Foam Flammability Consortia
Consortium 1 - Conventional Flexible Polyurethane Foams
Goal: to determine the effects of flame retardants, other foam additives, density, air flow, and foam structure on fire performance in various flammability tests (crib-5, smoldering, melt-drip Cone test, Cal-117, Vee test, micro-calorimetery, etc.) in terms of heat release rate, melt dripping rate, heat feed-back, flame spread, smoldering and ignition. We would also determine if any of the above small scale tests could be used to predict or screen for behavior in the larger tests.
Consortium 2 - New Flame Retardant Approaches for Flexible Polyurethane Foams
Goal: To determine the effect of new flame retardant approaches such as, nano-additives, coatings, resins (green polyols, etc), and charring monomers on foam flammability. Here we will continue looking at carbon nanofibers, clays, boehmite, and nanocomposite coatings with and without conventional flame retardants.
We plan on having a workshop in November.
Last updated: 9/5/2008