Modified Biopolymer Suds Stabilization in Detergents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional detergents with high levels of surfactants and builders generate excessive suds, leading to environmental concerns and inefficient rinsing, while reducing their levels compromises sudsing performance, necessitating a solution for improved suds boosting and stabilization without deteriorating the sudsing profile.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning composition featuring a randomly substituted linear or branched biopolymer with specific functional groups, such as alkoxy, nitrogen-containing, and anionic substitutions, which enhances and stabilizes suds in detergent compositions with reduced surfactant and builder levels, maintaining high suds generation and retention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If high levels of surfactant and builder are used in detergent composition, then suds generation volume and speed are improved, but environmental impact worsens and rinsing efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the chemical structure of biopolymer by introducing specific functional groups (carboxyl, sulfonate, phosphate, carboxymethyl, succinate, or polycarboxylate) at controlled degrees of substitution (0.01 to 2.0), transforming natural biopolymer into a modified version that enhances suds stability without requiring excessive surfactant quantities
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite detergent system combining modified biopolymer with controlled amounts of surfactant (5-50% by weight), where the biopolymer serves as a stabilizing agent that works synergistically with surfactants to maintain suds at lower overall chemical concentrations, reducing environmental load
2Stability of the object's composition
If high levels of surfactant and builder are used in detergent composition, then suds retention during washing cycle is improved, but additional rinsing time and energy are required
Solution Approach 1:
The modified biopolymer acts as an intermediary substance that mediates between surfactant molecules and water, forming a stable foam structure that maintains suds during washing without excessive carryover to rinse bath, thereby reducing the need for extended rinsing cycles
3Object-affected harmful factors
If reduced levels of surfactant and builder are used in detergent composition, then environmental impact is improved, but suds generation speed and volume deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a functional copy of traditional surfactant-builder systems using modified biopolymer that replicates suds-forming capability through alternative chemical mechanisms, allowing reduced surfactant concentrations while maintaining acceptable suds generation performance
Solution Approach 2:
By changing the chemical parameters of the biopolymer through specific functional group modifications and controlled degrees of substitution, the invention achieves enhanced surface activity and foam stability at lower concentrations, compensating for reduced surfactant levels
4Object-affected harmful factors
If reduced levels of surfactant and builder are used in detergent composition, then environmental impact is improved, but suds retention during washing cycle deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The modified biopolymer serves as a stabilizing intermediary that bridges surfactant molecules in the foam structure, providing mechanical strength and stability to suds at lower surfactant concentrations, thereby maintaining suds retention without environmental compromise
Solution Approach 2:
The invention formulates a composite detergent system where modified biopolymer (with specific functional groups and substitution degrees) works synergistically with reduced surfactant levels to achieve acceptable suds retention, creating a balanced formulation that meets both environmental and performance requirements
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The biopolymer effectively boosts and stabilizes suds in detergent compositions, ensuring high suds volume and retention during washing cycles while minimizing environmental impact by reducing the use of petrochemical-based materials.
Implementation Method 1
a suds boosting and stabilizing biopolymer comprising a randomly substituted linear or branched biopolymer backbone... which enhances and stabilizes suds in detergent compositions
Data Source
AI summary
New cleaning compositions including novel suds boosting and stabilization biopolymers containing alkoxy, anionic and nitrogen containing substitution are disclosed. In particular, cleaning compositions including suds boosting and stabilization biopolymers containing modified polysaccharides having alkoxy, anionic and nitrogen containing substitution and methods of forming the same are disclosed.