This work presents the cell structure and selected properties of polyurethane (PUR) foams, based on two types of hydroxylated used cooking oil and additionally modified with three different flame retardants. Bio-polyols from municipal waste oil with different chemical structures were obtained by transesterification with triethanolamine (UCO_TEA) and diethylene glycol (UCO_DEG). Next, these bio-polyols were used to prepare open-cell polyurethane foams of very low apparent densities for thermal insulation applications. In order to obtain foams with reduced flammability, the PUR systems were modified with different amounts (10-30 parts per hundred polyol by weight-php) of flame retardants: TCPP (tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate), TEP (triethyl phosphate), and DMPP (dimethyl propylphosphonate). The flame retardants caused a decrease of the PUR formulations reactivity. The apparent densities of all the foams were comparable in the range 12-15 kg/m3. The lowest coefficients of thermal conductivity were measured for the open-cell PUR foams modified with DMPP. The lowest values of heat release rate were found for the foams based on the UCO_TEA and UCO_DEG bio-polyols that were modified with 30 php of DMPP.

Department of Chemical Biological and Aerosol Hazards Central Institute for Labour Protection National Research Institute Czerniakowska 16 00 701 Warszawa Poland

Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers Cracow University of Technology Warszawska 24 31 155 Kraków Poland

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 5 v i Heyrovský Sq 2 162 06 Prague 6 Czech Republic

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