Spray Foam Insulation

Baton Rouge, La.-based Albemarle Corp’s “breakthrough” color-stable spray-coating technology received the 2011 Innovation Award at the Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) in Nashville, Tenn.

 

The coating utilizes the company’s ETHACURE® 90, a new aliphatic curative that is reported to improve the processing of polyurea spray elastomer coating systems. Albemarle developed the coating in partnership with LINE-X Protective Coatings. 

 

The technology’s UV and color stability facilitates color strength without the need for an additional topcoat, and offers low VOC content, the company says.

 

The company added that the coating’s durability and performance were put to the test as the protective coating on Dominator 1, a vehicle featured during the 2011 season of Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers.

 

Albemarle chemist Dr. Paul Wiggins was also recognized at the CPI conference with the “Best Presentation Award” in the CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants & Elastomers) Technical Session for his paper, “New Developments in Aliphatic Polyurea Coatings.” The paper was submitted and co-authored by Terry Pe (LINE-X), Thalan Burris (Albemarle), Sam Lane (Albemarle) and Dustin Le (Horn). //CPI announced the list of winners for each technical session and poster category based on votes from session and conference attendees.

 

In addition to Dr. Wiggins’ award, the 2011 Best Paper Award winners include the following.

 

• Appliances/Cold Chain (tie): James Bowman of Honeywell for “Household Refrigerator: Low GWP Blowing Agent Performance Update”; Vanni Parenti of Dow Italia s.r.l. for “PASCAL® Technology: A Novel Breakthrough Polyurethane Foaming Technology for Domestic Appliance Insulation.”

 

• Automotive: G. Ron Blair for “Hysteresis Loss—Is it a Viable Flexible Foam Property or Not?”

 

• Chemistry & Fundamentals (tie): Elodie Hablot of Michigan State University/CHEMS for “Efficient Synthesis of Biobased Poly(amide urethane)s via Non-Isocyanate Route,” and Max Senechal of Metabolix Inc. for “Metabolix MBX-1000—A New Polyurethane Additive.”

 

• Construction 1: Advancing the Science of PUR/PIR Construction Foam: Robert Tauchen of Evonik Industries for “Easing the Transition Between Blowing Agents in PIR Formulations Through Proper Surfactant Selection.”

 

• Construction 2: Advancing the Science of SPF for the Construction Industry: Paul Ashford of Caleb Management Services Ltd., for “Trends in the Selection of Next Generation Blowing Agents—An International View.”

 

• Environment, Health & Safety 1 (tie): James Chapman of Bayer MaterialScience LLC for “EPA's Chemical Action Plan (CAP) for MDI and TDI,” and Michael Woolhiser of Dow for “Sensitization Potential of Low-Monomer Diisocyanate Prepolymers.”

 

• Environment, Health & Safety 2: Ryan Hulse of Honeywell for “Predictive Model for Polyurethane Blowing Agent Emissions into a House.”

 

• Flame Retardants & Combustibility: Heiko Tebbe of LANXESS Deutschland GmbH for “Comparison of Different Phosphorus Based Flame Retardants in Rigid Polyurethane Foam for the Production of Insulation Materials.”

 

• Flexible Foams 1: Stanley Hager of Bayer MaterialScience LLC for “New Chemical Technology for the Production of Super High Air Flow Flexible Foams.”

 

• Flexible Foams 2: John DeMassa of R.T. Vanderbilt Company for “Polyol Stabilization and the Introduction of a New PUR Slabstock Foam Anti-Oxidant.”

 

• Processing Innovations: Bjoern Dormann of DESMA GmbH for “Advanced Low Pressure High Volume Throughput Mixing Equipment.”

 

• Renewable Content Polyols: Robert Miller of DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products for “Susterra® Propanediol—Evaluating the Structure-Property Relationship in CASE Applications.”

 

The 2012 Polyurethanes Technical Conference is scheduled for Sept. 24-26, 2012, in Atlanta. CPI said it will accept paper and poster abstracts for the conference beginning Nov. 1.

 

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