EP3976897A1 - System for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection - Google Patents
System for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protectionInfo
- Publication number
- EP3976897A1 EP3976897A1 EP20734811.1A EP20734811A EP3976897A1 EP 3976897 A1 EP3976897 A1 EP 3976897A1 EP 20734811 A EP20734811 A EP 20734811A EP 3976897 A1 EP3976897 A1 EP 3976897A1
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- Prior art keywords
- coating element
- fire
- coating
- graphite
- thermal insulation
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
- E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
- E04B1/92—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers
- E04B1/94—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers against fire
- E04B1/948—Fire-proof sealings or joints
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- C09D—COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
- C09D175/00—Coating compositions based on polyureas or polyurethanes; Coating compositions based on derivatives of such polymers
- C09D175/04—Polyurethanes
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
- E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
- E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
- E04B1/92—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers
- E04B1/94—Protection against other undesired influences or dangers against fire
- E04B1/941—Building elements specially adapted therefor
- E04B1/942—Building elements specially adapted therefor slab-shaped
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
- C08G—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
- C08G2150/00—Compositions for coatings
- C08G2150/60—Compositions for foaming; Foamed or intumescent coatings
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a system for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection .
- Fire protection devices for structural elements and building or industrial components must ensure various performances, but firstly they must provide an efficient thermal insulation and have a sufficient mechanical stability in the presence of turbulent gas flows induced by flames. The two requirements often conflict one another and there are optimal thermal insulators which are not applicable in this sector due to their poor mechanical stability.
- An aim of the present invention is to provide a system for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection that already possess an intrinsic mechanical stability in fire conditions.
- Another aim is to obtain the improvement with a minimum increase of thickness and of weight of the sheet/panel, in order to facilitate the storage, transport and installation thereof.
- a system for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection comprising: a coating element for the protection against fire; a structure to protect against fire, such as an attic, a beam, a wall; said coating element is placed at a pre-set distance from said structure to form an empty gap between said coating element and said structure; an intumescent varnish is placed on the internal surface of said coating element which accesses said gap .
- a method for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection which comprises a coating element for fire protection and a structure to be protected against fire, such as an attic, a beam, a wall; placing said coating element at a pre-set distance from said structure to form an empty gap between said coating element and said structure characterised in that the internal surface of said coating element that accesses said space is painted with an intumescent varnish.
- the solution in accordance with the present invention consists in the use of reactive varnishes to improve the fire protection performance of coating elements in the form of sheets (calcium silicate or fibrous plaster or metal sheets) by applying the reactive varnish on the side of the sheet that will not be directly exposed to flames.
- the sheet already used as protection against fire, guarantees the mechanical resistance and the seal against smoke filtration, while the reactive varnish, once expanded, significantly increases the insulation capacity of the sheet.
- the advantage also consists in being able to reduce the number of sheets to be installed or their thickness, limiting the costs of material and manpower and reducing the weight of the installation (a particularly important aspect for false ceilings) .
- the present solution is valid for all applications of fire protection sheets that require the formation of a gap of a few centimetres (protection of steel profiles, false ceilings, plasterboard partition walls, etc.) .
- the gap is in fact necessary to allow the expansion of the reactive varnish.
- the gap blocks the dispersion of particles into the environment, however, in order to furthermore limit the dispersion, the reactive varnish is made by incorporating the mineral in a polymeric matrix.
- figure 1 schematically shows a system for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention :
- figure 2 schematically shows a system for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection, in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention
- figure 3 shows a diagram of the variation of the temperature as a function of time in different test cases, in accordance with the present invention.
- the expandable graphite is an intumescent flame retardant that is highly efficient and, at the same time, environmentally friendly .
- intumescent refers to the capacity of a substance to swell and increase in volume in given circumstances, and in the particular case of fire protection varnishes, they begin to increase in volume at a pre-set temperature.
- Graphite consists of hexagonal carbon structures within which a chemical compound (e.g. H2S04) can be interposed.
- a chemical compound e.g. H2S04
- expandable graphite either oxidation with a chemical reagent or electrochemically in the intercalating acid.
- the resulting intercalated graphite increases its original volume up to 100 times when subjected to temperatures of approximately 200°C.
- the reaction with the sulphuric acid is immediate and produces C02, S02 and H20, the gases expand the layer of graphite and create a dense layer of carbon.
- the expandable graphite marketed by Sanyo Corporation of America of the series called SYZR was used as an intercalated graphite.
- SYZR 802 was used, which has particles having dimensions of 0.177 mm, an expansion volume equal to or greater than 230 ml/g, and an expansion start temperature of 180°C.
- the graphite was incorporated in a polymeric matrix in order to produce a varnish that can be transferred onto sheets.
- ESACOTE UR 115 a polyurethane-based aqueous dispersion
- the polyurethane-based aqueous dispersion showed a greater stability against the flame, allowing the graphite, once expanded, to better resist the erosive action of the flame, which would provide a desirable greater stability of the expanded graphite, in particular, in the case of protection for vertical panels, in order to prevent the fall of the layer inside the gap.
- an intumescent varnish was used, made by combining one part by weight of graphite and from half to one part by weight of polyurethane-based polymer, preferably one part graphite and one part polyurethane-based polymer.
- a coating element 10 is used, such as a sheet or a panel or a shell made of plasterboard, fibrous plaster, calcium silicate, mineral fibres as well as metal (steel, brass, copper, etc.), in order to protect a structure 11, which is the object to be protected from fire such as an attic, a beam, a wall, etc..
- the coating element 10 typically has a shape with two major dimensions with respect to the third (thickness) and with the larger faces parallel and mostly rectangular, but other shapes may be used.
- the coating element 10 is placed at a pre-set distance from the structure 11, in order to create a gap 12 therebetween, which is kept empty or however contains air.
- the laying of the coating element 10 is carried out in the manner known to the operators in the sector.
- the intumescent varnish 13 is applied onto the surface of the coating element 10 which accesses the gap 12 namely on the internal surface of the coating element 10, opposite to the structure 11 that is to be protected.
- the quantity of varnish applied onto the surface of the coating element 10 or of structure 11, considering a 50/50 ratio by weight of graphite and polymer, may vary according to needs and can be comprised between 400 and 2000 g/m 2 , more preferably between 600 and 1000 g/m 2 , and even more preferably equal to 800 g/m 2 .
- the graphite used, SYZR 802 has an expansion equal to or greater than 230 ml/g, and considering the use of 400g/m 2 of graphite alone, it would have an expansion thickness of 80mm.
- the distance between the pairs of sheets that produce the gap must be greater than 30mm.
- the diagram shows the temperature reached by the second sheet as the time elapsed increases.
- the curve A is relative only to the presence of a metal sheet without the presence of graphite.
- Curve B is relative to the presence of a metal sheet with an internal surface painted with a commercial intumescent paint of the Promat company called PROMAPAINT ⁇ -SC4 in a quantity of 1000g/m2, (600g/m2 dry weight) .
- Curve C refers to a PROMATECT ⁇ 100 calcium silicate panel with a thickness of 10 mm.
- Curve D is relative to a metal panel with the unexposed surface painted with a paint made with a mixture of graphite and polyurethane resin ( 400+400g/m2 ) , according to the present invention .
- the graphite varnish according to the present invention, has very good performances, but any intumescent varnish can be used.
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- Materials Engineering (AREA)
- Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
- Organic Chemistry (AREA)
- Paints Or Removers (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| IT102019000007884A IT201900007884A1 (en) | 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-03 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE THERMAL INSULATION CAPACITY OF SHEETS OR PANELS FOR FIRE PROTECTION |
| PCT/IB2020/055134 WO2020245715A1 (en) | 2019-06-03 | 2020-05-29 | System for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection |
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| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP3976897A1 true EP3976897A1 (en) | 2022-04-06 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP20734811.1A Withdrawn EP3976897A1 (en) | 2019-06-03 | 2020-05-29 | System for improving the thermal insulation capacity of coating elements for fire protection |
Country Status (3)
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| EP (1) | EP3976897A1 (en) |
| IT (1) | IT201900007884A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2020245715A1 (en) |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB2429983A (en) * | 2005-09-07 | 2007-03-14 | Interact Fire Solutions Ltd | Protecting a building element from fire |
| EP3056623A1 (en) * | 2015-02-13 | 2016-08-17 | HILTI Aktiengesellschaft | Façade module, building structure and method for installing the façade module |
| US10273682B2 (en) * | 2016-10-24 | 2019-04-30 | Firefree Coatings, Inc. | Fire protection retrofits for high-rise buildings |
| EP3596173B1 (en) * | 2017-03-14 | 2024-08-07 | Dow Global Technologies Llc | Intumescent coating system |
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- 2019-06-03 IT IT102019000007884A patent/IT201900007884A1/en unknown
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- 2020-05-29 EP EP20734811.1A patent/EP3976897A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2020-05-29 WO PCT/IB2020/055134 patent/WO2020245715A1/en not_active Ceased
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| WO2020245715A1 (en) | 2020-12-10 |
| IT201900007884A1 (en) | 2020-12-03 |
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