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Improving on the Fire Safety of EPS Foamed Plastic Insulation Materials Using Expanded Graphite

팽창 흑연을 이용한 EPS 발포 플라스틱 건축용 단열재의 화재 안전성 향상에 관한 연구

  • Bae, Min-Jung ;
  • Kang, Jae-Sik (Department of Living and Built Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • 배민정 (한국건설기술연구원 국민생활연구본부, 아주대학교 대학원 스마트융합건축학과) ;
  • 강재식 (한국건설기술연구원 국민생활연구본부)
  • Received : 2021.01.28
  • Accepted : 2021.05.01
  • Published : 2021.05.30
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Abstract

The foam plastic insulation material is relatively vulnerable to fire because of characteristics of the material. It is necessary to improve the fire safety for the foam polystyrene insulation(EPS), so a prototype with the inorganic flame retardant was developed and tested. The prototype had a high level of the self-extinguishing in horizontal and vertical combustion tests, and satisfied the level of semi-incombustible according to the current regulation. The further research is required to improve the manufacturing of a foam polystyrene insulation with flame retardants and the self-extinguishing of various organic insulation materials. In addition, it is more accurate to test both horizontal and vertical combustibility as the self-combustion evaluation method for a foam plastic insulation. Under the current regulations, the panels are classified as a flame retardant material, but it is necessary to consider the minimum performance standard for the flame retardant performance of the inner material.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 국토교통부 R&D 주거환경연구사업의 연구비지원(21RERP-C146906-04)에 의해 수행되었습니다.

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