O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a influência das diferentes condições de extrusão nas propriedades térmicas e reológicas de biopolímeros de glúten de trigo plastificado com glicerol. A temperatura das zonas de aquecimento da extrusora co-rotativa de parafuso duplo influi nas propriedades térmicas e reológicas dos biopolímeros. Temperaturas entre 55 ºC e 60 ºC produziram extrusados de bom aspecto e pouca rugosidade. Os extrusados apresentaram elevados valores de G’ e G’’ e a modelagem do processo de extrusão mostrou que a mudança na configuração das zonas de aquecimento influencia principalmente na localização da deformação ao longo da extrusora.

The main objective of this work was to study the influence of different extrusion conditions on thermal and rheological properties of biopolymers of wheat gluten plasticized with glycerol. The temperature of the heating zones of the extruder co-rotating twin screw influences the rheological and thermal properties of biopolymers. Temperatures between 55 ºC and 60 ºC produced extrudates with good looks and low roughness. The extrudates showed high values of G’ and G’’ and shaping the extrusion process showed that the change in configuration of the heating zones mainly influences the location of the deformation along the extruder.

The objective this work was to obtain bioplastics from mixtures of wheat gluten and glycerol by two different processes and evaluate their respective rheological properties. The mixtures and their respective bioplastics were obtained through direct batch mixing under approximately adiabatic and isothermal conditions. The bioplastics showed high values for the storage (G') and loss (G") moduli, suggesting a stronger protein network formed in both processes. The temperature onset and the percentage of weight loss to be estimated were found to be near in both bioplastics. The bioplastics have demonstrated to be materials of interesting potential of use as biodegradable barrier materials.