scholarly journals Comparative Study of Fire Resistance and Char Formation of Intumescent Fire-Retardant Coatings Reinforced with Three Types of Shell Bio-Fillers

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 4333
Author(s):  
Feiyue Wang ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Long Yan

Three types of shell bio-fillers, including eggshell (CES), conch shell (CHS) and clamshell (CMS), were prepared by cleaning, ultrasonication and pulverizing processes of biowastes, and then applied to intumescent fire-retardant coatings. The effects of shell bio-fillers with different polymorphs on the fire resistance and char-forming of intumescent fire-retardant coatings were investigated by cone calorimeter test, fire protection tests, smoke density test, thermogravimetric analysis (TG), and the fire resistance and char-forming mechanism of bio-fillers in intumescent fire-retardant coatings were proposed. The results show that three kinds of bio-fillers exert an excellent synergistic effect on enhancing the fire resistance and char-forming properties of the intumescent fire-retardant coatings, while clamshell has the best synergistic efficiency among the bio-fillers. Especially, IFRC-CMS coating containing 3 wt% clamshell shows the best fire protection performance and lowest smoke production and heat release, which offers an equilibrium backside temperature of 134.6 °C at 900 s, a flame-spread rating of 14.4, and a smoke density rating value of 22.8%. The synergistic efficiency of bio-fillers in the intumescent coatings depends on the polymorphs of CaCO3 in bio-fillers, and aragonite CaCO3 shows a higher synergistic efficiency compared to calcite CaCO3 and the mixture of aragonite and calcite CaCO3. The CMS composed of aragonite shows the best synergistic effect, CHS composed of aragonite and calcite comes second, and CES composed of calcite has the weakest synergistic effect.

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2620
Author(s):  
Feiyue Wang ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Long Yan ◽  
Yuwei Feng

Conch shell bio-filler (CSBF) was prepared by washing, ultrasonicating, and pulverizing of conch shells and then was applied in waterborne intumescent fire-retardant coatings. The influence of CSBF on fire resistance and anti-ageing properties of intumescent fire-retardant coatings were studied by using different analytical methods. The fire protection and smoke density tests showed that when the mass fraction of CSBF was 3%, the resulting FRC3 coating had the optimum synergistic flame-retardant and smoke-suppression effects concomitant with a flame-spread rating of 10.7, equilibrium backside temperature of 152.4 °C at 900 s, and smoke-density rating value of 10.4%, which were attributed to the establishment of a more dense and stable intumescent char layer against heat and mass transfer. Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that the presence of CSBF increased the thermal stability and char-forming performance of the coatings, and the char residue of FRC3 rose to 34.6% at 800 °C from 28.6% of FRC0 without CSBF. The accelerated ageing test suggested that the incorporation of CSBF reduced the migration and decomposition of the flame retardants and the yellowing, blistering, and powdering phenomenon, thus improving the structural stability of the coating, resulting in better durability of flame retardancy and smoke-suppression performance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 992 ◽  
pp. 605-609
Author(s):  
L. Pestereva ◽  
N. Shakirov ◽  
Оlga G. Shakirova

This article discusses one of the methods of fire protection, namely, the coating of metal structures with fire retardant paints. Intumescent coatings are currently the most widely used. Fire retardant coatings based on epoxy paints have high performance characteristics and are promising. As the foaming component, the system of ammonium polyphosphate - pentaerythritol - melamine (in a ratio of 2: 1: 1) was selected. The fire retardant properties of the developed material were investigated. Coatings on the base of the developed fire retardant paint allow us to increase own level of fire resistance of metal constructions up to three (90 minutes).


2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 849-859
Author(s):  
Man Li Ou ◽  
Wei Jun Cao ◽  
Long Min Jiang ◽  
Hui Cao

As the result of great changes occurring to mechanical properties under high temperature (fire) conditions, steel structures will soon lose the strength and stiffness and lead to structural damage. Through analysis of the steel structure fire resistance design methods under the conditions of high temperature (fire), this article explores the most used fire protection methods in steel structures—brushing or painting fire-resistant coatings, studies the fire-resistance theory of steel structure under fire conditions; in addition, the author proposes the reasonable thickness of the steel structure fire retardant coating of fire-resistant design through design examples.


BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 8235-8248
Author(s):  
Se-Hwi Park ◽  
Min Lee ◽  
Eun-Chang Kang ◽  
Sang-Min Lee ◽  
Kugbo Shim

Fire-retardant performance was imparted to the existing wood-fiber insulation boards (WIB) via internal and external treatment with silica- and phosphorus-based fire-retardants. The combustion and smoke characteristics were investigated using a cone calorimeter. Based on combustion for 600 s, the weight loss and shrinkage of WIBs decreased due to fire-retardant treatment. The time to ignition was delayed to more than 400 s on the WIBs treated internal and external fire- retardant (WIB-IEs), whereas that of WIB with only internal treatment (WIB-I) was 5 s. The overall heat release rate (HRR), HRRpeak, and total heat release (THR) of WIB-IE specimens decreased, and the fire resistance standard Class II was satisfied. The WIB-IE2 showed higher fire resistance performance, with a HRRmean level of 6.7 kW/m2 and a THR of 1.3 MJ/m2. The WIB-I showed extremely low total smoke release (TSR) compared to the external fire-retardant treated specimen. However, the externally treated WIB-IEs had an increased TSR of 165 to 256 m2/m2 due to the increase in incomplete combustion caused by the fire-retardant. After fire-retardant treatment, CO2 generation decreased because the rate of complete combustion decreased, but CO emission increased slightly. Therefore, silica- and phosphorus-based fire-retardants by internal and external treatments were suitable for WIBs.


Author(s):  
Vasily Prusakov ◽  
Marina Gravit ◽  
Andrey Pekhotikov ◽  
Vladimir Pavlov

Правильное проектирование, устройство и монтаж деформационных швов дают возможность обеспечить длительный срок службы основных несущих и ограждающих конструкций зданий, а также элементов внутренней и внешней отделки. Огнестойкие заполнения устанавливают для компенсации возможных изменений ширины шва от первоначальной ширины в горизонтальные и вертикальные деформационные швы монолитных и сборных железобетонных конструкций зданий и сооружений различного назначения, а также в зазоры между торцом вертикальных стен и межэтажных перекрытий. Для защиты деформационных швов в конструкциях зданий и сооружений от воздействия пожара применяются огнестойкие заделки. В европейских нормативных документах такие противопожарные барьеры специально разрабатываются для применения в деформационных швах и работают при сжатии, растяжении и сдвиге шва. В России изделия и материалы, выполняющие функцию противопожарного барьера, не испытываются в условиях знакопеременной нагрузки. В статье приведена методика испытаний на огнестойкость для деформационного шва в железобетонной конструкции. Получены результаты по параметрам целостности и теплоизолирующей способности для железобетонных плит с последующим в сторону увеличения ширины зазора между плитами и сдвига их относительно друг друга на +25 % составляет не менее 245 мин.Buildings and structures of complex architectural forms and large extent are subject to deformations under the influence of fluctuations in the temperature of the outside air, uneven sedimentation of the soil base, seismic phenomena and other causes. To prevent cracks in bearing and fencing structures, expansion joints are provided that cut the building into compartments. Proper design, construction and execution of expansion joints are of great importance in construction, as they provide the opportunity to provide long service life and fire resistance of the main load-bearing and enclosing structures of buildings, internal and external finishes. Normative requirements for the device and technical parameters of fire protection of expansion joints do not currently exist, and since the expansion joints are elements of load-bearing and enclosing structures, their fire resistance is determined in conjunction with the rest of the elements of fire protection barriers, use and application is regulated by the norms of Russian federal legislation. To increase the overall fire resistance of the construction, special fire barriers are used, which are installed inside the expansion joints. The article presents an overview of the fire barriers of expansion joints of both foreign and domestic producers. It is shown that for the protection of expansion joints in a fire, fire barriers are used, specially designed for use in expansion joints, which are guaranteed to work with compression, stretching and shear. It has been established that the production of innovative fire-retardant materials is one of the main tasks of fire safety. This is also the way of the consistent transformation of the idea into a product that passes through the stages of research, design development, production and realization in civil and industrial buildings. It is necessary to choose a comprehensive solution that ensures the maximum satisfaction of the requirements when performing fire protection work to protect the expansion joint when exposed to a fire. The authors declare that the structures (products) intended for fire protection of the expansion joint should provide a stable own mechanical tensile strength of at least 40%; at least 50% compression; for a shift of not less than 20%, the retention of elastic properties at the manufacturer’s declared maximum tensile-compressive stress per product of not less than 100 cycles. After the test, the structure (article) should not have mechanical damages and deformation of the filler, as well as the manufacturer’s declared fire resistance tested with at least 20% expansion from the design width of the expansion joint. When using other fillers for the fire barrier, it is recommended that the above requirements should be met using material that provides deformation characteristics, both in the compression of the joint and during its stretching, and in the shear, during the entire period of the intended use. Particular attention should be paid to the technology of interfacing the structures (products) of fire barriers when they are installed in expansion joints along the entire length, which is guaranteed to prevent the appearance of technological gaps and voids.


Author(s):  
V.I. Golovanov ◽  
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A.V. Pekhotikov ◽  
V.V. Pavlov ◽  
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...  

Variants of progressive solutions for the use of efficient fire protection means for steel and reinforced concrete structures of the industrial buildings and structures are considered for the purpose of increasing the actual fire resistance and ensuring the requirements of fire safety norms. Distinctive features of the temperature regimes in the initial phase of a real fire from a standard fire were established when assessing the fire resistance of building structures. It is proposed to use such standardized temperature regimes of fire for assessing the fire resistance of building structures, as standard — in the industrial buildings; temperature regime of hydrocarbons combustion — for oil and gas, petrochemical enterprises, offshore stationary platforms; tunnel temperature regime — in the road and railway tunnels. Considering the operating conditions and performance of work on fire protection, the degree of aggressiveness of the environment, the structural and methodological scheme was developed for selecting passive fire protection for steel structures. Recommendations are given on limiting the use of intumescent paints for load-bearing steel structures involved in the overall stability of buildings, with the required fire resistance limit of no more than 30 minutes. To calculate the temperature over the section of the structure during its heating, the dependences of the change in the coefficients of thermal conductivity and heat capacity of fire-retardant linings under fire were obtained. Experimental studies were conducted related to the fire resistance of reinforced concrete floor slabs and slabs with an external reinforcement system based on the carbon composite material with various types of fire-retardant materials. The issue of protecting the lining blocks of road and railway tunnels from brittle (explosive) destruction of concrete in a fire is considered. It is experimentally confirmed that the addition of polypropylene fibers to the concrete mixture replaces the use of fire protection for the tunnels enclosing structures.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Wang ◽  
Xuejun Yu ◽  
Shengsong Dai ◽  
Xinyu Wang ◽  
Zhiquan Pan ◽  
...  

Abstract In this work, the effects of a chitosan-based derivative (CSA), DOPO and CSA-DOPO additives on the flammable properties of EP composites were systematically studied, where CSA was synthesized by a facile condensation between chitosan (CS) and 9-anthralaldehyde and. DOPO was 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10- phosphaphenanthreene-10-oxide. The mass ratio of CS and 9-anthralaldehyde in CSA was determined by elemental analysis and theoretical calculation, which matched well with each other. Under the 8% addition in EP, EP/2.66%/5.34%DOPO sample was the only one, which passed the UL-94 rating and exhibited the highest LOI value of 36.4%. Compared with EP, the cone calorimeter test (CC) showed that the total smoke emission value and the peak heat release rate of the CSA and DOPO modified EP decreased 36.0% and 61.9%, respectively, and the residual char amount increased by 151%. The possible flame retardant mechanism of CSA/DOPO towards EP was proposed according to the results of the real time FTIR spectra at different pyrolysis temperatures, cone calorimeter and Py-GC/MS analysis for EP and EP/2.66%CSA/5.34%DOPO samples, and Raman spectra and XPS for their char residues. Moreover, the incorporation of CSA/DOPO effectively improved the mechanical properties, especially, the flexural strength was increased by 52.3%. It was proposed that CSA/DOPO plays roles in both vapor and condensed phases, and the synergistic effect of CSA and DOPO significantly improve the flame retardancy and mechanical strength of EP.


2020 ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Владимир Ильич Голованов ◽  
Андрей Владимирович Пехотиков ◽  
Владимир Валерьевич Павлов

Представлены результаты анализа экспериментальной и аналитической оценки огнезащитной эффективности покрытий для стальных конструкций. Обобщены данные многолетних исследований по определению зависимостей от температуры таких теплофизических характеристик, как теплопроводность и теплоемкость. Разработана структурно-методологическая схема выбора огнезащитных покрытий для стальных конструкций в целях обеспечения нормативных требований по огнестойкости. Проведены экспериментальные исследования по определению огнезащитной эффективности терморасширяющихся покрытий на эпоксидной основе при воздействии температурного режима горения углеводородов. Рассмотрен вопрос о гармонизации методики экспериментальной оценки огнезащитной эффективности средств огнезащиты для стальных конструкций с действующими европейскими нормами. Установлены критерии выбора пассивной огнезащиты, зависящие от области применения способов огнезащиты. Steel structures have high strength, relative lightness and durability, but when exposed to high temperatures in a fire, they deform, lose stability and load-bearing capacity. The collapse of load-bearing steel structures can occur in 10-15 minutes after the fire start. The actual fire resistance limit of structures can be increased by using the active and passive fire protection systems. The use of the active system for increasing the actual fire resistance limit is not provided in the regulatory documents. Passive fire protection is a complex of technical solutions including the use of non-flammable materials and bulging compounds. It is also an integral part of the building structure that ensures the required fire resistance limit. Assessment of fire resistance of building structures of residential, public, warehouse and industrial buildings is carried out taking into account the temperature regime (cellulose) of a standard fire. At oil and gas, petrochemical enterprises as well as at oil production platforms fires can occur at combustion of various hydrocarbon fuels which are characterized by a rapid temperature increase to 1100 °C. In this case, in accordance with GOST R EN 1363-2-2014, the temperature regime of hydrocarbon combustion is used to assess the fire resistance of building structures. The fire-retardant effectiveness of fire protection means for steel structures is determined by the heating time of the standard I-shaped column without applying a static load on the sample to the average “critical” temperature of the steel of 500 °C. Materials used for fire protection of steel structures must have a good thermal insulation ability, which is estimated by the coefficient of thermal conductivity. When heated to high temperatures, the thermal conductivity coefficient of fire-resistant materials varies depending on their composition and temperature. Based on the analysis of research to determine the fire-retardant effectiveness of fire protection means for steel structures there was developed a structural and methodological scheme that allows to make a choice of fire protection. Currently, as a fire protection there are widely used intumescent paints and thermo-expandable coatings. Taking into account the lack of knowledge of the influence of long-term operation and a large number of other technological factors on the fire-retardant effectiveness of coatings of steel structures covered with intumescent paints, it would be right to limit the use of such type of fire protection for load-bearing structures contributing to the overall sustainability of buildings with a required fire resistance of R 30. For fire protection of steel structures of oil and gas facilities located in the open air, in severe climatic conditions and exposed to aggressive environments there is successfully used a thermo-expandable two-component epoxy-based coating. The analysis of experimental data showed that the use of epoxy-based coatings is suitable for metal structures in the open air. In closed rooms the epoxy intumescent coating should not be used because at high temperature in a fire it ignites with toxic combustion products release.


Fire Safety ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
M. Semerak ◽  
D. Kharyshyn ◽  
N. Ferents ◽  
T. Berezhanskyi

Currently, in Ukraine and abroad for the construction of high-rise buildings and structures using pipe-like structures. Wide application of pipe concrete columns is due to their high carrying capacity at relatively smaller overall dimensions due to the blocking of cracking in concrete by a steel clasp. The advantages of concrete columns should include more simplified conditions of technology of manufacturing and installation on their basis of bearing structures of floor covering. Piping constructions consist of steel shells and concrete core. Since the steel pipe mainly provides the bearing capacity of the concrete column, its failure or reduction of stiffness, which is characteristic of the fire under the influence of its thermal factors, leads to destruction. Investigation of fire resistance of concrete structures, which are not protected by flame retardant coatings, showed that a steel clasp during a fire after 15 minutes is heated to a critical temperature of 500 ° C.The use of flame retardant coatings is an effective method of fire protection of concrete constructions, which prevents the rapid heating of steel welds and provides a normalized fire resistance limit for such structures. In this work, studies were carried out on the effectiveness of fire protection of concrete columns with different types of fire-retardant materials - mineral wool slabs, special flame retardants and flame-retardant coatings. For fire protection mineral wool materials were used ROCKWOOL plates of the series "Conlit SL150". Mineral wool plates "Conlit SL 150" consist of fibers of rocks of a basalt group, they can withstand, without melting, temperature more than 1000 ° С. The silica-based adhesive "Conlit Glue" can withstand temperatures above 900 ° C, has good adhesion when bonding Conlit SL 150 mineral wool slabs with protective structures. From the second type of fire-retardant materials, the fire-proof composition "Naktresk" was chosen on the basis of gypsum. The coating is formed in the process due to hardening of the mixture on protected surfaces. The third type of flame retardant materials is the flame-retardant intumessent coating "Pyro-Safe Flammoplast SP-A2".It has been established that with the use of fire protection systems on the basis of mineral wool plates "Conlit SL150" and fire retardant "Nutresc", the fire resistance class of reinforced concrete columns increases from R 15 to R 180. The fire protection system on the basis of the painted paint "Pyro-Safe Flammoplast SP-A2" »Increases fire resistance from R 15 to R 75


Author(s):  
A. Kovalov ◽  
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Y. Otrosh ◽  
V. Tomenko ◽  
O. Vasylyev ◽  
...  

Abstract. The results of the development of fire-retardant substances based on domestic materials to increase the fire resistance of fire-retardant steel structures are presented. New compositions of fire-retardant substances on the basis of domestic materials capable of swelling are developed. A series of experimental studies to determine the heating temperature of fire-resistant steel structures. For this purpose, samples of reduced size in the form of a steel plate with a flame retardant applied to the heating surface were used. Fire tests of fire-retardant steel plates coated with the developed fire-retardant substance forming a coating on the protected surface, in the conditions of their tests on the standard temperature of the fire using the installation to determine the fire-retardant ability of fire-retardant coatings. The results of experimental determination of temperature from an unheated surface of steel plates with a fire-retardant covering in the conditions of fire influence at a standard temperature mode of a fire are analyzed. Based on the obtained data (temperature in the furnace and from the unheated surface of steel plates with fire protection system) the solution of the inverse problems of thermal conductivity found thermophysical characteristics of fire protection coating (thermal conductivity and specific volume), which can be used for thermal calculation heating of fire-retardant steel structures at arbitrary fire temperatures. The thermophysical characteristics of the formed fire-retardant coating are substantiated to find the characteristics of the fire-retardant ability of the newly created fire-retardant coating and to ensure the fire resistance of fire-retardant steel structures. The efficiency of the developed fire-retardant coating for protection of steel structures is proved.


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