Ce travail s’inscrit dans le développement de formulations performantes et processables pour les liners de réservoirs de stockage hyperbare. Une large gamme de formulations à base polyamide et polyépoxyde a ainsi été synthétisée en conditions contrôlées, représentatives du procédé de rotomoulage. Les systèmes polyamide ont été modifiés par copolymérisation statistique et les polyépoxydes par une phase dispersée micro- ou nano-structurée avec des thermoplastiques de haute Tg ou des copolymères blocs. Les propriétés morphologiques, thermiques, mécaniques et barrière de chaque formulation ont été caractérisées et confrontées au cahier des charges du matériau. En parallèle, l’influence des conditions opératoires et de la formulation sur les rhéocinétiques de polymérisation, de cristallisation, de gélification et/ou de séparation de phase a ainsi été établie. L’ensemble de ces résultats a été mis à profit afin d’identifier des relations structures – propriétés – processabilité en vue de l’application. Afin de valider le potentiel des formulations retenues, ces dernières ont été rotomoulées en conditions opératoires variables avec un suivi in situ de l’écoulement et ex situ de la viscosité. Ce travail a permis d’établir les fenêtres de processabilité de chaque formulation et de comprendre l’origine des défauts d’écoulement. / The aim of this present study is to develop efficient and processable formulations for the liners of high pressure storage tank. A wide range of formulations based on polyamide and polyepoxide has been synthesized under controlled conditions representative of the rotomolding process. The polyamide system has been modified by copolymerization and the polyepoxyde system by a micro- or nano-structured dispersed phase with high Tg thermoplastics or block copolymers. The morphological, thermal, mechanical and barrier properties of each formulation were characterized and compared to the specifications of the material. In parallel, the influence of operating conditions and formulation on the rheokinetics of polymerization, crystallization, gelation and / or phase separation has been established. All of these results have been exploited to identify structure - property - processability relationships for the application. To validate the potential of selected formulations, they were rotationally molded in variable operating conditions with flow monitoring and rheological measure. This work has established the processing windows of each formulation and has allowed an understanding of the origin of flow defects.

No / Methods of recycling unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (uPVC) window frame waste were investigated. The quality of untreated granular waste was compared to that of waste treated by a range of contaminant removal processes including melt filtration and dissolution. Processability of each recyclate was evaluated by using a highly instrumented single screw extruder that enabled melt viscosity and process variation to be monitored in real time. Product quality measurements such as mechanical properties and surface defects were made on extruded strip, and the nature of the stabilizers present was determined. The mechanical properties of recyclates were found to be comparable to or better than those of virgin material in all cases and conformed to industry standards for window profile. Contaminant removal stages significantly reduced the amount of large surface defects detected in extrudate. Processability was comparable to that of virgin compounds, but melt viscosity varied among different batches of recyclate, depending on the source and composition of the original PVC formulation.