Fire Performance of Foam-Plastic Building Insulation

Zicherman, Joseph B.

doi:10.1061/(asce)1076-0431(2003)9:3(97)

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“…The air entrainment forming a ventilation which helps combustion and fire expansion. Although there are fire barriers, due to the sufficient air between the insulation layers, the fire spreads unimpeded throughout the hidden space [37]. Therefore, thermal insulation is not equal to flame resistance nor is it non-combustible.…”

Section: Thermal Insulation Is Not Equal Flame Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

An Article on Green Firefighting Equipment in Taiwan

Huang¹,

Shen²

2021

Sustainability

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This paper discusses the relationship between green buildings and fire safety from a higher perspective including the traditional fire factors, fire resilience, sustainable building SAFR, social, ecological, and economic fields. There is no need to sacrifice fire safety in the name of sustainability. There is no direct report of fire incidents with green design elements. However, indirectly from the characteristics of residents, green buildings have a high degree of intersection with vulnerable groups, which directly affects the life safety of green building fires. The gray water recycling design of sustainable buildings (green buildings) combined with a simple waterway-connected sprinkler system will be an excellent cooperation example between green (Green Design) and red (Fire Safety). Taiwan’s photovoltaic development plan is expected to reach the 500 MW in 2025, which is equivalent to 2.5% of the government’s promotion target of 20 GW. Whether a PV fire occurs during the day or night, photovoltaic modules will generate lethal electricity, which is a potential hazard to first responders and rescue team.

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Section: Thermal Insulation Is Not Equal Flame Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

An Article on Green Firefighting Equipment in Taiwan

Huang¹,

Shen²

2021

Sustainability

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“…Even if the exterior fire were isolated from the foam (by an intact weather cover), ignition of these flammable vapors appears highly likely, given the relatively low autoignition temperature of styrene (∼760 K), and the fact that only about 1 mm thickness of the insulation would have to vaporize to raise the average vapor concentration in the air space under the weather shield above the lower flammable limit. Given the flue-like configuration formed by the space between the cover and the insulation, the volume of air in that space, and the potential for failure of the steel weather cover that would admit additional air, there is a potential for rapid burning of the insulation material [12], even if the ignition of the vapors prior to the steel weather cover failing did not result in an overpressure that failed the cover instantly.…”

Section: Insulation Combustionmentioning

confidence: 99%