Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Refrigeration Company

Takayoshi Ueno

Masaaki Suzuki

Hiroshi Onishi

Keizo Nakajima

Tetsuji Kawakami

Yoshio Kishimoto

Takashi Hashida

Takahiko Terada

Fumihiro Inagaki

Masa-aki Suzuki

Tomohisa Tenra

Hideo Nakamoto

Tsukasa Takushima

Nobuo Sonoda

Kiyoshi Sawai

Yukiyoshi Ono

Yoshitaka Kawasaki

There is provided a treatment method of efficiently separating an additive component from a resin component for the purpose of treating and recycling a thermoplastic resin composition containing an additive. The treatment method includes heating and agitating the thermoplastic resin composition containing the additive together with a solvent for dissolving at least part of the additive at a temperature ranging from the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin to the boiling point of the solvent inclusive, and separating and recovering the solvent in a liquid state in which at least part of the additive is dissolved, so that at least part of the additive is separated and removed from the thermoplastic resin composition.

Method and apparatus for removing additives from thermoplastic resin composition

It has been difficult to advance reduction in load to be applied on the earth resource and the global environment. An environmental load assessment system comprising a server for storing as data (a) a unit environmental load of constituent materials constituting a product and (b) a load ratio of an environmental load of constituent materials constituting a reference product to a total environmental load of the reference product; component information terminals for inputting information relating to weights of constituent materials constituting an object product; the server for calculating a total environmental load of the object product based on the stored data and the inputted information.

Environmental load calculation system, environmental load calculation method, environmental load indication article, environment load indication method, program, and medium

A dehalogenation treatment method of a halogen-containing flame-retardant resin composition has a step of bringing the halogen-containing flame-retardant resin composition into contact with a material mixture containing a dehalogenation material and a dehalogenation promoting material at a temperature lower than a thermal decomposition temperature of the resin composition.

Method for dehalogenation treatment of halogen containing non-combustible resin composition

Method for separating metallic from waste printed circuit boards, and dry distillation apparatus used for waste treatment

The present specification discloses a method for treating a thermoplastic resin composition containing a flame retardant comprising a dissolving or dispersing step of bringing the thermoplastic resin composition containing a flame retardant into contact with a solvent to dissolve or disperse at least one portion of the flame retardant into the solvent. According to this, a thermoplastic resin composition containing a flame retardant can be easily separated into a flame retardant and a thermoplastic resin in their original states.

Method for treating thermoplastic resin composition containing flame retardant

Method for separating metallic material from waste printed circuit boards, and dry distillation apparatus used for waste treatment

A working fluid which demonstrates a preferable performance even with a small filling amount of the refrigerant of hydrocarbons containing no halogen atom such as ethane, propane, butane, iso-butane and the like into the refrigerating cycle equipment is disclosed. There is also disclosed a refrigerating cycle equipment excellent in the safety against the worst case of the refrigerant leakage, brought by the use of the above-mentioned working fluid. The working fluid comprises the refrigerant of hydrocarbons containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms and no halogen atom, and a lubricating oil for a refrigerator containing, as its main component, an ester compound which is incompatible with the above-mentioned refrigerant.

Working fluid for refrigerating cycle equipment and the refrigerating cycle equipment using the same

There is disclosed a working fluid for refrigerating cycle equipment of refrigerant compression-type containing the refrigerant and a refrigeration lubricant for a refrigerator, wherein said refrigerant comprises a hydrocarbon having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and no halogen atom and said refrigeration lubricant comprises, as a main component, a ketone compound which is incompatible with said refrigerant. This working fluid demonstrates preferable performance even if the amount of the refrigerant is small.

Ketone-containing working fluid for refrigerating cycle equipment and refrigerating cycle equipment having the same

There is disclosed a method for recycling a cured phenolic resin by (a) heating a cured phenolic resin to form a thermal decomposition product having a residue, (b) separating said residue from said thermal decomposition product, (c) pulverizing said separated residue to obtain a carbide powder and molding said carbide powder alone or in combination with a binder into a molded article, and/or (d) gelling and drying said separated thermal decomposition product thereby molding it into a molded article. By the method, the present invention realizes efficient recycling of a cured phenolic resin which can become a massive waste into a useful material.

Method for recycling a cured phenolic resin into a molded article and a

The present invention provides a thermal insulator cabinet having high thermal insulating ability and long-term reliability as well as excellent energy-saving and maintenance properties. The thermal insulator cabinet includes a gas-tight container that is filled with a charging gas and a continuous spacing core and a gas-storage container that communicates with the gas-tight container and is filled with an absorbent for absorbing at least the charging gas, wherein the gas-storage container absorbs the charging gas to make inside of the gas-tight container in a state of reduced pressure.

Thermal insulator cabinet and method for producing the same

A polyurethane foam is constituted by using a blowing agent selected from the group consisting of iodofluorohydrocarbons, perfluoroalkenes and hydrogen-containing fluoromorpholine derivatives. These blowing agents have a low thermal conductivity and a short life in the air, and thus impose no or very small load such as ozone layer depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP) on the environment. The iodofluorohydrocarbon, in particular, can give an incombustibility and self-extinguishing property to the conventionally used inflammable substance such as cyclopentane or the like, and thus is also advantageous from the viewpoint of safety of the thermal insulating material.

Method for producing a thermal insulating foamed material

Thermal insulating foamed material, method for producing the same, and

Thermal insulating foamed material and method for manfacturing the same

The present invention provides a thermal insulating foamed material with excellent thermal insulating properties and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises the steps of: concurrently mixing and blowing a polyurethane material to produce a foamed polyurethane resin composition with a multiplicity of closed cells, the polyurethane material including a reactive blowing agent, a volatile compound having a boiling point of not higher than 150.degree. C. and a molecular weight of not less than 70, an epoxy compound, and a carbon dioxide fixation catalyst, wherein the closed cells are filled with the volatile compound and carbon dioxide produced by a reaction of the reactive blowing agent with a polyisocyanate; and allowing the carbon dioxide to chemically react with epoxy groups of the epoxy compound in the presence of the carbon dioxide fixation catalyst to form a solid or liquid cyclic carbonate. The method gives a foamed material with the closed cells substantially filled with vapor of the volatile compound at a partial pressure of at least 5 mmHg at 25.degree. C.

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Hirakata, Japan

Takayoshi Ueno