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Effect of ambient wind on the flame retardancy of intumescent coatings

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, ISSN: 1588-2926, Vol: 147, Issue: 24, Page: 14329-14341
2022
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Ambient wind is an important environmental factor in fire safety research. However, little work has been conducted to investigate the effect of ambient wind on the flame retardancy of intumescent fire-retardant coatings. In this work, steel plates coated with a commercially available intumescent fire-retardant coating were applied for the fire resistance test. External heat flux and ambient wind speed were set constant to simulate actual fire scenarios. The swelling evolutions of intumescent coatings with/without wind effect were recorded. The morphology, structure, thermal stability, and impact resistance of chars at the front end and the rear end were analyzed. Results showed that intumescent coatings undergo a non-uniform swelling process with wind effect. The evolutions of coating thickness, coating surface temperature, and steel temperature can be divided into three stages. Ambient wind affects the coating surface temperature by convective cooling and char oxidation reaction. The maximum coating surface temperature at the front end is 25 °C higher than the rear end. Besides, ambient wind accelerates (and decelerates) the char oxidation reaction at the front (and the rear) end, resulting in the coating thickness at the front end growing slower than the rear end. The char at the front end is thin and condensed with good impact resistance and thermal stability. However, its poor thermal insulation accelerates the steel temperature increase at the front end and promotes the failure of intumescent coatings. Thus, ambient wind decreases the flame retardancy of intumescent fire-retardant coating.

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Chuangang Fan; Yuhao Li; Yuxin Gao; Long Yan; Zhengyang Wang; Deju Zhu; Changhong Ou

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Physics and Astronomy; Dentistry; Chemistry; Materials Science

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