Behaviour of an Intumescing System Subjected to Different Heating Conditions
Author
Editor
- Stephen Grayson
Summary, in English
The start of expansion reaction in the tested fire stopper was around 180°C. The start of reaction temperature is rather independent of the incident heat flux, while expansion rate is clearly dependent on the incident heat flux. Furthermore, the studied fire stopper performed well in the small-scale furnace because the graphite expanded enough to give the same protection, although it is preheated or wet, as when subjected to a heat exposure similar to ISO 834. These results are good but they are only considered valid for the studied system and for the given situation. Future research is needed in order to study how other types of intumescing fire protection systems work when subjected to realistic fire environments.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
187-196
Publication/Series
Fire and Materials - 13th International Conferance and Exhibition
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Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Interscience Communications Ltd
Topic
- Building Technologies
- Other Civil Engineering
Conference name
Fire and Materials 2013
Conference date
2013-01-28
Conference place
San Francisco, United States
Status
Published
Research group
- Fire dynamics