EP2695209A1 - Use of thermoplastic polyurethanes for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy - Google Patents
Use of thermoplastic polyurethanes for converting mechanical energy to electrical energyInfo
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- EP2695209A1 EP2695209A1 EP12710290.3A EP12710290A EP2695209A1 EP 2695209 A1 EP2695209 A1 EP 2695209A1 EP 12710290 A EP12710290 A EP 12710290A EP 2695209 A1 EP2695209 A1 EP 2695209A1
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Definitions
- thermoplastic polyurethanes for the conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy
- the present invention relates to a method for obtaining electrical energy from kinetic energy, comprising the steps of providing a device, wherein the
- Apparatus comprising an electroactive polymer, stretching the electroactive polymer from a minimum elongation to a maximum elongation as a result of mechanical action, and relaxing the stretched electroactive polymer from the maximum elongation to the minimum elongation due to a decreasing mechanical impact.
- the present invention does not relate to the recovery of electrical energy from the momentum of ocean waves.
- the invention further relates to the use of a thermoplastic polyurethane for
- an actuator and / or sensor comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a device for obtaining electrical energy from kinetic energy, wherein the device comprises an electroactive polymer.
- EAP generators electroactive polymer generators
- EHC Energy Harvesting Cycle
- electromechanical converters can be found in WO 2001/06575 AI.
- Patent application relates to transducers, their use and their manufacture.
- a transducer for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy comprises at least two electrodes and a polymer.
- the polymer is arranged so that an electric field is changed as a result of a change in length of a first section. Furthermore, a second portion of the polymer is elastically biased.
- One of the ways to improve energy production is to change the material of the electroactive polymer.
- This polyurethane elastomer actuator requires no electrolyte and no - - high voltage. Since no chemical reactions or heat development occur, the life hardly deteriorates.
- the actuator described deforms to a large extent during the driving.
- JP 3026043 relates to a polyurethane elastomer actuator based on a dielectric polyol. This polyol is oriented in the field direction when an electric field is applied.
- JP 07-240544 relates to a polyurethane elastomer actuator based on a polycarbonate polyol. This polyol is oriented in the field direction when an electric field is applied.
- TPU Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers
- thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers are built up from linear polyols, usually polyester or polyether polyols, organic diisocyanates and short-chain diols (chain extenders).
- catalysts can be added to accelerate the formation reaction.
- Molar ratios of polyols to chain extenders of 1: 1 to 1: 12 have proven useful. This results in products with hardnesses in the range from 70 Shore A to 75 Shore D.
- thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers can be processed continuously or discontinuously.
- the best known technical processes are the belt process (GB 1,057,018) and the extmder process (DE 1 964 834 and 2 059 570).
- the morphology which is suitable for improved processing behavior is only achieved in the case of products which are prepared by customary processes at high hard-segment proportions (chain extender + diisocyanate).
- chain extender + diisocyanate chain extender + diisocyanate
- the mobility of the soft segment polyol + diisocyanate
- the object of the present invention has been made to improve an initially mentioned method for obtaining energy in terms of the polymer material used by specifying more suitable materials.
- the object is achieved by a method for obtaining electrical energy from kinetic energy, comprising the steps:
- the device comprising an electroactive polymer disposed between electrodes and wherein mechanical energy is transferred to the electroactive polymer in the device;
- the electroactive polymer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable from the reaction of at least:
- (c) an organic diisocyanate; wherein the molar ratio of NCO groups in (c) to OH groups in (a) and (b)> 0.9: 1 to ⁇ 1, 1: 1.
- Electroactive polymers in the context of the present invention are basically polymers that change their shape by the application of an electrical voltage and in particular dielectric elastomers.
- the electroactive polymer is disposed between electrodes, which may also be stretchable.
- the proposed thermoplastic polyurethanes are characterized by a particularly favorable combination of the modulus of elasticity, the electrical resistance and the breakdown field strength. This has a favorable effect on the efficiency of energy production.
- the stretched electroactive polymer can be subjected to an electrical charge by means of a suitable unit, which can be called, for example, as power electronics or charging electronics.
- a suitable unit which can be called, for example, as power electronics or charging electronics.
- Linear bifunctional polyhydroxyl compounds or polyols (a) are those having an average of> 1.8 to ⁇ 2.2 Zerewitinoff-active hydrogen atoms and a number average molecular weight M n of> 500 g / mol to ⁇ 6000 g / mol, preferably> 900 g / mol to ⁇ 2500 g / mol. Due to production, they can contain small amounts of non-linear compounds. However, this is included according to the invention. Preference is given to polyether, polyester, polycarbonate diols or mixtures of these.
- the number average molecular weight M n is determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) in tetrahydrofuran using as calibration relationship polystyrene standards in the relevant molecular weight range.
- Suitable polyether diols can be prepared by adding one or more
- Alkylene oxides having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkylene radical with a starter molecule containing two active hydrogen atoms bound reacted are: ethylene oxide, 1,2-propylene oxide, epichlorohydrin and 1,2-butylene oxide and 2,3-butylene oxide.
- ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures of 1,2-propylene oxide and ethylene oxide Preferably used are ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures of 1,2-propylene oxide and ethylene oxide.
- the alkylene oxides can be used individually, alternately in succession or as mixtures be used.
- Suitable starter molecules are, for example: water, amino alcohols, such as N-alkyl-diethanolamine, for example N-methyl-diethanolamine and diols, such as ethylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol and 1,6-hexanediol.
- mixtures of starter molecules can be used.
- Suitable polyetherols are also the hydroxyl-containing polymerization of tetrahydrofuran. It is also possible to use trifunctional polyethers in proportions of from 0 to 30% by weight, based on the bifunctional polyethers, but at most in such an amount that a still thermoplastically processable product is formed.
- Suitable polyester diols may be, for example, from dicarboxylic acids having 2 to 12
- Carbon atoms preferably 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and polyhydric alcohols.
- Suitable dicarboxylic acids are, for example: aliphatic
- Dicarboxylic acids such as succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid and sebacic acid, or aromatic dicarboxylic acids such as phthalic acid, isophthalic acid and
- the dicarboxylic acids may be used singly or as mixtures, for example in the form of an amber, glutaric and adipic acid mixture.
- the corresponding dicarboxylic acid derivatives such as carboxylic acid diesters having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alcohol radical, carboxylic acid anhydrides or carbonyl chlorides.
- polyhydric alcohols are glycols having 2 to 10, preferably 2 to 6, carbon atoms, such as ethylene glycol,
- the polyhydric alcohols may be used alone or mixed with each other.
- Carbon atoms such as 1-butanediol or 1,6-hexanediol, condensation products of co-hydroxycarboxylic acids such as ⁇ -hydroxycaproic acid or polymerization of lactones, for example optionally substituted ⁇ -caprolactones.
- Ethanediol polyadipates, 1,4-butanediol polyadipates, ethanediol-1,4-butanediol polyadipates, 1,6-hexanediol neopentylglycol polyadipates, 1,6-hexanediol-1,4-butanediol polyadipates and .alpha. are preferably used as polyester diols
- Diol chain extenders (b) have an average of from 1.8 to 2.2 Zerewitinoff active
- Hydrogen atoms and have a molecular weight M n of> 60 g / mol to ⁇ 400 g / mol.
- chain extenders are preferably aliphatic diols having 2 to 14
- Carbon atoms such as ethanediol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, diethylene glycol and dipropylene glycol.
- suitable are also diesters of terephthalic acid with glycols having 2 to 4 carbon atoms for example Terephthalic acid bis-ethylene glycol or terephthalic acid bis-l, 4-butanediol, hydroxyalkylene ethers of hydroquinone, for example, l, 4-di (.beta.-hydroxyethyl) hydroquinone, ethoxylated bisphenols such as 1,4-di (.beta.-hydroxyethyl) bisphenol A.
- Ethanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,4-di ( ⁇ -hydroxyethyl) hydroquinone or 1,4-di ( ⁇ -hydroxyethyl) bisphenol A are particularly preferably used as chain extenders. It is also possible to use mixtures of the abovementioned chain extenders. In addition, smaller amounts of triols can be added
- Thiol groups or carboxyl-containing compounds can be used.
- (cyclo) aliphatic diamines such as isophoronediamine, ethylenediamine, 1,2-propylenediamine, 1,3-propylenediamine, N-methyl-propylene-1,3-diamine, ⁇ , ⁇ '-dimethylethylenediamine and aromatic diamines, such as 2,4- Toluylenediamine, 2,6-toluenediamine, 3,5-diethyl-2,4-toluene diamine or 3,5 diethyl-2,6-toluylenediamine or primary mono-, di-, tri- or tetraalkyl-substituted 4,4'-Diaminodiphenylmethane find use.
- organic diisocyanates (c) it is possible to use aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic diisocyanates or any desired mixtures of these diisocyanates (see HOUBEN-WEYL "Methods of Organic Chemistry", Volume E20 “Macromolecular Materials”, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York 1987, pp. 1587-1593 or Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 562, pages 75 to 136).
- aliphatic diisocyanates such as ethylene diisocyanate, 1,4-tetramethylene diisocyanate, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate, 1, 12-dodecane diisocyanate;
- Cycloaliphatic diisocyanates such as isophorone diisocyanate, 1,4-cyclohexane diisocyanate, l-methyl-2,4-cyclohexane diisocyanate and l-methyl-2,6-cyclohexane diisocyanate and the corresponding
- the diisocyanates mentioned can be used individually or in the form of mixtures with one another. They can also be used together with up to 15 mol% (calculated on the total diisocyanate) of a polyisocyanate, but at most so much polyisocyanate may be added that a still thermoplastically processable product is formed.
- Examples of polyisocyanates are triphenylmethane-4,4 ', 4 "-triisocyanate and polyphenyl-polymethylene-polyisocyanates.
- Suitable catalysts are the tertiary amines known and customary in the prior art, for example triethylamine, dimethylcyclohexylamine, N-methylmorpholine, ⁇ , ⁇ '-dimethylpiperazine, 2- (dimethylaminoethoxy) ethanol, diazabicyclo [2,2,2] octane and similar compounds, and in particular organic metal compounds such as titanic acid esters,
- Iron compounds or tin compounds such as tin diacetate, tin dioctoate, tin dilaurate or the tin dialkyl salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as dibutyltin diacetate or dibutyltin dilaurate or similar compounds.
- Preferred catalysts are organic metal compounds, in particular titanic acid esters, iron and tin compounds.
- the total amount of catalysts in the TPU according to the invention is generally about 0 to 5% by weight, preferably 0 to 2% by weight, based on the total amount of TPU.
- Compounds which are monofunctional with respect to isocyanates can be used in amounts of up to 2% by weight, based on TPU, as so-called chain terminators.
- Suitable examples are monoamines such as butyl and dibutylamine, octylamine, stearylamine, N-methylstearylamine, pyrrolidine, piperidine or cyclohexylamine, monoalcohols such as butanol, 2-ethylhexanol, octanol, dodecanol, stearyl alcohol, the various amyl alcohols, cyclohexanol and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether.
- thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers to be used according to the invention may contain auxiliaries and additives in amounts of up to a maximum of 20% by weight, based on the total amount of TPU.
- auxiliaries and additives are lubricants and mold release agents such as
- Fatty acid esters their metal soaps, fatty acid amides, Fettklareesteramide and silicone compounds, antiblocking agents, inhibitors, hydrolysis stabilizers, light, heat and discoloration, dyes, pigments, inorganic and / or organic fillers, plasticizers, such as phosphates, phthalates, adipates, sebacates and Alkylsulfonklareester, fungistatic and bacteriostatic substances and fillers and their mixtures and reinforcing agents.
- Reinforcing agents are, in particular, fibrous reinforcing materials, such as, for example, inorganic fibers, which are produced according to the prior art and can also be treated with a sizing agent.
- auxiliaries and additives are in the specialist literature, for example the monograph by JH Saunders and KC Frisch "High Polymers", Volume XVI, polyurethanes, part 1 and 2, published by Interscience Publishers 1962 and 1964, the paperback for plastic additives R.Gumbleter u. H. Müller (Hanser Verlag Kunststoff 1990) or DE-A 29 01 774.
- thermoplastically processable polyurethane elastomers can be carried out either stepwise (prepolymer process) or by the simultaneous reaction of all components in one step (one-shot process).
- prepolymer process an isocyanate-containing prepolymer is formed from the polyol and the diisocyanate, which is reacted in a second step with the chain extender.
- the thermoplastic polyurethanes according to the invention can be prepared batchwise or continuously and shaped articles can be obtained by the injection molding, extrusion or coating process.
- the polyol (a) is selected from the group comprising 1,2-polypropylene glycol polyether, 1,4-butanediol polyether and / or
- Polyester polyols with 1,4-butanediol as the alcohol component Preferred polyester polyols with 1,4-butanediol as the alcohol component contain adipic acid as the acid component.
- the diol chain extender (b) is selected from the group comprising 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol and / or bis-2-hydroxyethoxyhydroquinone.
- Polyisocyanate (c) selected from the group consisting of 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, dicyclohexylmethane-4,4-diisocyanate, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate and / or 1,5-naphthylene diisocyanate.
- the thermoplastic polyurethane has a breakdown field strength of> 20 V / ⁇ m to ⁇ 400 V / ⁇ m, an electric field Volume resistance of> 10 ohm cm to ⁇ 10 ohm cm and a modulus of elasticity E 'at 50% elongation of> 2 MPa to ⁇ 40 MPa.
- the breakdown field strength can be determined according to ASTM D 149-97a.
- the electrical volume resistivity can be determined according to ASTM D 257 and the modulus of elasticity E 'at 50% elongation according to DIN 53 504.
- the breakdown field strength is> 60 V / ⁇ m to ⁇ 300 V / ⁇ m
- the volume electrical resistance > 10 13 ohm cm to ⁇ 10 17 ohm cm
- the kinetic energy is the kinetic energy of air flows or of water flows.
- thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable from the reaction of at least:
- thermoplastic polyurethane can be used to recover electric energy from motive energy of air currents or flows of water.
- Motion energy from sea waves is not the subject of this invention.
- the present invention also relates to a device for obtaining electrical energy from kinetic energy, in particular from air currents or water flows, the device comprising an electroactive polymer which is arranged between electrodes; the apparatus being arranged to stretch the electroactive polymer as a result of a mechanical action from a minimum elongation to a maximum elongation and to relax the electroactive polymer as a result of a decreasing mechanical action from the maximum elongation to the minimum elongation; wherein the device is arranged to be in the stretched state of the electroactive
- thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable from the reaction of at least:
- the device according to the invention is not used for obtaining electrical energy from the kinetic energy of sea waves. Details of the individual components have already been explained in connection with the method according to the invention, so that reference is made to avoid repetition.
- the polyol (a) is selected from the group comprising 1,2-polypropylene glycol polyether, 1,4-butanediol polyether and / or
- Polyester polyols with 1,4-butanediol as the alcohol component are 1,4-butanediol as the alcohol component.
- the diol chain extender (b) is selected from the group comprising 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol and / or bis-2-hydroxyethoxy-hydroquinone. - -
- Polyisocyanate (c) selected from the group comprising 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate,
- Isophorone diisocyanate dicyclohexylmethane-4,4-diisocyanate, 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate and / or 1,5-naphthylene diisocyanate.
- Another object of the present invention is an actuator and / or sensor comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable from the reaction of at least:
- the tensile tests were carried out by means of a tractor from Zwick, model number 1455, equipped with a load cell of the total measuring range 1 kN according to DIN 53 504 with a pulling speed of 50 mm / min. S2 specimens were used as specimens. Each measurement was carried out on three identically prepared test specimens and the mean of the data obtained was used for the evaluation. In addition to the tensile strength in - -
- the determination of the permanent elongation was carried out by means of a tractor Zwicki Zwick / Roell equipped with a load cell of the total measuring range of 50 N, on a S2 rod of the sample to be examined. In this measurement, the sample with a
- the sample holder contacted the homogeneously thick polymer samples with only little mechanical
- PE 1000 100 parts by weight of PE 1000 were heated to 150 ° C. with 0.45 parts by weight of mineral oil and 100 ppm, based on PE 1000, tin dioctoate in a reaction vessel.
- Example E3 100 parts by weight of PE 2000 were heated to 180 ° C. with 0.40 part by weight of bis-ethylene stearylamide and 200 ppm, based on PE 2000, tin dioctoate in a reaction vessel.
- PE 1000 100 parts by weight were heated to 180 ° C. in a reaction vessel containing 0.8 part by weight of bis-ethylene stearylamide, 22 parts by weight BUT and 70 ppm, based on PE 1000, tin dioctoate. - -
- Example E5 (DP 9585A DPS045) 100 parts by weight of PE 1000 in a reaction vessel were charged with 0.15 parts by weight of bis-ethylene stearylamide, 10.4 parts by weight of BUT, 1.2 parts by weight of HEX and 250 ppm heated to PE 1000, Zinndioctoat to 180 ° C.
- PES 1000 100 parts by weight of PES 1000 were in a reaction vessel with 0, 1 parts by weight of bis-ethylene stearylamide, 0.6 parts by weight of Stabaxol 1, 17 parts by weight of BUT and 35 ppm, based on PES 1000, Zinndioctoat to 160 ° C heated. With vigorous stirring (1100 rpm), 73 parts by weight of MDI were added. The resulting mixture was poured rapidly onto a coated panel and annealed at 120 ° C for 30 minutes. The resulting casting plates were cut and granulated.
- PES 1000 and 20 parts by weight PES 500 were heated to 180 ° C. in a reaction vessel with 14 parts by weight BUT and 30 ppm, based on PES 1000, titanyl acetylacetonate.
- the polymer elements as films can offer significant advantages when used in the production of electrical energy, since they have very good internal resistance, have high breakdown field strengths / breakdown voltages and high moduli at the operating point (for example at 50% elongation).
- these materials have very small permanent elongations at high elongation at break, these polymer elements can advantageously be achieved particularly favorable efficiencies of the thus produced electromechanical transducer in energy production.
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