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Title: INVESTIGATION OF RECYCLED POLYOL PRODUCED FROM SEMI-RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM OUTSOURCED FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
INVESTIGATION OF RECYCLED POLYOL PRODUCED FROM SEMI-RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM OUTSOURCED FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

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Petr Montag; Alena Kalendova
10.5593/sgem2023/4.1/s18.22
10.5593/sgem2023/4.1
1314-2704
978-619-7603-59-0
English
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4.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Recycling
Polyurethane, as a versatile polymer prepared by the polyaddition of isocyanates and hydroxyl group containing compounds, is widely used in the automotive industry and with an upcoming change of European legislation becomes recycling increasingly important as an alternative to landfilling or incineration. Glycolysis is one of the chemical degradation processes used to transform polyurethane waste using simple glycols as the degradation agents into a raw material. Single phase glycolysis was used to produce recycled polyol from polyurethane semi-rigid foam dedicated for headliner production. This paper is focused on comparison of obtained recycled polyol with the original fossil-based polyol with effect on hydroxyl number and viscosity. Infrared spectroscopy was carried out for identification of organic compounds. The result shows increased hydroxyl number and viscosity of recycled polyol versus original polyol. Reactivity of mixture containing recycled polyol was slower, but foam appearance was comparable to foam produced from original polyol. The research was supported by the BASF company.
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The authors would like to thank BASF SE and Ecoretan companies for the samples.
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Proceedings of 23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023
23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023, 03 - 09 July, 2023
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STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.
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Recycling, Polyol, Polyurethane, PUR, Glycolysis, Semirigid Foam