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Polyols for Polyurethane Fibre-Reinforced Composite

Patent Title: PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING HYBRID POLYOL

Number/Link: WO2018/224592 (German)

Applicant/Assignee: BASF

Publication Date: 13 December 2018

“Gist”: Composite composition based on polyol prepared from initiator mixture comprising castor oil

Why it is interesting: Polyurethane composite production by filament winding, pultrusion and similar processes are known.  These PU systems need a low viscosity, good fibre-wetting properties, long open time and preferably a “snap cure” when activated.  According to this invention, such systems can be prepared from polyols which are made by alkoxylating an initiator mixture consisting of a (pref) 50/50 (w/w) mixture of a fat-based alcohol and an aliphatic trifunctional alcohol, using imidazole catalysis. In an example a castor oil/glycerol mixture is propoxylated to an OH value of  480 mg KOH/g.  Surprisingly this polyol shows a longer open time compared to the corresponding mixture of seperately initiated polyols.

castor oil

Main component of castor oil

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by Gerhard Bleys on December 18, 2018  •  Permalink
Posted in composites, Polyols
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on December 18, 2018

https://purpatents.com/2018/12/18/polyols-for-polyurethane-fibre-reinforced-composite/

Natural Oil Polyols using Self-Metathesis

Patent Title: POLYOLS FORMED FROM SELF-METATHESIZED NATURAL OILS AND THEIR USE IN MAKING POLYURETHANE FOAMS

 Number/Link: US2017/0291983

Applicant/Assignee:  Trent Univ.

Publication date: 12 october 2017

“Gist”: NOPs from self-metathesized soy oils

Why it is interesting: The use of metathesis chemistry to modify natural oils before converting them to polyols has been discussed before in this blog:  see e.g. US2015/0337073, to the same applicant, which relates to cross-metathesis of natural oils using (e.g.) 1-butene. The current case is about self-metathesis of unsaturated natural oils, resulting in ‘metathesis oligomers’ which are then (partially) epoxidated and hydroxylated to prepare the polyols. In the examples soybean oil is turned into polyols with OH values between about 100 and 250, which are used to make flexible foams with densities of more than 150 kg/m³.

Oligomer from self-metathesis of unsaturated triglycerid


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by Gerhard Bleys on October 13, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Flexible Foams, Polyols, Uncategorized
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on October 13, 2017

https://purpatents.com/2017/10/13/natural-oil-polyols-using-self-metathesis/

Viscoelastic Polyurethane Elastomers

Title:  IMPACT PROTECTION FOAM

Number/Link: US2017/0233519

Applicant/Assignee: Dow

Publication Date: 17 august 2017

“Gist”: Viscoelastic foams are prepared from MDI, castor oil and a hydrophilic polyether polyol.

Why it is interesting: According to this invention energy absorbing foams with relatively low density and a low hardness and resilience in the temperature range from about -10 to +40°C, can be produced by reacting a blend of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polyols containing castor oil, about 0.5 pbw water and some catalyst and chain extender with MDI.  The examples show foams of about 500 kg/m³ with hardness below shore 50A and ball rebound below 15% at both -10 and +23°C. The foams are said to be useful for impact-protective garments.

Castor oil

Castor oil component

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by Gerhard Bleys on August 18, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Elastomers, Flexible Foams, Polyols
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on August 18, 2017

https://purpatents.com/2017/08/18/viscoelastic-polyurethane-elastomers/

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