Systematic study on substituting petroleum-based polyols with soy-based polyol for developing renewable hybrid biofoam by self-catalyzing/rising process

摘要

The future depletion of petroleum resources is driving development of sustainable alternatives based on biomass materials. This work is aimed at developing rigid polyurethane biofoam with similar properties to commercial foam for the potential application in thermal insulation, we designed a hybrid biofoam by self-catalyzing/rising process from substituting petroleum polyol with soy polyol. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V.