This invention relates to a method for preparing
polylactic acid (PLA) by
straw fermentation coupled with
lactide ring-opening
polymerization, belonging to the field of
biomass resource utilization and bio-based
polymer materials technology. To address the problems of
high energy consumption and low
sugar conversion rate in existing PLA preparation methods using
crop straw, this invention provides a method for preparing PLA by
straw fermentation coupled with
lactide ring-opening
polymerization. The method involves crushing the straw, pre-treating it with
dilute acid coupled with
steam explosion, washing and
drying it, adding a complex
cellulase and
Lactobacillus pentosus LB-1 seed culture, and simultaneously saccharifying and fermenting under controlled temperature and pH to obtain a
lactic acid fermentation broth. The
fermentation broth undergoes multi-stage
filtration,
ion exchange, and concentration to obtain refined
lactic acid, which is then prepolymerized, depolymerized, and distilled to obtain L-
lactide. After purification, an initiator and
antioxidant are added, and ring-opening
polymerization, extraction, and
drying are performed under
nitrogen protection to obtain pure PLA. This invention features efficient and low-energy straw pretreatment,
high sugar-acid conversion rate during fermentation, precise purification, stable polymerization, and low cost, making it a green and economical method using straw as
raw material.