Method for preparing biomass-based polymer emulsion

A method for preparing biomass-based polymer emulsion, the method comprising:

• 1)
• a) based on mole mass ratio, vacuum dehydrating one part of cardanol for between 1 and 3 hours to be anhydrous, dissolving the cardanol in between 10 and 100 parts of a solvent a, followed by addition of between 0.8 and 1.2 part of a sulphonating agent and between 0.8 and 1.2 part of a strong base;
• b) allowing a resulting mixture to react at a temperature of between 70 and 150° C. for between 2 and 6 hours, cooling the mixture to room temperature, adjusting a pH value thereof using chlorhydric acid to between 1 and 5, allowing the mixture to react at a temperature of between 70 and 150° C. for between 1 and 3 hours, cooling to room temperature, allowing to stand overnight, filtering, washing using between 10 and 100 parts of the solvent a at a temperature of between 0 and 5° C. to yield a white solid;
• c) drying and dissolving the white solid in between 10 and 100 parts of an anhydrous solvent b, followed by addition of between 0.8 and 1.5 part of a modifier and between 0.8 and 1.5 part of triethylamine, allowing a resulting solution to react at a temperature of between 0 and 5° C. for between 0.5 and 24 hours, to yield a cardanol-based polymerizable emulsifier;
• 2)
• d) based on mole mass ratio, providing one part of dried castor oil with a temperature of between 0 and 20° C., adding dropwise to the castor oil 10-30 wt. % of acetone dissolved maleic anhydride in 5-30 min, heating a resulting mixture to a temperature of between 25 and 50° C. and allowing to react for between 0.5 and 24 hours;
• e) continuing heating the mixture to a temperature of between 60 and 80° C. and allowing to react for between 4 and 5 hours, removing a solvent at a temperature of between 30 and 40° C. under vacuum, cooling the mixture to room temperature, to yield a red-orange maleic anhydride modified castor oil;
• f) heating the maleic anhydride modified castor oil to 60° C., followed by addition dropwise of between 1.0 and 2.5 parts of an isocyanate, between 0.1 and 1 part of a catalyst, and between 0.1 and 1 part of a chain extendor, allowing to react for between 1 and 6 hours, to yield a viscous polymerizable castor oil-based polyurethane prepolymer;
• 3)
• g) based on mole mass ratio, mixing one part of the castor oil-based polyurethane prepolymer obtained in 2), between 0.1 and 0.5 part of the cardanol-based polymerizable emulsifier obtained in 1), between 0.5 and 2 parts of an acrylate monomer, and between 5 and 50 parts of water;
• h) allowing a resulting solution to swell at a temperature of between 50 and 60° C. for between 0.5 and 2 hours, heating the solution to a temperature of between 70 and 90° C., adding dropwise to the solution an aqueous solution comprising between 0.001 and 0.1 part of an initiator, and allowing the solution to react for between 2 and 4 hours, to yield biomass-based polymer emulsion;
• wherein
• the strong base is potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide;
• the solvent a is water, alcohol, methanol, tetrahydrofuran, acetone, dioxane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, or a mixture thereof;
• the solvent b is dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile, or a mixture thereof;
• the modifier is acryloyl chloride, methacryloyl chloride, allyl chloride, or a mixture thereof;
• the sulphonating agent is Na2S2O5;
• the isocyanate is 1,6-diisocyaate, 1,6-diisocyanate, or isophorone diisocyanate;
• the catalyst is N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethyl-1,4-diaminobutane, triethylenediamine, dibutyltin dilaurate, or stannous octoate;
• the chain extendor is ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, hexamethylene diamine, isophoronediamine, p-phenylenediamine, or a mixture thereof;
• the acrylate monomer is methylmethacrylate or butyl acrylate;
• and
• the initiator is potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, or a mixture thereof.