Make the biopolymer moulding of described heating; With

Make described biopolymer cooling to keep article shape.

94. the method for claim 93 wherein makes described biopolymer moulding comprise and makes described biopolymer extrude the generation extrudate by die head.

95. the method for claim 93 also comprises to described goods or parts applying superficial makings.

96. the method for claim 95 wherein applies step and comprises described goods of compacting or parts.

97. the method for claim 96 is wherein suppressed described goods or parts and is impelled drainage water from described biopolymer.

98. the method for claim 93, wherein also be included in described window, door or the wall member form in foam segment or the hollow space one of at least, thereby exist described foam or hollow space to make the R value raising of described parts.

99. a hotmelt that comprises the biopolymer material, described biopolymer material comprises hot active material and fermentation solid.

100. the hotmelt of claim 99, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the protein solid of fermentation.

101. the hotmelt of claim 99, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse.

102. goods that comprise biopolymer, described biopolymer comprises hot active material and fermentation solid.

103. the goods of claim 102, wherein said biopolymer comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

104. the goods of claim 102, wherein said fermentation solid comprise the dried grains vinasse, do in amyloid root crop vinasse, dried stem tuber vinasse and the dried piece root vinasse one of at least.

105. the goods of claim 104, wherein said fermentation solid comprise in the poor and dried leguminous plants vinasse of solid food cereal wine one of at least.

106. the goods of claim 105, wherein said fermentation solid comprise dried maize alcohol stillage, dried Chinese sorghum (chinese sorghum) vinasse, dried barley vinasse, do little spent grains, dried rye vinasse, dried rice vinasse, dried millet vinasse, dried oat vinasse and dried soybean vinasse.

107. the goods of claim 102, wherein said article configurations becomes the substitute as wood structures.

108. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise plate.

109. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the capping slab.

110. the goods of claim 102, wherein said article configurations becomes column, and described column comprises:

Pedestal;

The cylinder that links to each other with pedestal, wherein said cylinder comprises:

A plurality of bights; With

A plurality of panels, wherein every side of each panel all links to each other with the bight; With

The top cover that links to each other with cylinder;

One of at least comprise the goods that comprise described biopolymer in wherein said pedestal, bight, panel and the top cover.

111. the goods of claim 102, wherein said article configurations becomes column, and described column comprises:

Pillar;

The pedestal that links to each other with pillar;

With pedestal, pillar or cylinder that the two links to each other, wherein said cylinder comprises:

A plurality of bights; With

A plurality of panels, wherein panel links to each other with the bight and forms cylinder; With

With cylinder, pillar or top cover that the two links to each other;

One of at least comprise the goods that comprise described biopolymer in wherein said pedestal, bight, panel and the top cover.

112. the goods of claim 102, wherein said article configurations becomes railing system, and described railing system comprises:

A plurality of stanchions, each stanchion all comprises top and bottom;

The cross tube that links to each other with the upper end of stanchion;

The sheer pole that links to each other with the lower end of stanchion; With

The cross bar lid that links to each other with cross tube;

One of at least comprise the goods that comprise described biopolymer in wherein said stanchion, cross tube, sheer pole, pedestal, bight, panel and the top cover.

113. the goods of claim 102, wherein said article configurations becomes column and railing system, and described column and railing system comprise:

A plurality of columns, each column all comprises:

Pillar;

The pedestal that links to each other with pillar;

With pedestal, pillar or cylinder that the two links to each other, wherein said cylinder comprises:

A plurality of bights; With

A plurality of panels, wherein said panel link to each other with the bight and form cylinder; With

With cylinder, pillar or top cover that the two links to each other;

The railing section comprises:

At least one stanchion, each stanchion all comprises top and bottom;

The cross tube that links to each other with the upper end of at least one stanchion;

The sheer pole that links to each other with the lower end of at least one stanchion; With

The cross bar lid that links to each other with cross tube;

Described railing section is extended between two columns;

One of at least comprise the goods that comprise described biopolymer in wherein said stanchion, cross tube, sheer pole, pedestal, bight, panel and the top cover.

114. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the bight as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

115. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the panel as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

116. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the column as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

117. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the stanchion as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

118. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the cross bar as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

119. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the cross bar lid as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

120. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the pedestal as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

121. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the top cover as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

122. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods comprise the trim as the unit architecture of column and railing system.

123. the goods of claim 102 also comprise second material layer that is positioned on the described biopolymer.

124. the goods of claim 123, wherein said second material layer comprises the imprinting moulding feature.

125. the goods of claim 123, wherein said second material layer comprises the coextrusion material.

126. the goods of claim 123, wherein said second material layer comprises powder coating.

127. the goods of claim 102, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the protein solid of fermentation.

128. the goods of claim 127, wherein said fermentation solid comprises the dried grains vinasse.

129. the goods of claim 128, wherein said dried grains vinasse also comprise solvend.

130. the goods of claim 128, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried grains vinasse-200.

131. the goods of claim 128, wherein said dried grains vinasse comprise dried maize alcohol stillage.

132. the goods of claim 102, wherein said biopolymer comprises:

About 50 to about 70wt% fermentation solid; With

About 20 to about 50wt% hot active materials.

133. the goods of claim 102, wherein said hot active material comprise thermoplastic material, thermosetting material, and resin and adhesive polymer in one of at least.

134. the goods of claim 102, wherein said hot active material comprise in polyethylene, polypropylene and the polyvinyl chloride one of at least.

135. the goods of claim 102, wherein said hot active material comprise in epoxy material and the melamine one of at least.

136. the goods of claim 102, wherein said hot active material comprise polyester, phenol polymer and contain in the polymkeric substance of urea one of at least.

137. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods are forms of whole biopolymer, compound bio superpolymer or gathering biopolymer.

138. the goods of claim 102, wherein said goods are forms of compound bio superpolymer, the outward appearance of described compound bio superpolymer is like grouan.

139. the goods of claim 102, also comprise in dyestuff, pigment, hydrolytic reagent, softening agent, filler, sanitas, antioxidant, nucleator, static inhibitor, biocide, mycocide, fireproofing agent, fire retardant, thermo-stabilizer, photostabilizer, conductive material, water, oil, lubricant, impact modifier, coupling agent, linking agent, whipping agent and the reprocessed plastic(s) one of at least.

140. the goods of claim 102, also comprise in softening agent, photostabilizer and the coupling agent one of at least.

141. the production method of goods, this method comprises:

Form described goods by composition, described composition comprises:

About 5 to about 95wt% fermentation solid; With

About 0.1 to about 95wt% hot active material.

142. the method for claim 141, the method that wherein forms goods comprise in extrusion molding, injection moulding, blowing, compression moulding, transfer molding, thermoforming, casting, calendering, low pressure molding, high-pressure laminating, reaction injection molding(RIM), the foam-formed and coating one or more.

143. the method for claim 141 also comprises to described goods coating coating.

144. the method for claim 141 wherein makes described composition molding comprise and makes described biopolymer extrude the generation extrudate by die head.

145. the method for claim 144 also comprises to described goods applying superficial makings.

146. the method for claim 145 wherein applies step and comprises the described goods of compacting.

147. the method for claim 146 is wherein suppressed described goods and is impelled drainage water from described composition.

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