Polyurethanes 2011 Final Program - Polyurethanes - American ...

Renewable Content Polyols
Hermitage C
Session Organizers: Richard Werner, Cannon USA
Todd Bates, Huntsman International LLC
Moderator: Ron Rawlins, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio
Products Company, LLC
This session will highlight the latest developments in chemistry
of renewable based polyols. Papers will highlight soybean based
advances, as well as alternative non-food based sources. These
renewable content polyols can be used for a large range of
applications including rigid, CASE, PIR, and TPU.
8:00 AM Moderator Opening Remarks
8:05 AM Polyurethane Rigid Foams From
Agrol ® Polyols
Neil Nodelman, BioBased Technologies
Nikki Shackelford, BioBased Technologies
Luke Hall, BioBased Technologies
William Parker, BioBased Technologies
Jianghong Qian, BioBased Technologies
8:30 AM Soy-Based Rigid Foams With Reduced
Urethane Loadings
Galen Suppes, University of Missouri
Fu-Hung Hsieh, University of Missouri
Ali Tekeei, University of Missouri
Hongyu Fan, University of Missouri
9:00 AM Susterra® Propanediol - Evaluating the
Structure-Property Relationship in CASE
Applications
Joseph DeSalvo, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company, LLC
Robert Miller, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company, LLC
9:30 AM BREAK
10:00 AM Rigid Polyisocyanurate (PIR) Biofoams From
Non Food Grade and Renewable Biopolyols
Minh Tan Ton-That, National Research Council Canada
Tri-Dung Ngo, National Research Council Canada
Christian Belanger, National Research Council Canada
Behzad Ahvazi, National Research Council Canada
Jalal Hawari, National Research Council Canada
Armand Langlois, Enerlab 2000 Inc.
Michel Drouin, Enerlab 2000 Inc.
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