Why has PET glycolysis remained difficult to industrialize despite decades of optimization?
Abstract
Classical PET glycolysis struggles with industrial scale-up due to a research paradigm defect: uncoupled reaction optimization that ignores system-level engineering entropy. By establishing a governing reference frame, Scientific Reasoning Units (SRUs) and human-AI collaborative discovery in this article, we present a Three-Step Synergistic Reinforcement Paradigm addressing the triple failure modes of traditional systems-mass-transfer collapse, viscosity deadlock, and side-reaction accumulation. By integrating twin-screw controlled shearing, solid-state micro-homogenization, and deep depolymerization (2:1 EG/Oligomer ratio), we achieve an ultrafast kinetic regime. BHET yields surge to 80% to 95% within 10 minutes, eliminating multi-hour thermal bottlenecks and delivering an economically viable framework for closed-loop polyester recycling.
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BibTeX
@misc{liu2026glycolysis,
title = {{Why has PET glycolysis remained difficult to industrialize despite decades of optimization?}},
author = {Xiaohui Liu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.12475},
eprint = {2610.12475},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12475},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Why has PET glycolysis remained difficult to industrialize despite decades of optimization?
AU - Xiaohui Liu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.12475
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12475
AB - Classical PET glycolysis struggles with industrial scale-up due to a research paradigm defect: uncoupled reaction optimization that ignores system-level engineering entropy. By establishing a governing reference frame, Scientific Reasoning Units (SRUs) and human-AI collaborative discovery in this article, we present a Three-Step Synergistic Reinforcement Paradigm addressing the triple failure modes of traditional systems-mass-transfer collapse, viscosity deadlock, and side-reaction accumulation. By integrating twin-screw controlled shearing, solid-state micro-homogenization, and deep depolymerization (2:1 EG/Oligomer ratio), we achieve an ultrafast kinetic regime. BHET yields surge to 80% to 95% within 10 minutes, eliminating multi-hour thermal bottlenecks and delivering an economically viable framework for closed-loop polyester recycling.
ER -