Assessment of long-term performance of foam glass as an insulating sub-base in varying humidity and temperature conditions

• Autorzy: Wierzbicki Stanisław , Siennicki Mirosław , Giżejowski Marian A.

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DOI

10.24425/ace.2022.141879

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ocena długoterminowych właściwości użytkowych szkła piankowego jako podłoża izolacyjnego w zróżnicowanych warunkach wilgotnościowych i temperaturowych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The research focuses on the properties of foam glass, popular insulation material used in various industries and applications, including construction, chemistry and defence, after several years of use under varying load, thermal and humidity conditions. The material used as an insulating sub-base underneath industrial steel tank, which had failed with a threat of leakage of the stored high-temperature medium (200ºC), was tested. After macroscopic and material evaluation of the foam glass samples, their compressive strength, water absorption, and behaviour under complex conditions including loading, high temperature, and moisture were examined experimentally. Absorption of water considerably affects reducing the foam glass performance. Investigations show that the foam glass generally does not reach the declared compressive strength. If this surface is additionally heated to high temperature, the foam glass undergoes destruction by chipping or crushing just at stresses several times lower than the limits for this material, and even with no applied load. The test results show that foam glass exposed to simultaneous action of water and high temperature undergoes progressive deterioration, resulting in a decrease in declared parameters and losing its usability. Therefore, effective and durable protection from water is of critical importance to ensure reliability of foam glass exposed to high temperatures.

PL

W artykule przedstawiono ocenę właściwości szkła piankowego, popularnego materiału izolacyjnego stosowanego w różnych gałęziach przemysłu, m.in. w budownictwie, chemii i obronności, po kilku latach użytkowania w zmiennych warunkach obciążenia, temperatury i oddziaływania wody. Badaniom poddano materiał zastosowany jako podłoże izolacyjne pod stalowym zbiornikiem przemysłowym, który uległ awarii grożącej wyciekiem magazynowanego medium o temperaturze 200ºC. Po dokonaniu oceny makroskopowej i materiałowej próbek szkła piankowego, zbadano jego wytrzymałość na ściskanie, absorpcję wody oraz zachowanie się w złożonych warunkach obciążeniowych, termicznych i wilgotnościowych. Wyniki badań wykazały, że szkło piankowe poddane jednoczesnemu działaniu wody i podwyższonej temperatury ulega stopniowej degradacji, co skutkuje obniżeniem deklarowanych parametrów technicznych i utratą przydatności użytkowej. Oznacza to, że zapewnienie niezawodności szkła piankowego eksploatowanego w warunkach wysokich temperatur wymaga bezwzględnie skutecznego i trwałego zabezpieczenia tego materiału przed działaniem wody. Brak takiej ochrony może doprowadzić do poważnych i trudnych do usunięcia uszkodzeń nie tylko samego szkła piankowego, ale również konstrukcji, do izolacji której szkło piankowe zostało zastosowane.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

foam glass; long-term behaviour; absorptiveness; high temperature; compressive strength

PL

szkło piankowe; właściwości długoterminowe; nasiąkliwość; temperatura wysoka; wytrzymałość na ściskanie

• Wydawca: Komitet Inżynierii Lądowej i Wodnej PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej
• Czasopismo: Archives of Civil Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 68, nr 3
• Strony: 155--175
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., il., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Wierzbicki Stanisław

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7076-0641

autor

Siennicki Mirosław

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4034-9763

autor

Giżejowski Marian A.

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-1764

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).