Fire Propagation Characteristics and Fire Risks of Polyurethanes: Effects of Material Type (Foam & Board) and Added Flame Retardantopen access
- Authors
- Choi, Ji Hun; Chae, Seung Un; Hwang, Euy Hong; Choi, Don Mook
- Issue Date
- Aug-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- polyurethane resin; polyisocyanurate resin; flame propagation characteristics; fire risk; real fire test; foam; board; flame retardant; gas toxicity test; cone calorimeter test
- Citation
- FIRE-SWITZERLAND, v.5, no.4
- Journal Title
- FIRE-SWITZERLAND
- Volume
- 5
- Number
- 4
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/85628
- DOI
- 10.3390/fire5040105
- ISSN
- 2571-6255
- Abstract
- Polyurethane material is used as an interior finish and wall cavity insulation. Flame-retardant products may be used for ignition, flame diffusion, and heat-release blocking. A large-scale test was conducted to understand the flame propagation characteristics of polyurethane with the addition of a flame retardant. The fire propagation properties and fire risks of four commonly used polyurethane materials were examined using three tests. Specifically, ignition properties, flame propagation behavior, and flashover occurrence were probed using full-scale tests, while heat release and fire characteristics were examined using cone calorimeter tests, and the toxicity of gaseous combustion products was assessed using gas toxicity tests. PIR F and PIR B, which contained flame retardants, featured slow flame propagation and a long-lasting residual flame, and PIR F released HCl and Br-2 on combustion. Full-scale tests revealed that although external flame propagation was always accompanied by flashover, irrespective of whether the flame retardant was present, a delay or blockage of energy transfer to the inside was observed for flame-retardant-containing specimens. Apart from checking the safety at the material level, the importance of identifying the actual fire characteristics through a full-scale test was confirmed.
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