ABS微孔发泡材料气体扩散行为分析

采用化学交联模压法制备了丙烯腈-苯乙烯-丁二烯共聚物(ABS)微孔发泡材料,研究了发泡温度、发泡压力及发泡时间对ABS微孔发泡材料气体的扩散行为及泡孔结构的影响,结果表明:气体吸收量随着发泡温度、发泡压力和发泡时间的增加,先增大后减小;随着气体吸收量的增加,制品的泡孔尺寸逐渐减小,泡孔密度逐渐增大,增加气体吸收量有利于提高发泡效果。当发泡温度为170℃、发泡压力为10 MPa、发泡时间为12min时,泡孔密度约为2.87×108个/cm3,可满足工业上微孔发泡材料泡孔密度的要求。     

Light-weight foam kaolin products of an apparent density of 0.5–0.7 g/cm3

Conclusions The technological parameters were developed for producing light-weight foam refractories of an apparent density of 0.5–0.7 g/cm³ from secondary kaolins. The principal requirements are the use of fineground grog and the addition of soluble methyl cellulose to the body.The pores of foam kaolin refractories are fine, the structure homogeneous, and the gas permeability lower and the physico-thermal properties better than for foam grog refractories.Translated from Ogneupory, No. 8, pp. 44–48, August, 1973.     

合成方法对高吸水性材料结构与性能的影响探讨

分别采用水溶液法和泡沫体系分散聚合法合成CMC—g—PAA高吸水性材料，对比了两种材料的结构及吸液性能。结果表明，泡沫体系分散聚合法合成的材料具有多孔结构，密度较小，吸液性能优于水溶液法合成的材料；泡沫体系分散聚合法合成的材料具有低温敏感性，两种方法合成的材料都具有良好的pH响应性。     

Gas holdup of rotating foam reactors measured by γ‐tomography—effect of solid foam pore size and liquid viscosity

Rotating foam reactors have already shown to give high mass transfer rates compared to stirred tank reactors. For a deeper insight into the hydrodynamics of these reactors, the hydrodynamics of rotating foam reactors were studied using γ‐ray tomography. The two‐phase flow through the foam block stirrer is mainly influenced by the solid foam pore size and the liquid viscosity. For low viscosity, the optimal foam block pore size was identified in the range between 10 and 20 pores per inch (ppi). With smaller pore size, the gas holdup inside the foam block strongly increases due to bubble entrapment. For higher viscosity, pore sizes larger than 10 ppi have to be used to achieve a sufficient liquid flow rate through the foam block to avoid a strong gradient over the reactor height. The effect of the hydrodynamics on the gas–liquid and liquid–solid mass transfer and the reactor performance are discussed. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 146–154, 2013     

Effect of polymer properties on bubble growth in polymer–paperboard composites

Foamed paperboard is a composite material used in thermally insulated food packaging and beverage containers. The paperboard is sandwiched between a layer of low‐density polyethylene and a barrier layer, and the low‐density film is foamed through heating. The moisture inside the paperboard vaporizes and serves as the driving force for creating the foam. The bubble growth on the paper surface has been tracked with high‐speed photography. The number of generated bubbles has been found to depend on the number of pores on the surface of the paperboard; there is little or no dependence on the properties of the polymer, at least across the range of properties studied. In contrast, the thickness of the foam is relatively insensitive to the paperboard properties but has a strong dependence on the thickness of the initial polymer film, the nature of the polymer, and the speed at which it is extruded onto the paperboard. It is believed that some of these variations arise from differences in the degree of adhesion between the polymer and the paperboard. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Design of Porous Banana Foam Mat to Resist Moisture Migration Using a 2-D Stochastic Pore Network and Its Textural Property

The high porosity of dried banana foam allows it to quickly adsorb moisture from the air during storage, leading to a loss of quality and textural properties. Therefore, the main purpose of this research was to design and study banana foam structure at the pore level to limit moisture migration using a 2-D stochastic pore network. A 2-D network formed by the interconnection of cylindrical pores was used to represent the voids inside the banana foam and the moisture movement inside the individual pore segments during adsorption was described by Fick's law. The pore network was divided into two layers with different banana foam densities and the top surface of the network was exposed to humid air. The upper layer was assigned with pore sizes from the banana foam density of 0.31 g/cm³, having a void area fraction of 0.22, or from a density of 0.21 g/cm³, having a void area fraction of 0.31; the lower layer was assigned specifically with the pore sizes from the banana foam density of 0.26 g/cm³, having a void area fraction of 0.26. The predictions agreed well with the experimental results, with an R² value above 0.95. The two-layered banana foam mat with high banana foam density (characterized by mostly small pores) on the upper layer could limit the transport of moisture, with a rate relatively lower than that of a single-layered banana foam mat, and also exhibited more crispiness than the single banana foam. However, when the low banana density was in the upper layer, the two-layered sample adsorbed moisture quickly and its texture was less crispy.     

Reaction injection molding of polyurethane foam for improved thermal insulation

A study on the apparent thermal conductivity of polyurethane foam was carried out. A HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon) gas and carbon dioxide were used as the physical blowing agent and ultrasonic excitation was applied to increase the rate of bubble nucleation. The thermal conductivity of the binary gas mixture was predicted theoretically to estimate the apparent thermal conductivity of the polymer foam. Effects of conduction and radiation on the apparent thermal conductivity of the cellular polyurethane were considered with respect to the cell size and the effect of convection was neglected because of the small cell size. A laboratory RIM machine was designed and built for foaming experiments. The foaming experiments were performed at various processing conditions, and density, apparent thermal conductivity, number of cells, and cell sizes were measured. Best results such as low thermal conductivity and small bubbles were obtained when the polyol was mixed with the HCFC gas and saturated with carbon dioxide at 0.3 MPa, and foamed with ultrasonic nucleation.     

孔隙分布对分形泡沫金属基相变材料传热特性的影响

基于分形理论,采用Sierpinski分形结构来模拟分形泡沫金属的孔隙结构。以泡沫金属为基体,孔隙中填充相变材料,通过数值计算比较了相同孔隙率和分形维数但不同孔隙结构分布规律的泡沫金属基相变材料在恒热流边界条件下的传热特性差异,得到了在传热过程中相变材料的相变率随时间变化及其相场分布情况云图。结果表明：当泡沫金属存在开口孔且所在位置处于热流边界时,孔隙中相变材料的传热速率明显大于不存在任何孔隙处于热流边界的情况;当泡沫金属不存在孔隙处于热流边界时,随着泡沫金属比表面积的增大,孔隙中相变材料传热速率增大;且分形体的分形级数越高,孔隙分布规律对其传热性能的影响程度越大。     

Intensification of biodiesel synthesis using metal foam reactors

This study presents a technology for continuous and high-efficiency alkali-catalyzed biodiesel synthesis using a metal foam reactor combined with a passive mixer. A metal foam reactor with higher pore density produces smaller droplets that result in higher efficiency of biodiesel synthesis. Compared with conventional stirred reactors, the time for high methyl ester conversion can be shortened remarkably by the use of metal foam reactors. Experimental results reveal that a metal foam reactor of 50 pores per inch exhibits an energy consumption per gram biodiesel of 1.01 J g⁻¹, merely 1.69% and 0.77% of energy consumption of the zigzag micro-channel and conventional stirred reactors, respectively. Moreover, biodiesel yield per reactor for the metal foam reactor is approximately 60 times that of the zigzag micro-channel reactor, thus overcoming the problem of numbering up an excessive number of reactors in the application. These results indicate the great potential of metal foam reactors in small-fuel biodiesel processing plants for distributive applications.     

Foam glass obtained through high‐pressure sintering

Foam glasses are usually prepared through a chemical approach, that is, by mixing glass powder with foaming agents, and heating the mixture to a temperature above the softening point (10^6.6 Pa s) of the glass. The foaming agents release gas, enabling expansion of the sintered glass. Here, we use a physical foaming approach to prepare foam glass. First, closed pores filled with inert gases (He, Ar, or N₂) are physically introduced into a glass body by sintering cathode ray tube (CRT) panel glass powder at high gas pressure (5‐25 MPa) at 640°C and, then cooled to room temperature. The sintered bodies are subjected to a second heat treatment above the glass transition temperature at atmospheric pressure. This heat treatment causes expansion of the pores due to high internal gas pressure. We found that the foaming ability strongly depends on the gas pressure applied during sintering, and on the kinetic diameters of the gases. The pressure for attaining maximum expansion, that is, lowest density and highest porosity, is found to be around 20 MPa.     

Nonisothermal bubble growth in polymeric foams

The dynamics of a large number of bubbles separated by distances of the order of their radii in highly viscous fluids with specific application to foams is investigated. The growth of bubbles is due to diffusion of gas from the fluid and the momentum transfer between the fluid and the bubbles. Equations governing the growth of a single bubble in a shell of fluid containing limited dissolved agas are coupled with the transport equations for the fluid under non-isothermal conditions. The resulting set of equations are solved numerically for a system of bubbles growing along the axial direction in a mold. The results predict a bubble size distribution along the axial direction with large bubbles close to the melt front and smaller bubbles close to the gate, which results in a density distribution in the molded article. Experimental studies on structural foam under nonisothermal conditions are performed. The transient bulk foam density is measured by monitoring the melt front as the foam expands. The predicted values of the foam density are compared with the experimental results and the sources of error are discussed.     

Mechanical properties of a particle‐strengthened polyurethane foam

Quasi‐static compression tests have been performed on polyurethane foam specimens. The modulus of the foam exhibited a power‐law dependence with respect to density of the form: E* ∝ (ρ*)ⁿ, where n = 1.7. The modulus data are described well by a simple geometric model (based on the work of Gibson and Ashby) for a closed‐cell foam in which the stiffness of the foam is governed by the flexure of the cell struts and cell walls. The compressive strength of the foam is also found to follow a power‐law behavior with respect to foam density. In this instance, Euler buckling is used to explain the density dependence. The modulus of the foam was modified by addition of gas‐atomized, spherical, aluminum powder. Additions of 30 and 50 wt % Al measurably increased the foam modulus, but without a change in the density dependence. However, there was no observable increase in modulus with 5 and 10 wt % additions of the metal powder. Strength was also increased at high loading fractions of powder. The increase in modulus and strength could be predicted by combining the Gibson–Ashby model, referred to above, with a well‐known model describing the effect on modulus of a rigid dispersoid in a compliant matrix. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 2724–2736, 1999     

本征特性对聚苯乙烯及聚丙烯发泡行为的影响

以化学发泡注塑成型技术为主线,在二次开模条件下制备微发泡聚苯乙烯（PS）及微发泡聚丙烯（PP）;通过流变性、加工性分析了树脂本征特性对PS及PP发泡行为的影响。结果表明：本征特性对气泡的长大和定型过程、气体扩散具有明显的影响;熔体强度越高的材料,阻碍泡孔长大的趋势越明显,所得到的泡孔越细小而均匀;PS具有合适的熔体强度和熔体流动速率（MFR）,发泡质量较理想,泡孔直径和泡孔密度分别为41.4μm、8.7×106个/cm3;PP（K9026）熔体强度较低,而熔体流动速率过大,发泡质量明显降低,泡孔直径和泡孔密度分别为65.94μm、5.82×105个/cm3。     

石墨泡沫材料性能研究的随机建模方法

石墨泡沫是一种新型多孔材料,具有内表面积大、低密度、高导热等优异热性能.基于泡沫类多孔材料内部孔隙空间位置及孔径分布的局部不均匀性质,提出了一种均匀随机几何模型的建模方法,用于石墨泡沫导热性能的数值模拟,并将容积导热系数的模拟结果与美国ORNL的实测数据作了比较.     

原油对水相泡沫稳定作用机理研究进展

为了评述原油对水相泡沫稳定性的影响机理,分别介绍了原油在水相泡沫中的存在状态,原油对泡沫的稳定或破坏机理。原油对泡沫的稳定性有着显著影响,稳泡或消泡也极大程度上决定了石油与天然气开采作业中,诸如泡沫驱油、泡沫堵水、堵气、泡沫排液、泡沫压裂等作业效率。重点阐述了假乳液膜对泡沫稳定性的影响机理,总结出原油在水相泡沫体系中以溶解油或乳化油两种状态存在。原油溶解于水相胶束中(溶解油)可降低泡沫的稳定性。大多原油在水相泡沫中以乳化油滴形式存在,油滴与气泡之间被假乳液膜隔开,假乳液膜决定了泡沫体系的稳定性。假乳液膜稳定性好能促进三相泡沫的稳定性;而假乳液膜稳定性差就加剧了三相泡沫地破裂。通过评述指出了原油与水相泡沫相互作用研究领域今后的研究方向。     

泡沫铜强化甲烷水合物生成动力学实验研究

提高水合物生成速率和储气密度对天然气水合物技术应用非常重要。将三种孔密度的泡沫铜（CF）分别浸入十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）溶液中构建水合储气强化体系,在高压静态反应釜中研究泡沫金属对甲烷水合物生成动力学特性。实验结果表明,泡沫铜骨架能为水合物生成提供充足的结晶点,同时可作为水合物生长过程水合热迁移的“高速公路”。甲烷水合物在SDS/CF体系中可快速生成,最大水合储气速率分布在19.24~21.04 mmol·mol^-1·min^-1之间,其中添加15 PPI泡沫铜的SDS溶液储气量最高（139 mmol·mol^-1）,且达到最大储气量90%所用时间最短（10.1 min）。在6.0~8.0 MPa压力下,相比SDS溶液,添加15 PPI泡沫铜的SDS溶液储气量提高了8.8%~35.6%,储气速率提高了4.7%~40.4%;特别在压力为5.0 MPa时,该孔密度SDS/CF体系储气量甚至比SDS溶液增加13倍,储气速率增加16倍。     

Sound absorption performance of a lightweight ceramic foam

Porous materials can be effective for sound absorption and noise reduction. A kind of lightweight cellular ceramic foam with bulk density of 0.38–0.56 g cm^-3 was successfully prepared by conventional molding with pore forming agent. The porosity is from 76.4% to 83.7% for the sample with relatively large pores (the average pore size: 5.3–5.6 mm), and from 74.1% to 81.1% for the sample with relatively small pores (the average pore size: 1.5–1.7 mm). The effects were investigated for processing parameters on the structure of samples, and for the pore size, sample thickness and porosity on the sound absorption performance of samples. The results show that the absorption performance of the ceramic foam product with relatively large pores may be superior to that with relatively small pores in the case of the approximately same porosity. The first absorption peak moves from a higher frequency to a lower frequency with the increase of sample thickness. When the porosity increases, the average sound absorption coefficient increases for all of the samples, and the first absorption peak moves from a higher frequency to a lower frequency for the sample with relatively large pores but does not change for that with relatively small pores.     

发泡剂对RPVC木塑材料发泡性能影响

在考察了氧化锌(ZnO)对偶氮二甲酰胺(AC)发泡剂分解温度影响的基础上,研究了AC发泡剂及辅助发泡剂碳酸氢钠(SBC)用量对材料发泡密度的影响。结果表明,发泡剂AC用量为1.0份(质量份,下同)、SBC为0.5份、ZnO为0.1份时,材料泡孔结构良好,密度较小。     

Extrusion of polypropylene foams with hydrocerol and isopentane

An experimental investigation was conducted to research the cell nucleation behavior in the extrusion foam processing of polypropylene (PP) using hydrocerol and isopentane. While the hydrocerol and isopentane are considered to function as the nucleating agent which determines the cell-population density and as the blowing agent to control the volume expansion ratio respectively, both agents affected the cell-population density. In addition, synergistic effects of these agents on the cell density were observed. In foam processing with hydrocerol, a higher cell-population density was noted at lower processing pressures and at higher polymer flow rates. This phenomenon is of interest since the cell density, in general, increases as the processing pressure increases when only a physical blowing agent is used in the foam processing. The experimental results indicate that the nucleation in the foam processing with hydrocerol is governed by a heterogeneous nucleation mechanism; also, the quality of the mixing of the polymer and the agents, as well as the amount of gas lost during the plastication of the pellets in the barrel, exerts a strong influence on the resulting cell density.     

Synthesis,morphological and thermomechanical characterization of light weight silica foam via reaction generated thermo-foaming process

Low-cost thermo-foaming technique involving sucrose dehydration reaction with H₂SO₄ has been used for ceramic foam processing. The heat and gas generated during the reaction induces a thermo-foaming effect in the sucrose-ceramic mixture. This converts the sucrose-ceramic slurry into a carbonaceous porous ceramic-scaffold. The converted carbon is seen to agglutinate with the ceramic particles. During sintering, they are removed subsequently, thereby enlarging the pores. Influence of solids-loading, sintering temperature and H₂SO₄ concentration on the foaming behaviour, pore morphology and thermo-mechanical properties are studied. The fabricated silica foams are found to have porosity within the range of 70 %? 90 % and compressive strength of 0.8–2.8 MPa. The extreme porosity of the silica foams and their intercrystallite pores within the struts results in the low thermal conductivity (0.0943 Wm^?1K^?1) of the specimens. The fabricated foam is seen as a promising material for insulation applications like catalyst supports, filters and bio-scaffolds.