Fire Resistant Paint with Aerogel and Foaming Agent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fire-resistant paints with only a binder have limitations in heat resistance and foaming rate, necessitating the development of improved compositions that enhance both heat insulation and foaming performance.
Innovation Solution
An aqueous fire-resistant paint composition incorporating a binder, aerogel, and a foaming agent, with specific weight percentages of each component, including 70-95% binder, 1-10% aerogel, 1-5% foaming agent, and water, which improves foaming rate and heat insulation by utilizing materials with low thermal conductivity and inorganic components that do not generate harmful gases or smoke upon foaming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If only a binder is used in fire-resistant paint, then the composition is simple, but heat resistance and foaming rate are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines binder, aerogel, and foaming agent into a composite paint composition. The aerogel provides exceptional thermal insulation with low thermal conductivity, while the foaming agent generates expandable foam upon heating. This composite structure achieves superior heat resistance and foaming rate without sacrificing compositional simplicity, as the components are mixed in a straightforward aqueous formulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates aerogel, a highly porous material with extremely low thermal conductivity, into the paint composition. The porous structure of aerogel traps air pockets that provide excellent thermal insulation, significantly enhancing the heat resistance of the fire-resistant paint while maintaining a relatively simple composition.
2Productivity
If only a binder is used in fire-resistant paint, then the composition is simple, but foaming rate is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite system where the foaming agent component reacts with water upon heating to generate gas bubbles that expand the paint matrix. This composite approach achieves high foaming rates (expansion ratios of several times the original thickness) while keeping the composition simple through straightforward mixing of aqueous components.
Solution Approach 2:
The foaming agent undergoes phase transition upon heating, transforming from solid particles to gas bubbles that expand the paint matrix. This phase change mechanism enables rapid foaming and high expansion rates, significantly improving the foaming performance of the fire-resistant paint while maintaining compositional simplicity.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If conventional fire-resistant paint is used, then application is straightforward, but harmful gases or smoke are generated upon foaming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses inorganic foaming agents (such as metal hydroxides or carbonates) that decompose to release inert gases like carbon dioxide or water vapor instead of harmful organic vapors. This creates a safer, more environmentally friendly fire-resistant paint that eliminates harmful emissions while maintaining ease of manufacture through standard aqueous paint formulation processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition exhibits excellent foaming rate, high foaming density, and improved heat insulation and fire resistance, providing enhanced protection against high temperatures while avoiding environmental regulatory issues associated with solvent-based paints.
Implementation Method 1
aerogel having low thermal conductivity
Implementation Method 2
binder, which foams and expands due to high-temperature heat
Implementation Method 3
binder, which foams and expands due to high-temperature heat
Implementation Method 4
inorganic components that do not generate harmful gases or smoke upon foaming
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a fire resistant paint composition, to a production method for same and to a painting method for a fire resistant paint using same, and, one example of implementation of the present invention can provide a fire resistant paint composition comprising: between 70 and 95 wt. % of a binder; between 1 and 10 wt. % of an aerogel; between 1 and 5 wt. % of a foaming agent; and the remainder of water, and can provide a production method for same and a painting method for a fire resistant paint using same.