FIRE PROTECTIVE COATING SYSTEM FOR SHIPBOARD ELECTRICAL CABLES

Fires aboard U.S. naval ships pose a threat not only to human life, but to ship survivability and combat readiness, The U.S. Navy recognized the need to upgrade and utilize state of the art fire fighting equipment, reduce the flammability of materials used on ships and to employ methods to control fire propagation. This paper focuses on the historical development of a method to control fire propagation from compartment to compartment via the ships electrical cable system. The jacket insulation material on the cables is plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC). These cables will ignite when exposed to a fire source and transport the fire along the cable runs. The Navy, being cognizant of the potential disastrous effects of electrical cable fires, implemented programs to assess the problem. Actual shipboard fire characteristics of cables were studied in conjunction with evaluating methods and materials to control ignition and flame spread. The development and testing of a fire protective intumescent coating to meet the Navy's requirements to control fire propagation along cableways on existing ships is delineated.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article; Reprints paper prepared for presentation at ASNE Day 1990
• Authors:
  • Ward, T A
  • Ykema, J I
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Naval Engineers Journal
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: No.3
  • ISSN: 0028-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Coatings; Electric insulating materials; Fires; Flammability tests; Insulating materials; Polyvinyl chloride; Protection
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00659703
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM