Muva nje, i-Center for Polyurethane Industry (CPI) ngaphansi kwe-American Chemistry Council (ACC) iveze ngokusemthethweni uhlu lwabazongenela i-Polyurethane Innovation Award ka-2025. Njengesilinganiso esihlonishwayo embonini ye-polyurethane yomhlaba wonke, lo mklomelo sekuyisikhathi eside unikezelwe ekuqapheliseni intuthuko entsha ebuhlotsheni bemvelo, ukusebenza kahle, kanye nokusebenza okuningi kwezinto ze-polyurethane. Uhlu lwabazongenela kulo nyaka luthole ukunakwa okubanzi, ngobuchwepheshe obubili obusezingeni eliphezulu obugxile ekuqanjweni kwezinto ezisekelwe ku-bio kanye nezakhiwo ezinobungani nemvelo ezithola indawo. Ukufakwa kwazo akugcini nje ngokugqamisa ukuzibophezela okungapheli kwemboni ekuzinzeni kodwa futhi kubonisa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obusekelwe ku-bio buvele njengomshayeli oyinhloko wokusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokuthuthukiswa emkhakheni we-polyurethane.
Izinto ze-polyurethane, ezidumile ngokusebenza kwazo okuhle kakhulu, zisetshenziswa kabanzi kuzo zonke izimboni ezibalulekile njengokwakha, ukukhiqiza izimoto, ukupakisha, kanye nokunakekelwa kwempilo. Kodwa-ke, izinqubo zokukhiqiza zendabuko bezilokhu zithembele kumafutha emvelo, futhi imikhiqizo yokugcina ivame ukungaboli, okubeka imboni ngaphansi kwezingcindezi ezimbili zokukhathazeka ngemvelo kanye nemikhawulo yezinsizakusebenza. Ngokuphikisana nemigomo yokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni yomhlaba wonke, ukuqinisa imithethonqubo yezemvelo, kanye nesidingo esikhulayo sabathengi semikhiqizo eluhlaza, ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe be-polyurethane obungcolisa kancane, obuvuselelekayo, nobungasetshenziswa kabusha sekuyindlela engenakugwenywa yokuguqulwa kwezimboni. Ubuchwepheshe obubili obukhethiwe bumi njengezimpumelelo ezimele zalo mkhuba, bunikeza izixazululo ezisebenzayo zokuguquka okuluhlaza kwemboni ye-polyurethane.
Phakathi kwazo, i-Soleic® ethuthukiswe yi-Algenesis Labs idonsele udumo olukhulu ngokwakheka kwayo okusekelwe ku-bio okungu-100% kanye nokusebenza kwayo okuvelele kwemvelo. Njenge-polyester polyol ehlanzekile kakhulu, i-Soleic® ithole isitifiketi ngempumelelo ngaphansi koHlelo lwe-BioPreferred® loMnyango Wezolimo wase-US (USDA)—ukuqashelwa okuqinile okuqinisekisa ukuhambisana kwayo nezindinganiso zomhlaba wonke zokuqukethwe okusekelwe ku-bio, okuqinisa isimo sayo njengento evuselelekayo ngempela futhi enobungani nemvelo. Ngokungafani nama-polyester polyol avamile atholakala ezitshalweni zokudla ezisekelwe ku-petroleum, ukusungula okuyinhloko kwe-Soleic® kusekutholeni kwayo izinto zokusetshenziswa eziqhubekayo: isebenzisa i-algae kanye nezitshalo ezingezona ukudla njengezinto eziyinhloko zokukhiqiza. I-Algae, insiza yezinto eziphilayo enomjikelezo omfushane kakhulu wokukhula kanye namandla okuzala aqinile, ayidingi nje kuphela umhlaba otshalwa kahle (ukugwema ukuncintisana nokukhiqizwa kokudla) kodwa futhi imunca inani elikhulu le-carbon dioxide ngesikhathi sokukhula, okufaka isandla ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwe-carbon. Ukufakwa kwezitshalo ezingezona ukudla njengotshani kanye ne-hemp kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kokuphinda kusetshenziswe izinsiza ngenkathi kunciphisa ukukhishwa kwemfucuza yezolimo.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, imikhiqizo yokugcina eyenziwe nge-Soleic® ibonisa ukubola okuphelele. Ezindaweni zemvelo (njengenhlabathi, amanzi olwandle, noma izimo zomquba wezimboni), le mikhiqizo ingabola ngokuphelele yizilokazane ezincane zibe ngamanzi kanye ne-carbon dioxide ngaphandle kokushiya noma yiziphi izinsalela eziyingozi, okuyisisekelo esibhekana nenkinga yokungcola kwe-microplastic okubangelwa imikhiqizo yendabuko ye-polyurethane elahliwe. Njengamanje, i-Soleic® isetshenziswe kabanzi kuma-foam aguquguqukayo, izembozo, izinamathiselo, izinto zokupakisha, kanye neminye imikhakha. Ayigcini nje ngokufeza impumelelo ekusebenzeni kwemvelo kodwa futhi ihlangabezana nezindinganiso ezihamba phambili embonini ezinkomba ezibalulekile njengezakhiwo zemishini kanye nokumelana nokushisa, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ngempela "ukunqoba nokunqoba" phakathi kobungani bemvelo kanye nokusebenza. Lokhu kunikeza amabhizinisi angaphansi komfula ukwesekwa kwezinto zokusetshenziswa eziyinhloko zokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo eluhlaza.
Obunye ubuchwepheshe obukhethiwe yi-HandiFoam® E84 enezingxenye ezimbili ezifakwe i-spray polyurethane foam system eyasungulwa yi-ICP. Igxile kubuchwepheshe be-Hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) besizukulwane esilandelayo, lo mkhiqizo ugxile ekuthuthukiseni ukusebenza kahle kwamandla kanye nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza kwemvelo, uthole i-UL GREENGUARD Gold Certification—ukuqashelwa okugunyaziwe kokukhishwa kwayo okuphansi kwe-Volatile Organic Compound (VOC). Lesi sitifiketi siqinisekisa ukuthi i-HandiFoam® E84 ayilimazi ikhwalithi yomoya wangaphakathi ngesikhathi sokusetshenziswa, okwenza kube umkhiqizo wekhwalithi ephezulu olinganisela ukuvikelwa kwemvelo kanye nempilo.
Ngokuphathelene nokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezobuchwepheshe, i-HFO blowing agent esetshenziswa ku-HandiFoam® E84 isebenza njengendlela engcono kakhulu kune-ejenti yendabuko yokushaya i-Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC). Uma kuqhathaniswa nama-HFC, ama-HFO ane-Global Warming Potential (GWP) ephansi kakhulu, enciphisa kakhulu ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa futhi inciphisa umonakalo kungqimba lwe-ozone. Lokhu kuhambisana nezinqubomgomo zemvelo zomhlaba wonke ezikhuthaza izidingo ze-carbon ephansi zama-refrigerant nama-ejenti okushaya. Njenge-foam ye-polyurethane efuthayo enezingxenye ezimbili, i-HandiFoam® E84 inezakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu zokuvala ukushisa kanye nokuvala, ikakhulukazi ezinhle kakhulu emkhakheni wokusebenza kahle kwamandla esakhiweni. Uma isetshenziswa ezindongeni zangaphandle, izikhala zomnyango/amafasitela, kanye nophahla lwezakhiwo, yakha ungqimba lokuvala oluqhubekayo, oluqinile olunciphisa kakhulu ukudluliselwa kokushisa phakathi kwezikhala zangaphakathi nezangaphandle, kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla kwezinhlelo zokupholisa umoya kanye nokushisa. Ngokusho kwezilinganiso, izakhiwo ezisebenzisa i-HandiFoam® E84 zingafinyelela ukwehla okungu-20%-30% ekusetshenzisweni kwamandla, hhayi nje kuphela ukonga abasebenzisi ezindleleni zamandla kodwa futhi nokusekela imboni yokwakha ekufinyeleleni imigomo yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-carbon. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umkhiqizo unikeza izinzuzo ezifana nokwakhiwa okulula, ukuqina okusheshayo, kanye nokunamathela okuqinile, okwenza ufanelekele izimo ezahlukahlukene kufaka phakathi izakhiwo zokuhlala, izakhiwo zezentengiselwano, izindawo zokugcina izinto ezibandayo, kanye nemishini yezimboni, ngaleyo ndlela uziqhenya ngamathuba okusetshenziswa emakethe ebanzi.
Ukumenyezelwa kohlu olufushane lwe-2025 Polyurethane Innovation Award akugcini nje ngokuqinisekisa ubuchwepheshe be-Algenesis Labs kanye ne-ICP kodwa futhi kukhombisa isiqondiso sokuthuthukiswa komhlaba wonke kwemboni ye-polyurethane—ubuchwepheshe obusekelwe ku-bio, ukwakheka kwe-low-carbon, kanye nokusetshenziswa okujikelezayo kube yizimpawu eziyinhloko zokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezimboni. Phakathi kwezingcindezi zemvelo ezikhulayo, amabhizinisi e-polyurethane angathola ithuba lokuncintisana kuphela ngokugxila ku-R&D yobuchwepheshe obuqhubekayo, ngenkathi enikela ekuvikelweni kwemvelo komhlaba wonke kanye nokufezwa kwemigomo yokungathathi hlangothi kwe-carbon. Esikhathini esizayo, ngokunciphisa okuqhubekayo kwezindleko zezinto zokusetshenziswa ezisekelwe ku-bio kanye nokuphindaphinda okuqhubekayo kobuchwepheshe bezemvelo, imboni ye-polyurethane kulindeleke ukuthi ifeze ushintsho oluphelele oluhlaza, inikeze izixazululo zezinto ezinobungani nemvelo, ezisebenzayo, nezisimeme ezinkambeni ezahlukene zohlelo lokusebenza.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-27-2025