Fire performance of charring closed-cell polymeric insulation materials: Polyisocyanurate and phenolic foam

Combustion and fire retardance in polymeric materials

Functionalized and Electrospun Polymeric Materials as High-Performance Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: A Review

Proton exchange membranes (PEM) for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) have main drawbacks which are methanol permeability, reduced proton conductivity and the cost of the membrane. This paper reviews different polymeric materials such as fluorinated, non-fluorinated, acid-base complex, and composite membranes for DMFC. Currently, nonfluorinated membranes gain a lot of atte...

Accelerated Aging Test Methods for Predicting the Long Term Thermal Resistance of Closed-Cell Foam Insulation

The accurate estimation of the thermal performance of insulation products used in buildings over their expected lifetime has been a recognized challenge for over 25 years. This is because the lifetime of such products is long, thermal aging is caused by the diffusion of a multitude of gases, and the insulation product is not homogeneous. The task of developing a standard test method for predict...

Manufacture of Aluminum Closed-cell Foam by ARB process using CaCO3 as the blowing agent

Metal porous foams have been eliciting much interest in recent years due to their high capacity of energy absorption. The characteristics of the pores in these materials play an important role on their energy absorption capability and other properties. This study reports the fabrication of aluminum closed-cell foams by accumulative roll-bonding (ARB) technique using calcium carbonate (CaCO3) as...

Thermal degradation and fire behaviour of thermal insulation materials based on food crop by-products

Natural thermal insulation materials developed from renewable crop by-products and natural binders are analysed in terms of their thermal degradation and fire behaviour. A pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetre (PCFC) is used to characterise some kinds of crop by-products, including rice husk, corn pith and barley straw. This technique is complemented with a TG analysis. Six thermal insulation m...