Patent Title: HIGH RECYCLE CONTENT POLYOLS FROM THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS AND LIGNIN OR TANNIN

 Number/Link: WO2016/118411

Applicant/Assignee: Resinate Materials Group

Publication date: 28-07-2016

“Gist”: PET is glycolized and then reacted with lignin or tannin

Why it is interesting: This application is about ‘sustainable’ aromatic polyester polyols partly based on recycled materials and partly on biorenewable materials. According to the invention the polyols can be prepared by first glycolizing (waste) PET and subsequently reacting the mixture with lignin at 110-210°C while removing volatile condensation products.  The resulting polyols (pref) show a OH value between 40 and 400 mg KOH/g, a fn of 2-2.2 and a viscosity at 25°C of 500 to 3000 cP. In the examples polyols with up to 25 wt% lignin are shown. The polyols are said to be useful e.g. in 2K PU coating compositions.

Part of a lignin structure