You will find here the public elements of the project deliverables:
Future scenarios for PU industry to be used for social analysis – Achieved in September 2021
1-5g of at least six CAPU co-monomers based on non-TAD-based chemistries for PU tests – Achieved in June 2021
0.1-0.2kg of at least three alternative (non-TAD) CAPU co-monomers for foams – Achieved in June 2021
First CAPU foam showing acceptable mechanical properties (stable, flexible to the touch, resilient) and good reprocessing to elastomer – Achieved in June 2021
Procedure for successful split phase chemolysis process on 0.5 kg – 5 kg foam scale, and provision of upper phase samples for lab scale tests – Achieved in January 2021
First CAPU elastomer showing foamability via the scCO2 technique – Achieved in December 2020
0.1-0.2 kg of at least three TAD-indole CAPU co-monomers for foam tests – Achieved in December 2020
Portfolio of foam-compatibilized comonomers via propoxylation
Improved spectrometric dataset and improved pattern recognition software
Phosgenation procedure to obtain small samples of recycled TDI for lab scale foam tests
Pilot scale flexible TDI based polyether PU foams
Procedure to isolate TDA for TDI production and to recover the chemolysing agent for reuse
Pilot scale elastomer samples produced by reprocessing of a foam/elastomer
Lab-scale optimised CAPU flexible foam presenting typical comfort properties
Reprocessing method for foam to elastomer and elastomer to elastomer
Foam portfolio of reversibly crosslinked CAPU flexible foams of various densities on lab scale
CAPU foam produced using recycled polyol
Pilot-scale optimised CAPU flexible foam
Demonstration scale synthesis (0.5 – 1kg) of two foams compatible TAD-indole based CAPU comonomers
Evaluation of the cost of the foam to foam reprocessing in scCO2
Business case and exploitation plan
Technical report on the Environmental Footprint analysis of the delivered products and solutions
Presentation of the 1st workshop
Milestones
Chemolysis is efficient with ≤ 0.5 kg chemolysing agent per kg of PU foam – Achieved in October 2020
First TAD-indole CAPU comonomers are available for foam testing – Achieved in March 2021