Microcapsule for self-healing concrete and preparation method thereof, and self-healing concrete and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018072624-A1
Application number	US-201615562111-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Mar 15, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed are a microcapsule for self-healing concrete and a preparation method thereof, and a self-healing concrete and a preparation method thereof. The microcapsule comprises a core and a wall, the components of the core comprising a healing agent, microcrystalline cellulose and Tween 80, and a material of the wall being a high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks. The preparation method for the self-healing concrete comprises steps of: weighing appropriate amounts of cement, sand, water and the above microcapsules, with each cubic meter of concrete containing 0.05 to 0.08 cubic meter of the microcapsules; stirring the cement, sand and microcapsules until uniformly dispersed to obtain a mixture; and pouring the water into the mixture, and stirring uniformly.

First claim

1 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . A microcapsule for self-healing concrete, comprising:
a core and a wall, wherein components of the core comprise a healing agent, microcrystalline cellulose and Tween 80, and a material of the wall is a high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks.

17 . The microcapsule of claim 16 , wherein the core is prepared by the following steps comprising:
weighing raw materials for producing the core according to the following parts by weight: healing agent 100; microcrystalline cellulose 90 to 100; Tween 80 8 to 10; 30% ethanol 100 to 120; wherein, said 30% ethanol is an ethanol solution having an ethanol concentration of 30% by volume; extruding a mixture: mixing the raw materials in said weighing step 1701 and feeding them into an extrusion device to obtain a rice noodle shaped core material; spheronizing the core material, pouring the rice noodle shaped core material into a roll of a spheronizing device to obtain core particles; and drying the core particles under a forced ventilation condition, with a drying temperature of 30 to 40° C.

18 . The microcapsule of claim 16 , wherein the microcapsule is prepared comprising the following steps:
preparing a coating liquid weighing 100 parts by weight of the high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks and 900 to 1600 parts by weight of a solvent, and dissolving the high-molecular organic material in the solvent to obtain the coating liquid; spraying the coating liquid: placing the cores into a roll of a spray coating device, spraying the coating liquid obtained in said preparing a coating liquid step onto the rolling cores by a spray nozzle of this device using a pump in a coating mode; and adding 1 to 2 g talcum powder every 5 to 10 minutes to obtain cores with coating; and drying the cores with coating obtained in said spraying step under a forced ventilation condition, and then performing a temperature decreasing naturally and drying naturally process to obtain the microcapsules, with a drying temperature of 30 to 40° C., a drying time of 10 to 20 minutes, and the drying process carried out in a roll of a drying device.

19 . The microcapsule of claim 18 , wherein the solvent is a mixture of ethanol and toluene, or trichlorotoluene.

20 . The microcapsule of claim 19 , wherein a weight ratio of ethanol to toluene in the mixture of ethanol and toluene is 150 to 300 and 800 to 1000.

21 . The microcapsule of claim 18 , wherein the high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks is polyacrylic acid resin, polystyrene or ethyl cellulose.

22 . The microcapsule of claim 21 , wherein, in said preparing a coating liquid step, 100 parts by weight of ethyl cellulose, 150 to 300 parts by weight of ethanol, and 800 to 1000 parts by weight of toluene are used to prepare the coating liquid, and the ethyl cellulose is dissolved in the mixture of ethanol and toluene.

23 . The microcapsule of claim 21 , wherein, in said step 1801 , 100 parts by weight of polystyrene, and 900 to 1600 parts by weight of trichloromethane are used to prepare the coating liquid, and the polystyrene is dissolved in the trichloromethane.

24 . The microcapsule of claim 16 , wherein the microcapsule is spherical and has a particle size of 200 to 500 μm, and a thickness of the wall is 50 to 200 μm.

25 . The microcapsule of claim 16 , wherein the healing agent is sulphoaluminate cement.

26 . The microcapsule of claim 16 , wherein the components of the core further comprise a curing healing material.

27 . The microcapsule of claim 26 , wherein the curing healing material is an epoxy resin or a curing agent.

28 . A method for preparing the microcapsule, comprising steps of:
preparing cores, mixing the healing agent, microcrystalline cellulose, Tween 80 and 30% ethanol and feeding the mixture into an extrusion device through a feeding port thereof to obtain a rice noodle shaped core material by extrusion; pouring the rice noodle shaped core material into a roll of a spheronizing device to obtain core particles; and feeding the core particles into a roll of a drying device and performing a drying process under a forced ventilation condition with a drying temperature of 30 to 40° C.; preparing a coating liquid, weighing 100 parts by weight of the high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks and 900 to 1600 parts by weight of a solvent, and dissolving the high-molecular organic material in the solvent to obtain the coating liquid; spraying the coating liquid: placing the cores obtained in said preparing cores step into a roll of a spray coating device, spraying the coating liquid obtained in said step preparing a coating liquid onto the rolling cores by a spray nozzle of this device using a pump in a coating mode; and adding 1 to 2 g talcum powder every 5 to 10 minutes to obtain cores with coating; and drying the cores with coating obtained in said spraying step under a forced ventilation condition, and then performing a temperature decreasing naturally and drying naturally process to obtain the microcapsules, with a drying temperature of 30 to 40° C., a drying time of 10 to 20 minutes, and the drying process carried out in a roll of a drying device.

29 . A self-healing concrete, comprising:
cement, sand, water, and microcapsules with a core and a wall, wherein components of the core comprise a healing agent, microcrystalline cellulose and Tween 80, and a material of the wall is a high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks, with each cubic meter of the concrete containing 0.05 to 0.08 cubic meter of the microcapsules.

30 . A method for preparing the self-healing concrete of claim 29 , comprising steps of:
weighing appropriate amounts of cement, sand, water and microcapsules and microcapsules with a core and a wall, wherein components of the core comprise a healing agent, microcrystalline cellulose and Tween 80, and a material of the wall is a high-molecular organic material sensitive to stress of cracks, with each cubic meter of concrete containing 0.05 to 0.08 cubic meter of the microcapsules; stirring the cement, sand and microcapsules weighed in said weighing step until uniformly dispersed to obtain a mixture; and pouring the water into the mixture obtained in said stirring step, stirring them to be uniform to obtain the self-healing concrete.

Assignees

• Univ Shenzhen

Inventors

• Dong Biqin

Classifications

• B01J13/043

  Drying and spraying · CPC title

• C04B20/1048

  Polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, or derivatives thereof · CPC title

• C04B2111/34

  Non-shrinking or non-cracking materials · CPC title

• C04B14/06

  Quartz; Sand · CPC title

• C04B22/148

  Aluminium-sulfate · CPC title