Compostability and biodegradation study of PLA-wheat straw and PLA-soy straw based green composites in simulated composting bioreactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8489-8491

  Pradhan, Ranjan ^a   Misra, Manjusri ^a,b   Erickson, Larry ^a   Mohanty, Amar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic composting facility; Biodegradation; Composites; Compost; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC COMPOSTING; AEROBIC COMPOSTING FACILITY; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; COMPOSTABILITY; COMPOSTING FACILITIES; GREEN COMPOSITES; LABORATORY SCALE; NATURAL SUBSTRATES; POLY LACTIC ACID; TEST PROTOCOLS; TEST SYSTEMS; WHEAT STRAWS;

ACIDS; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

FILLER; POLYLACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOST; ESTER; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOYBEAN; STRAW; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; STRAW; WHEAT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOIL;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SOIL; SOYBEANS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954541899     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.053     Document Type: Article

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