Recycling of Flexible Polyurethane Foam by Split-Phase Alcoholysis: Identification of Additives and Alcoholyzing Agents to Reach Higher Efficiencies.

alcoholysis foam hydrolysis polyurethane split-phase

Journal

ChemSusChem
ISSN: 1864-564X
Titre abrégé: ChemSusChem
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101319536

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 Aug 2020
Historique:
received: 12 04 2020
medline: 30 5 2020
pubmed: 30 5 2020
entrez: 30 5 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Split-phase alcoholysis of flexible polyurethane (PU) foam yields an apolar phase containing the recycled polyether polyol, and a lower, polar phase of the alcoholyzing agent and aromatic compounds. However, multiple purification steps are required to render the polyether polyol suitable for synthesis of new flexible PU foams; the unfavorable mass balance limits industrial applications. In this work, 2-pyrrolidone was identified as a performant additive for accelerating the dissolution and depolymerization process. By applying a lactam to PU foam in a weight ratio of 0.1:1, the glycol to PU foam weight ratio can be decreased from 1.5:1 to only 0.5:1, without loss of purity or yield of the recycled polyether polyol. Diglycerol was discovered as a novel, promising alcoholyzing agent; it allows the recycling of the polyether polyol in high purity (97 %) and excellent yields (98 %), and after a single washing with diglycerol, a sufficiently low hydroxyl value (61 mg

Identifiants

pubmed: 32469159
doi: 10.1002/cssc.202000949
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

3835-3843

Subventions

Organisme : Vlaamse regering
ID : Methusalem grant CASAS
Organisme : Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie
ID : IWT 150107
Organisme : KU Leuven
ID : METH/14/04

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Auteurs

Thomas Vanbergen (T)

Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for Sustainable Solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.

Isabel Verlent (I)

Recticel NV, Damstraat 2, 9230, Wetteren, Belgium.

Joke De Geeter (J)

Recticel NV, Damstraat 2, 9230, Wetteren, Belgium.

Bart Haelterman (B)

Recticel NV, Damstraat 2, 9230, Wetteren, Belgium.

Laurens Claes (L)

Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for Sustainable Solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.

Dirk De Vos (D)

Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for Sustainable Solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.

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