WO2015128843A2 - Process for preparing thermally conductive oriented uhmwpe products and products obtained therefrom - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to high thermal conductivity oriented ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene products and their preparation.
- Disentangled refers to ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene - homo-polymer(s) or copolymer(s) of ethylene having molar mass in the range of 0.3 million to 20 million; crystallinity greater than 75%; heat of fusion greater than 200 J/g and bulk density ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 g/cc, wherein the polyethylene chains have low entanglement or are completely disentangled.
- Oriented products refer to polymer products in the form of fiber, sheet, film, tape or other forms having oriented polymer chains.
- Stretch ratio refers to the ratio of hot stretched film and calendar rolled sheet based on their unit weight and volume.
- Pre-laminate refers to the sheet obtained after feeding the UHMWPE through rollers, which is further hot stretched to obtain the oriented UHMWPE products.
- Polymers exhibit many advantageous properties such as low mass density, chemical stability, high strength-to-mass ratio and the like.
- Polymeric materials typically have a low thermal conductivity and polymeric substances such as foams prepared from amorphous polymers are widely used for thermal insulation. Materials for heat exchangers and thermal management, however, require high thermal conductivity which is commonly associated with conductors known in the art such as copper, aluminum, titanium and the like.
- the present disclosure therefore envisages a process for preparing highly conductive UHMWPE that mitigates the drawbacks associated with the conventional processes.
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide a process for preparing oriented UHMWPE products having high axial thermal conductivity and high heat capacity.
- Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a process for preparing oriented UHMWPE products having high axial thermal conductivity and high heat capacity, which is simple, commercially viable and environment friendly.
- Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide oriented UHMWPE products having high axial thermal conductivity and high heat capacity.
- Still another object of the present disclosure is to ameliorate one or more problems of the prior art or to at least provide a useful alternative.
- the present disclosure in one aspect relates to a process for preparing high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) products.
- the process includes feeding UHMWPE at the nip of at least one pair of rollers having a pre-determined linear roller speed and a first pre-determined temperature to obtain a pre-laminate.
- the pre-laminate so obtained is hot stretched at a pre-determined linear roller speed and a second pre-determined temperature to obtain oriented UHMWPE products having high thermal conductivity and heat capacity.
- the UHMWPE used in the disclosure can be substantially disentangled.
- the temperature for preparing the pre-laminate and hot stretching can be less than the melt temperature of the UHMWPE.
- a high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented UHMWPE product prepared by the process of the present disclosure.
- the high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented UHMWPE product of the present disclosure is characterized by axial thermal conductivity in the range of 70 to 200W/mK, transverse direction thermal conductivity in the range of 0.022 to 0.045W/mK and heat capacity in the range of 6 to 25 MJ/m 3 K.
- Organic polymers are known to be thermally insulating materials where the thermal conductivity is usually found to be ⁇ 1 W/mK at room temperature.
- the axial thermal conductivity of oriented polyethylene polymer measured parallel with the alignment of polymer chains increases with the orientation.
- the degree of crystallinity and connectivity between crystallites further adds to the thermal conductivity of polyethylene.
- Conventionally prepared polyethylene oriented products by gel spun fiber using UHMWPE exhibits high thermal conductivity, which is about 30-100 times more than the polymer resin.
- the process of making highly thermally conductive UHMWPE products by gel extrusion requires large amount of solvent.
- the present disclosure envisages a process for preparing polyethylene oriented products using a solvent free process and high thermal conductivity oriented UHMWPE products.
- a process for preparing high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented UHMWPE products includes but is not limited to the steps presented herein below.
- UHMWPE powder or a compression molded UHMWPE preform is fed at the nip of at least one pair of rollers having a pre-determined linear roller speed and a first pre-determined temperature to obtain pre-laminate(s).
- the thickness of the compression molded UHMWPE preform ranges from 1 to 3 mm.
- the rollers in accordance with the present disclosure can be one pair or more than one pair. When more than one pair of rollers is used, the rollers can be arranged serially or in parallel.
- the roller temperature is kept below or close to the melt temperature of the polymer. In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the temperature is maintained at 125°C.
- the pre-determined linear roller speed ranges from 20 to 200 cm/min when a roller of 150mm diameter is used and the roller speed ratio is in the range of 0.80 to 3.0.
- the roller speed ratio is the ratio of linear roller speed in a roller pair.
- the width of the pre-laminate is adjusted by setting the required gap parallel to the rollers. In one embodiment, the width and thickness of the pre-laminate is maintained at 50 to 55 mm and 0.05 to 0.20 mm, respectively. The width of the pre-laminate is further adjusted by modifying the gap between the spacers and as per the requirement the pre- laminate is slit to obtain tapes/strips of required width.
- the pre-laminate thus obtained is then hot stretched at a pre-determined temperature and at a pre-determined linear roller speed to obtain the oriented UHMWPE products. Stretching at a specific temperature and speed causes the polymer chains to align in the direction of stretching; thereby inducing anisotropy in the resultant product and making it highly thermally conductive.
- the roller temperature is in the range of 130 to 155°C. Care is taken that the UHMWPE temperature does not go beyond the melt temperature. The roller speed is increased when the temperature is above the melt temperature of the UHMWPE (about 140°C).
- the increase in speed of the rollers decreases the contact time of the UHMWPE with the rollers so as to not allow the UHMWPE to be exposed to the higher temperature.
- the speed of stretching is maintained in the range from 10 to 80 mm/min. Laminates having thin cross sections are obtained with different stretch ratios.
- the UHMWPE used in the present process has certain pre-determined properties.
- the UHMWPE is substantially disentangled and has molecular weight ranging from 0.3 to 20 million g/mole, being prepared by using suitable catalyst(s) as described in the documents WO2013076733, PCT/IN2013/000016 and 1440/MUM/2013.
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- the molecular weight distribution of the polymer powder is tailored by manipulating the process conditions including but not limiting to temperature and pressure along with other properties like the RSV>17 dl/g, ⁇ > 200 J/g and the bulk density ⁇ 0.3 g/cc.
- the UHMWPE powder formed as a result of the afore-stated process is highly crystalline and richly disentangled.
- the process of the present disclosure further includes the step of incorporation of additives.
- the additives used in accordance with the present disclosure include but is not limited to carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon black, aluminum powder and boron nitride.
- the additives can be in the form of powders or fine particles.
- the additives can be added to the polymer by blending or dispersing before the polymer is fed to the rollers.
- the additives can further enhance the thermal conductivity of the resultant products and extend the limit of thermal conductivity as achieved by pure UHMWPE.
- a high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity oriented UHMWPE product prepared by the afore-stated process.
- the product thus prepared is characterized by axial thermal conductivity in the range of 70 to 200W/mK, transverse direction thermal conductivity in the range of 0.022 to 0.045W/mK and heat capacity in the range of 6 to 25 MJ/m 3 K.
- the axial thermal conductivity of the product is dependent on the stretch ratio of the sheet.
- the products prepared in accordance with the process of the present disclosure have high thermal conductivity as well as high heat capacity. This differentiates the present process from the conventional processes. Furthermore, the product prepared according to the present process has see-through clarity.
- the present disclosure provides a simple, eco-friendly solvent free process where highly crystalline UHMWPE polymer with high degree of disentangled macromolecular chain, is processed to obtain products having highest degree of thermal conductivity.
- the resultant products therefore, find plenty of applications in thermal management systems such as heat exchanger/sinks in printed circuit boards and electronic devices, computers, printers, automotive interior and exteriors, appliances, batteries, superconducting coils, refrigeration systems, building constructions, interior temperature controls of housings, chemical engineering devices, thermal solar devices and the like.
- the products of the present disclosure include but are not limited to tape, strip, fiber and film.
- the thermally conductive articles from UHMWPE film/tape/stripe/fiber can be in the form of composites of single or multiple layers (with or without additive) and based on the alignment of film/tape/strip/fiber, the path of conduction can be defined.
- the axial thermal conductivity of the stretched film so prepared was found to increase with the increase in tensile modulus which in turn is related to the stretch ratio as seen in sample 1 (Table 2). It is found that the polymer sample 2 could be stretched to 128.6 times with thermal conductivity of 128.2 W/mK whereas the tensile modulus is lower than stretched film of lower stretch ratio of polymer sample 1. This may be possibly due to superior alignment of the polymer chains in sample 2 with high stretchability as the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of sample 2 is broader than polymer sample 1. Similarly, the polymer sample 3 having a broad MWD could be stretched to 100 times with a thermal conductivity of 77 W/mK. The tensile modulus is lower for sample 3, similar to that observed in case of sample 2. Higher axial thermal conductivity, therefore, can be attained with the increase of stretch ratio instead of increase on tensile modulus with broader MWD.
- the axial thermal conductivity of the film prepared from polymer sample 2 was found as high as 130.1 W/mK at 49.4°C which is highest reported value in the literature (Table 5).
- the thermal conductivity of the polymer film was not found to depend on the temperature range studied i.e. -21.5°C to about 50°C (Tables 3 to 5).
- the thermal conductivity of the polymer film in the transverse direction was found in the range of 0.022 to 0.045 W/mK.
- the heat capacity (Cp) also increased with the stretch ratio of the film from about 7.0 MJ/m 3 K to as high as 24 MJ/m 3 K (in the temperature range of about -20°C to about 50°C) with the increase in stretch ratio 31 and 85 of sample 1 and about 128 of sample 2 (Tables 3 to 5). This made the solid state thermal properties of the stretched polymer film unique, having a combination of very high thermal conductivity as well as Cp.
- the processing speed of the sheet can be controlled by suitably adjusting the linear speed and temperature of the two roll mill. Further, the rate of stretching of the sheet was found to depend on the set temperature of the stretching unit.
- the composite form of the uniaxial thermally conductive film/strip/tape/fiber of UHMWPE can have multi-axial controlled thermal conductivity depending on the direction of placing their unit forms in the composite layers and achieving the product by applying compressive force to compact them.
- Stretch ratio is ratio of hot stretched film and calendar rolled sheet based on their unit weight and volume.
- the process of the present disclosure is simple, free from solvent and requires easily available commercial processing tools.
- the UHMWPE products of the present disclosure demonstrate uniaxial as well as multi-axial thermal conductivity.
- the high uniaxial thermal conductivity of the UHMWPE film/tape/stripe/fiber provides flexibility of designing for applications such as heat exchanger/sinks in printed circuit boards and electronic devices, computers, printers, automotive interior and exteriors, appliances, batteries, superconducting coils, refrigeration systems, building constructions, interior temperature controls of housings, chemical engineering devices, thermal solar devices and the like.
- the products have a unique combination of high axial thermal conductivity and high electrical insulation, they can find use in developing efficient electrical products which include cables, electrical junctions and the like.
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