Simulation approach for characterizing the isocyanates reactivity in polyurethane gel reactions

Jaf, Luay; Al-Moameri, Harith; Ghosh, Tushar K.

doi:10.1007/s10965-022-02929-3

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“…The second phase of the research project relied on using different blowing agents, including water, and examining the simulation's accuracy when using blowing agent mixtures [29]. In addition, it included the successful prediction of the thermoset polymerization mechanism [30,31], gelling and blowing catalysts [32,33], foam shrinkage [34], cell morphology [25], resin viscosity [35], isocyanate reactivities [36], the surfactant rule [37], and heat capacity [38] during thermoset reactions.…”

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Limits of Performance of Polyurethane Blowing Agents

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A MATLAB program was developed to simulate urethane-forming reactions by solving over a dozen differential equations, energy balance, mass balance, and constitutive equations simultaneously. The simulation program was developed for half a decade to simulate the basic kinetics of polyurethane reactions and more complex phenomena that cannot be obtained in laboratories. In the current investigation, the simulation is applied to determine the limits of the performance of polyurethane foam formation. n-pentane, cyclohexane, and methyl formate were used as physical blowing agents, and water was used as a chemical blowing agent. The simulation code increases the accuracy of the results and makes the foam performance process less time- and money-consuming. Specifically, the MATLAB code was developed to study the impact of physical and chemical blowing agents at different loadings on the performance of rigid polyurethane foams. Experimental data were used to validate the simulation results, including temperature profiles, height profiles, and the tack-free time of urethane foam reactions. The simulation results provide a window for the proper type and the optimum amount range of different physical and chemical blowing agents.

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