The modified polyurethane foam (PUF) with ammonium lignosulfonate was prepared by one-step water foaming method. The effects of ammonium lignosulfonate on its thermal stability and smoke suppression were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, pyrolysis kinetics analysis, smoke density (Ds) and smoke toxicity analysis. The results showed that the addition of 15 % ammonium lignosulfonate (PUFA15) had the lowest mass loss of PUFs and the highest integral programmed decomposition temperature (870.8 ?). Its activation energy was the highest according to the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method (110.1 kJ/mol), Kissinger method (181.1 kJ/mol), Starnk method (106.3 kJ/mol) and Coats-Redfern method (149.7 kJ/mol). In addition, PUFA15 had the lowest Ds (34.43) and the highest transmittance (66.74). This indicated that PUFA15 had good thermal stability and smoke suppression properties. The research results had a reference value for exploring the production of environmentally friendly PUF by biomass modification.
Rigid polyurethane foams (RPUFs) were prepared using biomass soybean oil-based polyol and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) as raw materials. The effects of APP on the thermal stability and combustion performance of soybean oil-based polyol-modified RPUFs were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, pyrolysis kinetic analysis, limiting oxygen index (LOI) test, cone calorimetry (CONE), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and smoke density (Ds). The results showed that the modified RPUF with 20 wt% APP (RPUF-S3-20) had the lowest mass loss, the highest integrated programmed decomposition temperature and the highest activation energy. In addition, RPUF-S3-20 had the lowest Ds (30.9), the highest light transmittance (61.4 %), the lowest heat release rate (602.7 kW/m(2), 506.8 MJ/m(2), and 847.3 kW/m(2)) and the total heat release (18.3 MJ/m(2), 21.4 MJ/m(2), and 31.4 MJ/m(2)), which showed that RPUF-S3-20 had good thermal stability and flame retardant performance. The current results can provide an effective reference for the preparation of environmentally friendly RPUF by bio-based modification.
Rigid polyurethane foams (RPUFs) were synthesized with chicken feather protein using the “one-step method” of all-water foaming. Thermogravimetry, pyrolysis kinetics analysis, Cone calorimetry and smoke density (Ds) were used to investigate the effects of chicken feather protein on thermal stability and combustion performance of RPUFs. The results showed that the modified RPUFs with 2.5 wt% chicken feather protein (RPUF-CF1) had the lowest mass loss, the highest integrated program pyrolysis temperature, the highest activation energy, the lowest Ds (13.3), the highest light transmittance (79.3 %), the lowest heat release rate (22.0 kW/m 2 and 30.6 kW/m 2 ) and total heat release (2.4 MJ/m 2 and 2.8 MJ/m 2 ), which indicated that RPUF-CF1 had better thermal stability and combustion performance. The current research results provide a useful reference for the preparation of RPUFs with good thermal stability by bio-based modification.