到目前为止,多元醇大多是从原油衍生物制造得来,而近日拜耳材料科技通过和伙伴共同努力已经研发出利用二氧化碳制造多元醇的方法。制得的聚醚聚碳酸酯多元醇,将被进一步用于软泡产品,比如床垫。这样,温室气体二氧化碳能被运用于生产原材料,同时还能节约宝贵的原油资源。拜耳材料科技资深软泡专家Hans-Georg Pirkl博士指出,用二氧化碳制取块状泡沫的结果很乐观,所得泡沫的性能和原来的泡沫一样。虽然其黏性要比普通产品高出一点,但完全可以用于现在的泡沫机器。 To date, polyols have mostly been derived from crude oil derivatives, and Bayer MaterialScience has recently developed a method to make polyols from carbon dioxide by working with partners. The resulting polyether polycarbonate polyol will be further used in flexible foam products such as mattresses. In this way, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be used to produce raw materials, while also saving valuable oil resources. Hans-Georg Pirkl, Ph.D., senior soft foam specialist at Bayer MaterialScience, points out that the result of making massive foams with carbon dioxide is optimistic and the resulting foams behave like the original foams. Although its viscosity is a little higher than normal products, it can be used in today’s foam machines.