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Translucent Rigid Foams

Patent Title: TRANSLUCENT POLYURETHANE FOAMS

 Number/Link: WO2018/178139  WO2018/177987  (German)

Applicant/Assignee:  Covestro

Publication date: 4 October 2018

“Gist”: Rigid foam formulation is mixed without air to delay nucleation

Why it is interesting: The invention is about translucent rigid foams which are said to be useful as wall and roof elements such as light strips, light domes and the like.  The foams are based on (pref.) trimerized aliphatic diisocyanates and are blown with water.  The composition is degassed and then mixed without inclusion of air to delay nucleation. The resulting foams have a course cell structure and thick cell struts which apparently allows light to pass through.

 

Desmodur N3900

Asymmetric trimer of HDI (iminooxadiazinedione)

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by Gerhard Bleys on October 5, 2018  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on October 5, 2018

https://purpatents.com/2018/10/05/translucent-rigid-foams/

Open Microcellular Rigid Foams

Patent Title: POLYURETHANE FOAM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME

 Number/Link: WO 2018/162372 (German)

Applicant/Assignee:  Covestro

Publication date: 13 September 2018

“Gist”: Rigid foam formulation is blown with supercritical carbondioxide

Why it is interesting: Open-celled rigid polyurethane foams are well known and used in vacuum insulation panels. Theoretically the best thermal insulation is obtained with the smallest cell size. According to this invention microcellular rigid foams with a homogeneous cell structure, more than 90% open cells and an average cell diameter of less than 50μm can be prepared by using a rigid foam formulation containing a cellopener and supercritical carbondioxide and allowing it to react and expand in a closed mould. In an example a rigid foam is produced with a density of 67kg/m³, open cell content of 95% and average cell diameter of 17μm.

CO2_phase_diagram

Carbon dioxide (P,T) phase diagram (Wikipedia)

 

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by Gerhard Bleys on September 17, 2018  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on September 17, 2018

https://purpatents.com/2018/09/17/open-microcellular-rigid-foams/

Carbamate Blown Rigid Foams

Patent Title: A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPEN CELL RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM

 Number/Link: WO2018096101  WO2018096102

Applicant/Assignee:  Covestro

Publication date: 31 may 2018

“Gist”: An open cell rigid foam is prepared using an amine-CO2 adduct and water as blowing agents

Why it is interesting: According to this invention an open cell rigid spray foam can be prepared from a conventional rigid foam formulation and a blowing agent consisting of 4-12 parts (pref.) on 100 parts of polyol of an adduct of a primary or secondary amine and carbon dioxide, together with 15 to 50 parts of water.  The properties of the resulting open cell, low density foam are said to be largely independent of ambient conditions and spray thickness. The foams are useful for thermal insulation applications in construction.

carbamate

Carbamate of N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine

 

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by Gerhard Bleys on June 8, 2018  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on June 8, 2018

https://purpatents.com/2018/06/08/carbamate-blown-rigid-foams/

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