Alexander Kuchner, CURRENTA Fire Technology, presented the results of fire testing of photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs. In Europe, roofs are tested and approved for specific scenarios, including external fire impacts. But what happens in this context to already...
Eric Guillaume, Efectis, outlined specific fire risks of photovoltaic systems in buildings. The PV system itself can cause fires, through electrical faults, because of DC arcing, power mismatches with partial lighting, electrical faults in e.g. DC-AC inverters, or the...
Florian Tomiak, Institute of Polymer Technology, Germany, presented data testing expandable graphite in polyamide (PA6). 15% loading of graphite reduced peak heat release rate by 3/4 and MHARE by 2/3. However, the FR effect of the graphite was reduced with glass fibre...
Fouad Laoutid, Materia Nova Research, Belgium, presented tests of several different phosphorus-containing nano-FRs. Performance benefits of nano-FRs result from their very high surface, and so improved dispersion in polymers and increased reaction potential, and from...
Angela Schöffel, Georg H Luh, summarised developments in Expandable Graphite as a PIN flame retardant. Different suppliers (see pinfa Newsletter n°128) now offer expandable graphite with an “onset” temperature of 270°C, thus enabling use in polymers which are...
