PROTECTING CONCRETE STRUCTURES WHEN EXPOSED TO THE HYDROCARBON FIRE CURVE

TBA Firefly? Intubatt? Protecting Road/Rail Tunnels & Petrochemical Plants with DTS Tested Systems for Concrete Walls/Floors & Ceilings FRL 240/240/240 PATENT PENDING

DTS System FRL240/240/240 Tested in accordance with AS1530.4-2014 & Assessed in accordance with AS4072.1-2005 Warringtonfire Report No: FAS210258 RIR

This is a Report from an Accredited Testing Laboratory which meets Specification A2.3 Section 2 (c) of NCC2016 Amendment 1 (Including Prior Versions) & Schedule 5 Section 2 (c) of NCC2019 (Including Amendment 1) for determination of an FRL.

The Hydrocarbon Fire Curve is significantly more onerous than that of the standard Cellulosic Fire Curve, especially for concrete due the rapid heat rise over a very short period of time. This rapid heat rise creates a number of thermal shocks which would generally cause spalling of the concrete within a very short time period of exposure.

Complete Concrete Protection Zero Spalling witnessed during or after the Test

Image showing the Specimen being removed from the furnace after more than 4 hours of Hydrocarbon Fire Curve Exposure:

Image showing the underside of the slab once the TBA Firefly? Intubatt? has been removed:

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Benefits of the TBA Firefly? Intubatt? Concrete Protection DTS Tested System:

·????????Equivalent concrete thickness (ε) for concrete slab. One layer of 50mm thick TBA Firefly? Intubatt? is equivalent to 142.5mm thick of concrete @ 4hours of Hydrocarbon Fire Curve Exposure.

• 100mm thick of concrete is approximately 240kg/m2. (142.5mm thick = 342kg/m2)
• 1 layer of 50mm thick TBA Firefly? Intubatt? is approximately 9kg/m2.
• Potential weight reduction of 333kg/m2
• The structural steel/concrete vertical support between each floor level won’t have to be as strong as they have less of a load to carry
• Concrete Carbon Footprint Reduction: The manufacture of cement produces about 0.9 pounds of CO2 for every pound of cement. Since cement is only a fraction of the constituents in concrete, manufacturing a cubic yard of concrete (about 3900 lbs) is responsible for emitting about 400 lbs of CO2. (Source: The Portland Cement Association)

Extract from Warringtonfire Report: FAS210258 RIR

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