Guest Post by Dr. Robert Humphreys This post will focus on technologies for conversion of biomass to renewable BTX as a source of renewable polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), as well as many other valuable polymers and chemicals that are so much a part of life in the modern world (Figure 1). Many initiatives have focused on developing renewable BTX, ... [Click to Continue...]
Renewable Polystyrene and PET: Part Two
Guest Post by Dr. Robert Humphreys One can imagine two very different options for developing renewable versions of polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET): Develop “drop-in replacement” renewable versions of PS and PET that can be substituted directly for petroleum-based PS and PET with minimal effort and little or no increase in cost to end users of ... [Click to Continue...]
Polymer Innovation Blog Is Now Updated
Thank you to my loyal readers over the past few weeks as we improved the blog. Polymer Innovation Blog and my other sites (InnoCentrix and PlasticsExpertWitness) have been moved to a new hosting site that has much better reliability and security. Polymerwebinars.com has been consolidated into the blog (visit the Video’s on the navigation bar above). In the process I have ... [Click to Continue...]
Problem with Blog Last Week
Last week Host Gator shut down my blog (and my other websites) without warning. A bunch of jerks at Host Gator, since they shut down my websites, then sent me an email telling me I was a website scofflaw! I apologize for the interruption if you tried to read the blog. I got the situation resolved in a couple days and am working on a permanent solution (moving to a different ... [Click to Continue...]
Renewable Polystyrene and PET: Paraphrasing Ringo, “Now you know it don’t come easy” Part One
Guest Post by Dr. Robert Humphreys Global production of polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is gargantuan by any standard, reaching 14.3 million tonnes and 90.9 million tonnes (15.7 million tons and 100 million tons), respectively, in 2013 and growing at least as rapidly as population. Despite the numerous benefits to consumers, restaurants, food producers ... [Click to Continue...]