Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reaction of a) at least one organic polyisocyanate with b) at least one polyol component in the presence of a blowing agent mixture comprising water and halogenated alkenes, wherein the amount of water is at least 1.40 mol/kg of polyol component b) and the amount of halogenated alkene is at most 2.00 mol/kg of polyol component b), and also to the use of such a blowing agent mixture for producing corresponding rigid polyurethane foams and for increasing the adherence and reducing the thermal conductivity of corresponding rigid polyurethane foams. The present invention further relates to a rigid polyurethane foam obtainable by the process of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing a profile comprising at least one core made of a polyurethane foam or a mixture comprising a polyurethane foam, at least one jacket made of at least one thermoplastic material, and optionally at least one foil between core and jacket, to a profile produced via said process, to the use of this profile for producing windowframes, doorframes, or in the fitting-out of interiors, or in apparatuses in which, during operation, temperature differences arise between interior space and exterior space, and also to an apparatus for carrying out the process of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dynamically evacuable, electrically operated device comprising a coherently evacuable region and a temperature-controllable useful region, which is thermally insulated from the ambient temperature by the coherently evacuable region, and also a means for actively maintaining a vacuum, such that the pressure in the coherently evacuable region of the device is constantly within a defined pressure range, said coherently evacuable region making up at least 20% by volume of the total volume which is occupied by a porous and/or cellular insulating material in the device, and said coherently evacuable region comprising at least one organic aerogel and/or organic xerogel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reaction of a) at least one organic polyisocyanate with b) at least one polyol component in the presence of a blowing agent mixture comprising water and halogenated alkenes, wherein the amount of water is at least 1.40 mol/kg of polyol component b) and the amount of halogenated alkene is at most 2.00 mol/kg of polyol component b), and also to the use of such a blowing agent mixture for producing corresponding rigid polyurethane foams and for increasing the adherence and reducing the thermal conductivity of corresponding rigid polyurethane foams. The present invention further relates to a rigid polyurethane foam obtainable by the process of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing a profile comprising at least one core made of a polyurethane foam or a mixture comprising a polyurethane foam, at least one jacket made of at least one thermoplastic material, and optionally at least one foil between core and jacket, to a profile produced via said process, to the use of this profile for producing windowframes, doorframes, or in the fitting-out of interiors, or in apparatuses in which, during operation, temperature differences arise between interior space and exterior space, and also to an apparatus for carrying out the process of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dynamically evacuable, electrically operated device comprising a coherently evacuable region and a temperature-controllable useful region, which is thermally insulated from the ambient temperature by the coherently evacuable region, and also a means for actively maintaining a vacuum, such that the pressure in the coherently evacuable region of the device is constantly within a defined pressure range, said coherently evacuable region making up at least 20% by volume of the total volume which is occupied by a porous and/or cellular insulating material in the device, and said coherently evacuable region comprising at least one organic aerogel and/or organic xerogel.

Abstract: A polyurethane foam reaction system to fix over an area of a vacuum insulation panel (VIP) on an inside of an outer wall of a cooling apparatus and/or on a outside of a wall of a inner container of the cooling apparatus, where the reaction system includes the following components: an organic and/or a modified organic polyisocyanate; at least one high molecular weight compound having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward a isocyanate group; a blowing agent; a catalyst; and a foam stabilizer, where the components are selected to obtain a closed-cell polyurethane foam having a free-foamed density of 50 to 1100 g/l and a compressive strength of ?15 kPa, excluding rigid integral foams.

Abstract: The invention relates to moldings which comprise a rigid compact polyurethane or a rigid polyurethane foam having a compact outer skin and a cellular core and contain at least one vacuum insulation panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing vacuum insulation panels by envelopment of a shaped body comprising open-celled foam with a gastight film and subsequent evacuation and gastight welding shut of the films wherein the shaped body comprising open-celled foam is compressed after curing and before evacuation.