PLA Production from Whey Wiki

Welcome to Production of Polylactide: The Alternative Whey
PLA Production From Whey is designed for UIC CHE 397 Delta Team to collaborate on our Senior Design project and have it easily available and accessible. It's not corny. It's cheesy!

Senior Design Group Delta: Production of Polylactide: The Alternative Whey
The goal of this project is to create a more biofriendly plastic to replace the oil-based ones that are currently used. Our goal is to derive PLA ( polylactic acid) from Whey, which is a readily available dairy waste, in order to produce biodegradable plastic.

Table of Contents
1. Design Basis

2. Block Flow Diagram

3. Process Flow Diagram showing Major Equipment

4. Material &amp; Energy Balance

5. Calculations

6. Annotated Equipment List (Data Sheet)

7. Economic Evaluation factored From Equipment Costs

8. Utilities

9. Conceptual Control Scheme

10. General Arrangment- Major Equipment Layout

11. Distribution And End-use Issues Review

12. Constraints Review

13. Applicable Standards

14. Project Communications File

15. Information Sources and References

16. Timesheets