Sustainable Approach to Produce Polyurethane Composite Foams with Natural Materials

Year 2017, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 887 - 892, 29.12.2017

Huseyin Avci , Anil Umut Ozdemir

https://doi.org/10.18466/cbayarfbe.293113

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Due to the rapid increase in population growth,
energy and synthetic material consumption, the materials which reduce energy
consumption like isolation materials have been gaining an importance after
results of many innovative research. So far, the most part of energy reducing
materials have been produced by synthetic chemicals and therefore have a
detrimental effect on the natural world and living organisms. Rigid
polyurethane foam (PUF) is mainly manufactured by synthetic raw materials and
widely used as an isolation material for different applications. It is
estimated that 96 million tons of PUR foam was produced in 2015. The purpose of
this study is to reduce the usage of synthetic raw materials which are used to
produce PUF and incorporate natural materials in order to decrease the harmful
effects of the synthetics. Resulted composite PUFs demonstrated the similar
thermal and physical properties, while the increase content for the ecological
and natural sustainability.  

Keywords

Composites, eco-friendly, low thermal conductivity, natural materials, polyurethane foam

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• Effects of Wood Fiber and Microclay on the Performance of Soy Based Polyurethane Foams