Abstract
The sound absorption coefficient is a commonly used parameter to characterize the acoustic properties of materials. The fire performance of construction products has to be evaluated on the basis of their reaction to fire performance. The evaluation of the reaction to fire performance for the flammable construction materials which are in Class E reaction to fire is based on the ignitability test and the thermal test using the radiant heat source. For this study, nine types of STERED® products, which were made from the recycled automotive technical textiles, were chosen in order to evaluate their ability for sound absorption and the reaction to fire. The fire performance was evaluated on the basis of the relative mass loss in the radiant heat source test; the ignitability in accordance with ISO 11925-2, the possible appearance of flame, duration of flame, and the glowing during the single flame source test. The sound absorption of nine products was rated on the basis of the sound absorption coefficient and the noise reduction coefficient. The measurement was performed using the transfer function method in accordance with ISO 10534-2. From the nine tested types of STERED® products, the product Senizol AT XX2 TL 60 had the lowest mass loss at thermal loads up to 700 °C and it fulfilled the conditions for Class E reaction to fire. This product had the highest noise reduction coefficient of 0.81 and a high absorption coefficient for frequencies ranging between 500 Hz and 2000 Hz. The STERED® product Senizol AT XX2 TL 60, as well as Senizol AT 22 TL 50, Senizol AT 40 TL 25, Senizol AT XX4 TL 50 and Senizol AT XX4 TL 10 with a sound absorption coefficient α of between 0.80 to 0.95 and corresponding NRCs from 0.66 to 0.81, these STERED® products can be classified according to ISO 11654 into the sound absorption classes A and B.
Highlights
Recycling industrial textiles reduces the need for raw materials and any negative environmental impacts
Recycling is a precondition for a circular economy, i.e., materials can be recycled, returned back to the economy and used again
At the beginning of 2017, the European Parliament adopted a report stating that waste recycling should reach 70%
Summary
Recycling industrial textiles reduces the need for raw materials and any negative environmental impacts. Considering the fact that textiles are used as insulation material in the construction industry, the possibility of using recycled textiles is evident This is a fabric that comes from processing old vehicles. Djordjevic and Avramovic report that the automotive industry produces large quantities of textile waste It has prospective uses as thermal and acoustic insulation in lightweight structures and can lead to the saving of more than 100 million EUR across Europe [5]. Their research results showed that the values of both studied thermo-physical characteristics fulfilled the requirement laid for the thermal insulation It means the recycled textile materials have competitive thermal properties and can be used as an alternative to commercial thermal insulation materials (the extruded polystyrene or mineral wool) in construction [9]. If the sample was burning, even after 10 min, it was necessary to remove the sample from the holder to manually extinguish it
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