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Peter Mapleston, Compounding World and AMI
Peter Mapleston, Compounding World and AMI, closed the session, underlining the interest of the dialogue, enabled by this hybrid session, between flame retardant and materials industries, present at the Fire Retardants in Plastics Conference, and global experts and operators involved in fire safety and in new energy systems.
READ MOREAdrian Beard, Clariant
Adrian Beard, Clariant, and pinfa panel moderator, underlined that PIN flame retardants can ensure fire safety of materials used in batteries and in accompanying cables and electrical systems, and can also improve electrical safety by ensuring insulation (e.g. CTI performance to prevent arcing).
READ MOREKazuo Ninomiya, Asahi Kasei
Kazuo Ninomiya, Asahi Kasei, panellist for pinfa, noted that new regulations on battery fire safety are needed to drive development and deployment of high fire performance materials.
READ MORECorina Neumeister, Nabaltec
Corina Neumeister, Nabaltec, panellist for pinfa, noted that non-halogenated flame retardant solutions today exist for many energy applications, including for the specific performance and safety requirements of e.g. photovoltaics and electric vehicle charging systems, as well as for the specialist cables for these different systems.
READ MOREDirk Long, EPRI
Dirk Long, EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), shared the ESA (Energy Storage Association) target of 100 GW of battery storage in the US electrical grid by 2030, to support grid resilience and roll-out of renewable production (PV, wind) and emphasised that safety is key to achieving this objective.
READ MOREYoon Ko, National Research Council Canada
Yoon Ko, National Research Council Canada, further outlined specific fire challenges related to PV installations in buildings. PV systems can ignite because of electrical faults, moisture ingress leading to short-circuits or overheating.
READ MOREAlexander Kuchner, CURRENTA Fire Technology
Alexander Kuchner, CURRENTA Fire Technology, presented the results of fire testing of photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs.
READ MOREEric Guillaume, Efectis
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 PV system can be ignited by fires starting elsewhere.
READ MOREVictoria Hutchison, Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF – NFPA, USA)
Victoria Hutchison, Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF - NFPA, USA), outlined the fire safety challenges of new energy systems, underlining that fire safety regulations tend to be behind technological development and societal use.
READ MOREFlorian Tomiak, Institute of Polymer Technology
Florian Tomiak, Institute of Polymer Technology, Germany, presented data testing expandable graphite in polyamide (PA6).
READ MOREGünter Beyer, Fire & Polymer, Belgium
Günter Beyer, Fire & Polymer, Belgium, discussed nano organoclays as PIN FRs in LS0H formulations (Low Smoke Zero Halogen).
READ MOREFouad Laoutid, Materia Nova Research, Belgium
Fouad Laoutid, Materia Nova Research, Belgium, presented tests of several different phosphorus-containing nano-FRs.
READ MOREAngela Schöffel, Georg H Luh
Angela Schöffel, Georg H Luh, summarised developments in Expandable Graphite as a PIN flame retardant.
READ MOREHendrik Tjaden, The Compound Company
The Compound Company works closely with customers to develop and deliver bespoke performance thermoplastic solutions, by (reactive) extrusion, for applications including construction, technical engineering, Packaging, PV modules, cables.
READ MOREBarbara Bruzzi, MP3
MP3 is specialised worldwide in extrusion of polymer sheet and reel products, used in thermoforming, and the company offers customer-tailored solutions combining into one process extrusion of polymers, masterbatches and additives.
READ MOREDaniele Redaelli, Lamplast
Fire safety requirements have increased significantly over recent years in cables, as a consequence of the European Construction Products Regulation, in particular today with no-dripping.
READ MOREBryan Guichard, MCPP
MCPP is a leading materials supplier to the automotive industry for thermoplastic elastomers used in seals, interior parts and wires and cables, as well as supplying consumer electronics and other sector with tailor-designed material solutions.
READ MOREAbdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer
Abdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer, outlined the demanding requirements set by customers for FR engineering plastics for electric vehicles.
READ MOREMichael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF
Michael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF, summarised tests of ageing of cable compounds (polyethylene, EVA) with nano-clays.
READ MOREThanos Porfyris, National Technical University, Athen
Thanos Porfyris, National Technical University, Athens, presented work underway in the EU-funded EPAnEK project testing non-halogenated flame retardants for polypropylene electrical cable conduits and tubes.
READ MORESerge Bourbigot, Centrale Lille / UMET France
Serge Bourbigot, Centrale Lille / UMET France, indicated an increase in the number of publications addressing intumescents for fire safety of around 4x from 2000 to 2020*.
READ MOREIvan Kotek, Funzionano
Ivan Kotek, Funzionano, presented the company’s silicon-containing POSS (polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane) PIN FRs, see presentation at the previous AMI FRiP conference in pinfa Newsletter n°124.
READ MOREYann Bourgeois, Huber Martinswerk
Yann Bourgeois, Huber Martinswerk, presented results of combining zinc melamine polyphosphate (ZMP intumescent) and aluminium tri hydroxide (ATH) for LSZH (low smoke zero halogen) cables (polyethylene – EVA).
READ MORETobias Moss, Budenheim
Tobias Moss, Budenheim, presented a new liquid organic phosphorus PIN FR for rigid polyurethane foam, to be commercialised in 2022.
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