710511Moulded fire protection products for hydrocarbon firesClosedGRD Proof of ConceptInnovate UKThe company intends to develop a novel high performance moulded oil & gas fire protection system which will allow the easy and rapid over-cladding and upgrading of existing and old installations on oil rigs and other on shore installations in need of repair and maintenance, and will address a global market. This proposed solution will result in the safe and effective reduction in the effects and seriousness of fires in chemical and off shore structures, and allow easy and regular cost effective repair of old and corroded structures, which by their very nature suffer large levels of exposure to the elements. In addition to the environmental benefits of being safer and less hazardous and less costly than existing solutions, the new products will generate extra jobs within the supply chain across the manufacturing regions of the UK and hence benefit local societies in the North of England. The development requires an increase in the size and scale of a technology recently developed and successfully used by the company for the fire protection of bolted connections in steelframe construction. This existing composite technology has been developed by Typhoon Products Limited over the last ten years; the key element is a proprietary additive which can be added to certain polymers to create materials capable of surviving over 12 hours at 1100 degrees C and still maintain mechanical integrity in the charred state. The technical innovation in this Proof of Concept project is in extending an existing materials technology and processing method to produce new products with considerably enhanced performance in fire.