
SOME UNUSUAL INSULATION BUILDING SITES.
QUELQUES CHANTIERS D'ISOLATION INSOLITES.
Author(s) : BALLOT G.
Type of article: Article
Summary
THE AUTHOR GIVES THE HISTORY OF INSULATION FROM 1932 AND ILLUSTRATES IT BY ACTUAL PERSONAL EXAMPLES, SUCCESS BUT MAINLY FAILURES AND THEIR CAUSES: FAILURE OF VAPOUR BARRIERS (PRODUCTS AND APPLICATION), OF BADLY STABILISED POLYSTYRENE, POLYURETHANNE, INJECTED UNDER BAD CONDITIONS, SANDWICH PANELS, FOAM GLASS ; COLLAPSE BY LACK OF EQUILIBRATING VALVES. THE AUTHOR GIVES INFORMATION ON SEVERAL INSULATION SITES: VILLETTE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE IN PARIS, STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED GAS AT HASSI R'MEL, NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION PLANT AT ARZEW AND SKIKDA. L.R.
Details
- Original title: QUELQUES CHANTIERS D'ISOLATION INSOLITES.
- Record ID : 1983-1726
- Languages: French
- Source: La revue pratique du froid et du conditionnement d'air - vol. 37 - n. 536
- Publication date: 1982
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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- Themes: Insulants
- Keywords: Polystyrene; Insulant; Glass fibre; Slaughterhouse; Equalizing valve; Cellular glass; Cork; LNG; Insulation; Vapour barrier