Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material
In the present paper, the performance of an innovative thermal insulation rigid board is evaluated in terms of fire behaviour and fungal resistance. The board is based on vegetal pith and a natural gum (corn pith and sodium alginate) and it is completely compostable. This new composite was developed...
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| Palabra clave: | Building materials - Fire testing Corn pith Maize Alginate Thermal insulation Fire behaviour Smouldering combustion Fungal attack Materials de construcció--Assaigs de comportament davant el foc Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation materialNavarro Ezquerra, Antonia|||0000-0001-6212-8593Lacasta Palacio, Ana María|||0000-0002-9060-6043Palumbo, MarianaGiraldo, PilarLesar, BoštjanBuilding materials - Fire testingCorn pithMaizeAlginateThermal insulationFire behaviourSmouldering combustionFungal attackMaterials de construcció--Assaigs de comportament davant el focÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materialsIn the present paper, the performance of an innovative thermal insulation rigid board is evaluated in terms of fire behaviour and fungal resistance. The board is based on vegetal pith and a natural gum (corn pith and sodium alginate) and it is completely compostable. This new composite was developed in previous work. Here boric acid, aluminium hydroxide and ammonium polyphosphate are used as fire retardants and montan wax, acetic acid and lactic acid are used as water repellent and fungicides respectively. Interactions between these different treatments is investigated. Both flaming and smouldering combustion processes of the different formulations are evaluated by small-scale techniques which include pyrolysis microcalorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. A medium-scale device is also designed in order to study the impact of the different additives to the smouldering kinetics. Fire behaviour tests show that good improvement is obtained, both in flaming and smouldering combustion when boric acid is added. Although smouldering is not avoided in any case, the addition of 8% of boric acid or aluminium hydroxide slows down the speed of combustion propagation. The effect of the different additives on the moisture content and mould growth at 97% RH and 27 °C is analysed. Under such severe conditions none of the additives is able to prevent mould growth, with the exception of boric acid. None or marginal mould growth was observed on samples containing 8% of boric acid although moisture content was higher than the other cases.Peer ReviewedElsevier20162016-12-2020172017-03-15journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AOhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/102486https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.11.020reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1024862026-05-27T15:37:01Z |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material Navarro Ezquerra, Antonia|||0000-0001-6212-8593 Building materials - Fire testing Corn pith Maize Alginate Thermal insulation Fire behaviour Smouldering combustion Fungal attack Materials de construcció--Assaigs de comportament davant el foc Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Improvement of fire reaction and mould growth resistance of a new bio-based thermal insulation material |
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Navarro Ezquerra, Antonia|||0000-0001-6212-8593 Lacasta Palacio, Ana María|||0000-0002-9060-6043 Palumbo, Mariana Giraldo, Pilar Lesar, Boštjan |
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Navarro Ezquerra, Antonia|||0000-0001-6212-8593 |
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Navarro Ezquerra, Antonia|||0000-0001-6212-8593 Lacasta Palacio, Ana María|||0000-0002-9060-6043 Palumbo, Mariana Giraldo, Pilar Lesar, Boštjan |
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Lacasta Palacio, Ana María|||0000-0002-9060-6043 Palumbo, Mariana Giraldo, Pilar Lesar, Boštjan |
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Building materials - Fire testing Corn pith Maize Alginate Thermal insulation Fire behaviour Smouldering combustion Fungal attack Materials de construcció--Assaigs de comportament davant el foc Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials |
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Building materials - Fire testing Corn pith Maize Alginate Thermal insulation Fire behaviour Smouldering combustion Fungal attack Materials de construcció--Assaigs de comportament davant el foc Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Assaig de materials |
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In the present paper, the performance of an innovative thermal insulation rigid board is evaluated in terms of fire behaviour and fungal resistance. The board is based on vegetal pith and a natural gum (corn pith and sodium alginate) and it is completely compostable. This new composite was developed in previous work. Here boric acid, aluminium hydroxide and ammonium polyphosphate are used as fire retardants and montan wax, acetic acid and lactic acid are used as water repellent and fungicides respectively. Interactions between these different treatments is investigated. Both flaming and smouldering combustion processes of the different formulations are evaluated by small-scale techniques which include pyrolysis microcalorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. A medium-scale device is also designed in order to study the impact of the different additives to the smouldering kinetics. Fire behaviour tests show that good improvement is obtained, both in flaming and smouldering combustion when boric acid is added. Although smouldering is not avoided in any case, the addition of 8% of boric acid or aluminium hydroxide slows down the speed of combustion propagation. The effect of the different additives on the moisture content and mould growth at 97% RH and 27 °C is analysed. Under such severe conditions none of the additives is able to prevent mould growth, with the exception of boric acid. None or marginal mould growth was observed on samples containing 8% of boric acid although moisture content was higher than the other cases. |
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