Binder composition for mineral wool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10119211-B2
Application number	US-201515313342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2015
Priority date	May 28, 2014
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, comprising
(a) at least one carbohydrate chosen from reducing sugars, hydrogenated sugars and a mixture thereof, (b) at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride of such an acid, (c) from 1% to 25% by weight, relative to the sum of components (a) and (b), of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic monoalcohol free of acid or base functions and having an octanol/water partition coefficient (Log Kow) of between 1 and 3.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aqueous sizing composition for mineral wool-based insulating products, the composition comprising:
(a) at least one carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars and mixtures thereof;
(b) at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride thereon; and
(c) from 1% to 25% by weight, relative to the sum of the components (a) and (b), of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic monoalcohol free of acid or base functions and having an octanol/water partition coefficient Lop Kow of between 1 and 3,
wherein the aliphatic monoalcohol is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol 2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol, 2-pentanol, 3-pentanol, 3-methyl-2-butanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, 2-ethyl-2-propanol, 1-hexanol, 2-hexanol, 3-hexanol, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol, 1-heptanol, 2-heptanol, 3-heptanol, 4-heptanol, 1-octanol, 2-octanol, and 4-octanol.

2. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the monoalcohol (c) is between 1.5% and 10% by weight relative to the sum of components (a) and (b).

3. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the octanol/water partition coefficient of the monoalcohol is between 1.05 and 2.0.

4. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol is at least one selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic monoalcohols.

5. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol comprises at least one aromatic ring.

6. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol is 2-phenoxyethanol.

7. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polycarboxylic acid is a polycarboxylic acid monomer.

8. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polycarboxylic acid is citric acid.

9. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proportion of hydrogenated sugars in the carbohydrate is between 25% and 100% by weight.

10. The composition as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the carbohydrate contains at least 50% by weight of hydrogenated sugars.

11. The composition as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the hydrogenated sugar is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogenation products of monosaccharides, hydrogenation products of disaccharides, hydrogenation products of oligosaccharides, hydrogenation products of polysaccharides, and mixtures thereof.

12. The composition as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the hydrogenated sugar is a product of hydrogenation of a starch hydrolyzate.

13. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the component (a) and the component (b) each represent independently from 30 to 70% by weight of solids of the sizing composition.

14. A process for manufacturing an insulating product based on mineral wool, the process comprising
applying an aqueous sizing composition as claimed in claim 1 to mineral wool fibers,
evaporating a solvent phase of the aqueous sizing composition, and
thermal hardening a non-volatile residue of the composition.

15. A sound-insulating and/or heat-insulating product obtained via the process as claimed in claim 14 .

16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition does not contain formaldehyde.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein thermal hardening the non-volatile residue of the composition comprises reacting the at least one monoalcohol (c) with the at least one carbohydrate (a) and the at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride thereof (b), thereby reducing a hydrophilic and/or hygroscopic nature of the insulating product.

18. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol is at least one aliphatic monoalcohol selected from the group consisting of 1-pentanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol, 3-pentanol, 3-methyl-2-butanol, 2-methvl-2-butanol, 2-ethyl-2-propanol, 1-hexanol, 2-hexanol, 3-hexanol, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol, 1-heptanol, 2-heptanol, 3-heptanol, 4-heptanol, 1-octanol, 2-octanol, and 4-octanol.

19. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol is at least one aromatic monoalcohol selected from the group consisting of phenol, benzyl alcohol, 2-methylphenol, 3-methylphenol, 4-methylphenol, 3-methylbenzyl alcohol, 4-methylbenzyl alcohol, 2-ethylphenol, 3-ethylphenol, 4-ethylphenol, 1-phenylethanol, 2-phenylethanol, 2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,5-dimethylphenol, 2,6-dimethylphenol, 3,4-dimethylphenol, 3,5-dimethylphenol, 3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ol, 3-phenyl-1-propanol, 2-n-propylphenol, 2-isopropylphenol, 2,3,6-trimethylphenol, 2,4,6-trimethylphenol, 1-naphthol, 2-naphthol, 7-phenyl-4,6-diynhept-2-en-1-ol, diphenylmethanol, 2-chlorophenol, 3-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,5-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol, and 1-phenoxy-2-ethanol.

20. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monoalcohol is at least one cycloaliphatic monoalcohol selected from the group consisting of cyclohexanol, cis-2-methylcyclohexanol, trans-2-methylcyclohexanol, 4-methylcyclohexanol, and 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanol.

21. An aqueous sizing composition for mineral wool-based insulating products, the composition comprising:
(a) at least one carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars and mixtures thereof;
(b) at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride thereof; and
(c) from 1% to 25% by weight, relative to the sum of the components (a) and (b), of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic monoalcohol free of acid or base functions and having an octanol/water partition coefficient Log Kow of between 1.05 and 2.0.

Assignees

• Saint Gobain Isover

Inventors

• Obert Edouard
• Savonnet Marie

Classifications

• C03C25/32

  obtained otherwise than by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds · CPC title

• C03C25/1095 Primary

  to obtain coated fabrics · CPC title

• C08K5/092

  Polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• D04H1/4209 Primary

  Inorganic fibres · CPC title

• D04H1/64

  the bonding agent being applied in wet state, e.g. chemical agents in dispersions or solutions · CPC title