China Plastics ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 69-74.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2020.10.012

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Effect of Two⁃Component Small Molecule Alcoholysis Agent on Recycling and Reuse of Waste PU Foam

GU Xiaohua, LYU Shiwei(), LUO Hongxiang, LI Yan   

  1. Qiqihar University,Qiqihar 161006,China
  • Received:2020-04-10 Online:2020-10-26 Published:2020-10-26

Abstract:

Polyols were obtained by degrading waste PU rigid foams with cross-linking agents and catalysts containing small-molecular alcohols. The resultant degradable materials were blended with polyether polyols, catalysts and blowing agents to prepare white materials and then mixed with black isocyanates to get the regenerated PU hard foam. The rege-nerated PU rigid foam was analyzed in terms of the viscosity, hydroxyl value, density, strength, water absorption, thermal stability, infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and the effect of addition amount of catalyst on the recycling and reuse of the waste PU rigid foams was investigated. The results indicated that the waste PU rigid foams achieved the optimum degradation effect when 0.9 g of KOH catalyst was added. The density of regenerated PU hard foam was 37.6 kg/cm3, its compressive strength was 164.2 kPa, its thermal conductivity was 0.015 24 W/(m·K ), and the water absorption rate was 0.429 5 %.

Key words: waste polyurethane rigid foam, small molecule alcohol, alcoholysis, foaming, additive

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