High-temperature-resistant light high-strength heat-insulating material and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to a high-temperature-resistant light high-strength heat-insulating material and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The polyurethane foam is obtained by mixing the polyol component and the isocyanate component according to a certain proportion, has the excellent characteristics of good heat insulation effect, light weight, large specific strength, convenient construction and the like, has the characteristics of sound insulation, shock resistance, electric insulation, heat resistance, cold resistance, solvent resistance and the like, and is widely used for heat insulation materials of refrigerator bodies of refrigerators and freezers, cold storages, refrigerated trucks and the like, buildings, storage tanks, pipelines and the like. With the continuous development of society, the performance requirements of people on the heat insulation material are gradually improved, the actual heat conductivity coefficient of the traditional polyurethane foam heat insulation material is about 0.03W/mK, the high temperature resistance is poor, and the like, and the performances in all aspects need to be further improved.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a high temperature resistant, lightweight, and high strength thermal insulation material to overcome the problems of the prior art.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a high-temperature-resistant light high-strength heat-insulating material, wherein modified hydroxylated carbon fibers are added into the raw materials of the heat-insulating material, the hydroxylated carbon fibers and the heat-insulating material have better composite property, and the modified hydroxylated carbon fibers are matched with other components defined by the invention, so that the high-temperature resistance and the mechanical property of the heat-insulating material can be improved. The invention also provides a preparation method of the heat-insulating material.
The above purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a high-temperature-resistant light high-strength heat-insulating material is obtained by reacting an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component;
the isocyanate component is polyphenyl methane polyisocyanate;
the isocyanate reactive component comprises polyester polyol, polyether polyol, a chain extender, a stabilizer, a foaming agent, a flame retardant, a catalyst, a foam stabilizer and hydroxylated carbon fibers;
the preparation method of the hydroxylated carbon fiber comprises the following steps: adding concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 80-100 ℃, starting stirring, adding carbon fibers with the length of 5-10 mm, reacting for 2-4 hours, discharging, washing with distilled water, and drying to obtain oxidized carbon fibers; adding thionyl chloride and the oxidized carbon fibers into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 65-75 ℃, starting stirring, reacting for 15-20 hours, discharging, washing with anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, and drying to obtain chlorinated carbon fibers; and step three, adding 4-dimethylpyridine, N-dimethylformamide, 1, 4-butanediol and the chlorinated carbon fibers into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 75-85 ℃, starting stirring, reacting for 30-35 hours, discharging, washing with anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, and drying to obtain the hydroxylated carbon fibers.
The invention adopts the chopped carbon fibers as the material for reinforcing the polyurethane foam so as to improve various performances of the polyurethane foam. However, the material performance cannot be significantly improved by adding the conventional carbon fiber into the reaction system of the traditional polyurethane foam, but the final material performance is reduced because the carbon fiber is not easy to disperse and the compounding property with polyurethane molecules is not good. According to the invention, a great deal of research shows that the hydroxylated carbon fiber obtained by oxidizing, chlorinating and hydroxylating the carbon fiber and finally grafting hydroxyl onto the surface of the carbon fiber by using 1, 4-butanediol as a grafting monomer can improve various performances of the heat-insulating material when added into the preparation of polyurethane foam.
The composition comprises the following components in parts by mass:
the using amount of the polyester polyol is 30-50 parts by mass;
the using amount of the polyether polyol is 30-50 parts by mass;
the using amount of the chain extender is 1-3 parts by mass;
the dosage of the stabilizer is 0.5 to 2 parts by mass;
the amount of the foaming agent is 5-15 parts by mass;
the dosage of the flame retardant is 1 to 3 parts by mass;
the dosage of the catalyst is 0.1-1 part by mass;
the dosage of the foam stabilizer is 1-2 parts by mass;
the amount of the hydroxylated carbon fiber is 10 to 15 parts by mass.
The mass of the isocyanate component and the isocyanate reactive component is 1-1.3: 1.
preferably, the polyester polyol has a hydroxyl value of 150 to 400mgKOH/g, and is preferably prepared by polycondensation of phthalic anhydride and diethylene glycol, and the hydroxyl value is 315mgKOH/g; the polyether polyol comprises:
polyether polyol 1, the initiator is glycerol, the hydroxyl value is 560mgKOH/g, the polyether polyol is prepared by propylene oxide polymerization and ethylene oxide end capping, the dosage of the ethylene oxide accounts for 15 percent of the total mass of the polymerization monomers,
polyether glycol 2, sucrose as initiator and hydroxyl value of 420mgKOH/g, propylene oxide homopolymerization,
polyether polyol 3, sorbitol as an initiator, 500mgKOH/g of hydroxyl value, and propylene oxide.
Preferably, the following components are calculated according to relative parts by mass: the using amount of the polyether glycol 1 is 1-2 parts by mass; the using amount of the polyether polyol 2 is 15-18 parts by mass; the using amount of the polyether polyol 3 is 18-20 parts by mass.
In the preferable technical scheme of the invention, the types and the use amounts of the raw materials of the heat-insulating material, particularly the types and the use amounts of the polyester polyol and the polyether polyol are controlled, so that the prepared heat-insulating material has better mechanical properties.
The chain extender comprises trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, and preferably, the mass ratio of the trimethylolpropane to the pentaerythritol is 3:1. the preferable chain extender is a compounded chain extender of trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, and the proportion of the two chain extenders is controlled, so that the crosslinking degree of the prepared polyurethane foam is in a proper range, and the heat-insulating material has excellent mechanical properties.
In the first step of the preparation method of the hydroxylated carbon fiber, the following components are calculated in parts by mass: the using amount of the concentrated nitric acid is 40-50 parts by mass, the using amount of the concentrated sulfuric acid is 100-120 parts by mass, and the using amount of the carbon fiber is 10-20 parts by mass;
in the second step of the preparation method of the hydroxylated carbon fiber, the following components are calculated according to relative parts by mass: the dosage of the thionyl chloride is 100 parts by mass, and the dosage of the oxidized carbon fiber is 5-8 parts by mass;
in the third step of the preparation method of the hydroxylated carbon fiber, the following components are calculated according to relative parts by mass: the content of the 4-lutidine is 1-3 parts by mass, the content of the N, N-dimethylformamide is 40-50 parts by mass, the content of the 1, 4-butanediol is 40-50 parts by mass, and the content of the chlorinated carbon fiber is 10-20 parts by mass.
1, 4-butanediol is selected as the micromolecule monomer for introducing hydroxyl, because the 1, 4-butanediol has proper chain length, the dispersibility of the carbon fiber can be improved to a small extent, and the 1, 4-butanediol has good reactivity with isocyanate groups, and finally, various performances of the heat insulation material are improved.
The stabilizer is propylene carbonate, the foaming agent is pentafluoropropane, the flame retardant is triethyl phosphate, and the catalyst is one or more of N, N-dimethylcyclohexylamine, triethylene diamine and bis (dimethylaminoethyl) ether.
The chemical substances which are not described in the invention can be prepared from commercial products or conventional technical schemes and conventional technical parameters, and the implementation of the invention is not influenced.
The preparation method of the heat insulation material comprises the steps of controlling the temperature of the isocyanate component and the isocyanate reactive component to be 25-35 ℃, adding the isocyanate reactive component into a high-pressure foaming machine, injecting the mixture into a mold, demolding, and curing to obtain the heat insulation material; wherein the pressure of a gun head of the high-pressure foaming machine is 135-145 bar, and the temperature of a mould is controlled to be 40-45 ℃.
The invention has the following beneficial effects: according to the invention, the special hydroxylated carbon fiber is added in the preparation of the polyurethane foam, and the variety and the dosage of partial raw materials for synthesizing the polyurethane foam are controlled, so that the prepared heat-insulating material has the beneficial effects of better high-temperature resistance, mechanical property, lower heat conductivity coefficient and the like.
It should be noted that the contents of the present invention that are not described can be performed with reference to the technical solutions commonly used in the art, and the implementation of the present invention is not affected.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated by the following examples. The reagents, methods and apparatus employed in the present invention are conventional in the art, except as otherwise indicated.
The examples and comparative examples used the following starting materials:
isocyanate component, polyphenyl methane polyisocyanate, brand PM200, vanhua chemical production;
polyester polyol, which is obtained by polycondensation of phthalic anhydride and diethylene glycol and has a hydroxyl value of 315mgKOH/g;
polyether polyol 1, wherein the initiator is glycerol, the hydroxyl value is 560mgKOH/g, and the polyether polyol is prepared by polymerizing propylene oxide and blocking ethylene oxide;
polyether polyol 2, wherein the initiator is sucrose, the hydroxyl value is 420mgKOH/g, and the propylene oxide is homopolymerized;
polyether polyol 3, wherein the initiator is sorbitol, the hydroxyl value is 500mgKOH/g, and the propylene oxide is homopolymerized;
carbon fiber, brand T300, produced by shanxi coal gasification in chinese academy of sciences;
stabilizers, propylene carbonate;
a blowing agent, pentafluoropropane;
flame retardant, triethyl phosphate;
catalyst, triethylene diamine;
foam stabilizer, brand B8545, produced by winning company.
The starting materials not described in the examples and comparative examples are from conventional commercial products.
The preparation method of the combined polyether 1 comprises the following steps: and (2) uniformly mixing 1 part by mass of polyether polyol 1, 15 parts by mass of polyether polyol 2 and 18 parts by mass of polyether polyol 3 at room temperature.
The preparation method of the combined polyether 2 comprises the following steps: and (2) uniformly mixing 2 parts by mass of polyether polyol 1, 18 parts by mass of polyether polyol 2 and 20 parts by mass of polyether polyol 3 at room temperature.
The preparation method of the composite chain extender comprises the following steps: at room temperature, mixing trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol according to a mass ratio of 3:1, and uniformly mixing to obtain the product.
Hydroxylated carbon fibers with different lengths are obtained by chopping the T300 carbon fibers.
The preparation methods of the hydroxylated carbon fiber 1, the hydroxylated carbon fiber 2 and the comparative hydroxylated carbon fibers 1 to 3 are as follows: adding concentrated nitric acid and concentrated nitric acid into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 80 ℃, starting stirring, adding carbon fibers, reacting for 4 hours, discharging, washing with distilled water, and drying to obtain oxidized carbon fibers; adding thionyl chloride and the oxidized carbon fibers into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 65 ℃, starting stirring, discharging after reacting for 20 hours, washing with anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, and drying to obtain chlorinated carbon fibers; and step three, adding 4-dimethylpyridine, N-dimethylformamide, 1, 4-butanediol (raw materials in the comparative hydroxylated carbon fiber 3 are replaced by ethylene glycol) and the chlorinated carbon fiber into a reactor, controlling the temperature of the reactor to be 75 ℃, starting stirring, reacting for 35 hours, discharging, washing with anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, and drying to obtain the hydroxylated carbon fiber.
The specific types and amounts of the different raw materials in the production processes of the hydroxylated carbon fiber 1, the hydroxylated carbon fiber 2 and the comparative hydroxylated carbon fibers 1 to 3 are shown in tables 1, 2 and 3, respectively, in terms of the relative parts by mass of the raw materials in each specific step.
Table 1 dosage (parts by mass) of each raw material in step one of preparation method of hydroxylated carbon fiber
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Oxidized carbon fiber 1
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Oxidized carbon fiber 2
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Comparative oxidized carbon fiber 1
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Comparative oxidized carbon fiber 2
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Concentrated sulfuric acid
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100
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120
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120
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120
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Concentrated nitric acid
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40
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50
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50
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50
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5mm carbon fiber
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10
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|
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10mm carbon fiber
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20
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|
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3mm carbon fiber
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|
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20
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15mm carbon fiber
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|
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20 |
TABLE 2 consumption of raw materials (parts by mass) in step two of the preparation method of hydroxylated carbon fibers
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Chlorinated carbon fiber 1
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Chlorinated carbon fiber 2
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Comparative chlorinated carbon fiber 1
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Comparative chlorinated carbon fiber 2
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Thionyl chloride
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100
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100
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100
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100
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Oxidized carbon fiber 1
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5
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|
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Oxidized carbon fiber 2
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8
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|
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Comparative oxidized carbon fiber 1
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|
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8
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Comparative oxidized carbon fiber 2
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|
|
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8 |
TABLE 3 consumption of raw materials (in parts by mass) in the three steps of the preparation method of hydroxylated carbon fibers
The isocyanate-reactive component is prepared by the following method: the raw materials were mixed uniformly at room temperature according to the type and amount of raw materials in table 4 to obtain the corresponding isocyanate-reactive component.
TABLE 4 amounts (parts by mass) of raw materials in the preparation of isocyanate-reactive component
Preparation method of insulating material of examples and comparative examples: at 30 ℃, mixing an isocyanate component and an isocyanate reactive component according to a mass ratio of 1.3:1, adding the mixture into a high-pressure foaming machine, injecting the mixture into a mold, demolding after 2 hours, and curing at 25 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain a heat-insulating material; wherein the pressure of a gun head of the high-pressure foaming machine is 145bar, and the temperature of a mould is controlled at 45 ℃. Insulation samples prepared from isocyanate-reactive component 1, isocyanate-reactive component 2, comparative isocyanate-reactive component 1, comparative isocyanate-reactive component 2, comparative isocyanate-reactive component 3, comparative isocyanate-reactive component 4 correspond to example 1, example 2, comparative example 1, comparative example 2, comparative example 3, comparative example 4, respectively.
The examples and comparative samples were tested for performance:
the heat conductivity coefficient test standard is GB/T3399-1982;
the compression strength test standard is GB/T8813-1988;
the tensile strength test standard is GB/T9641-1988;
the size change rate test standard at 85 ℃ is GB/T8811-2008.
The results of the performance tests of the examples and comparative examples are shown in Table 5.
TABLE 5 results of performance testing of examples and comparative examples
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Comparative example 3
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Comparative example 4
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Thermal conductivity W/m.K (25 ℃ C.)
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0.0165
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0.0158
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0.0195
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0.0188
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0.0221
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0.0182
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Strong compressionDegree Kpa
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822
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853
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625
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687
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693
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717
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Tensile Strength Kpa
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966
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990
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675
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720
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744
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810
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Dimensional change rate at 85 DEG C
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2.3%
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1.5%
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4%
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3.3%
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3.5%
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3.1% |
The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications which do not depart from the spirit and principle of the present invention should be construed as equivalents thereof, and all such changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.