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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