Fire Insulation Materials in Buildings

At present, the problem of energy and environmental protection is becoming more and more prominent worldwide. As one of the main energy consumption ways, the method for maintaining the environmental temperature inside the buildings has great optimization potential. In the meantime, with the acceleration of society electrification, the occurrence of electric fire is more and more frequent, which has caused huge losses. If the performance of fire insulation materials can be further improved through innovative preparation means, this will have an important impact on reducing energy consumption and ensuring the safety of human life and property.

Nowadays, polyurethane (PU) is widely used as building insulation material, which has a low price and good insulation effect, but it presents huge fire hazards. Many major fire accidents of PU have occurred all over the world. This Research Topic is dedicated to solving the huge fire hazards caused by insulation materials, especially PU, and further reducing building energy consumption through the development of synthesis and preparation methods on novel fire insulation materials, as well as new technologies of performance testing and installation.

Studies including but not limited to original research article/review/case report/communication/perspective/viewpoint reporting innovating content on the preparation, modification, heat transfer and fire behaviors, installation technology of building insulation material are keenly awaited, to promote further research activities in these fields.

Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Refractory modification of inorganic/organic thermal insulation materials;
• Preparation of new inorganic non-combustible materials;
• Synthesis and preparation of flame retardant coatings/paints;
• Fire performance test methods;
• Installation process optimization of thermal insulation materials;
• Pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of building insulation materials;
• Fire spread behaviors of building insulation materials;
• Heat transfer of building insulation materials;
• Configuration scheme of building thermal insulation materials.

Keywords: Fire protection, Thermal insulation, Building materials, Heat storage, Flame retardant, Paint, Coating, Building board

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