BS EN 13823:2020+A1:2022:2023 Edition
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Reaction to fire tests for building products. Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2023 | 104 |
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2 | undefined |
8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
10 | 4 Test facility 4.1 General 4.2 Test room |
11 | 4.3 Materials |
12 | 4.4 Test apparatus |
14 | 4.5 Smoke exhaust system 4.6 General measurement section equipment |
15 | 4.7 Other general equipment |
16 | 5 Test specimen 5.1 Dimensions of specimen |
17 | 5.2 Mounting of specimen 5.2.1 Mounting as in end use application 5.2.2 Standard mounting |
19 | 5.3 Installation of the specimen wings in the trolley |
20 | 5.4 Number of specimens 6 Conditioning 7 Principle |
21 | 8 Test procedure 8.1 General 8.2 Testing operations |
22 | 8.3 Visual observation and manual recording of data 8.3.1 General 8.3.2 Pre-test conditions 8.3.3 Lateral flame spread on the long wing 8.3.4 Flaming particles or droplets |
24 | 8.3.5 End of test conditions 8.3.6 Recorded events 8.4 Automated recording of data |
25 | 8.5 Early termination of test 9 Expression of results |
26 | 10 Test report |
27 | Annex A (normative)Calculation procedures A.1 General A.1.1 General remarks A.1.1.1 General A.1.1.2 Notation |
28 | A.1.2 Calculations to be performed on the test data A.1.3 Calculations to be performed on calibration data A.1.4 Standard data set A.2 Synchronization of data |
30 | A.3 Checking equipment response A.3.1 Temperature readings A.3.2 Drift in gas concentration measurement A.3.3 Drift in light attenuation measurement |
31 | A.4 Exposure period A.5 Heat output A.5.1 Calculation of heat release rate (HRR) A.5.1.1 Total HRR of specimen and burner: HRRtotal |
33 | A.5.1.2 HRR of the burner |
34 | A.5.1.3 HRR of the specimen A.5.1.4 Calculation of HRR30s |
35 | A.5.2 Calculation of THR(t) and THR600s A.5.3 Calculation of FIGRA0,2MJ and FIGRA0,4MJ (fire growth rate indices) |
36 | A.6 Smoke production A.6.1 Calculation of smoke production rate (SPR) A.6.1.1 Total SPR of specimen and burner: SPRtotal |
37 | A.6.1.2 SPR of the burner |
38 | A.6.1.3 SPR of the specimen |
39 | A.6.1.4 Calculation of SPR60s A.6.2 Calculation of TSP(t) and TSP600s |
40 | A.6.3 Calculation of SMOGRA (smoke growth rate index) |
41 | A.7 Calculations for calibrations – Propane heat release |
42 | Annex B (informative)Precision of test method B.1 General remarks and results |
43 | B.2 Calculation of test results B.3 Statistical analysis |
44 | B.4 Statistical results |
49 | Annex C (normative)Calibration procedures C.1 Procedures for separate pieces of equipment C.1.1 General C.1.2 Oxygen analyser adjustment C.1.3 Oxygen analyser output noise and drift C.1.3.1 General C.1.3.2 Procedure |
50 | C.1.3.3 Criteria C.1.3.4 Calibration report C.1.4 Carbon dioxide analyser adjustment C.1.5 Light system calibration C.1.5.1 General C.1.5.2 Stability check |
51 | C.1.5.3 Optical filter check C.2 System response calibrations C.2.1 Burner switch response time |
53 | C.2.2 Burner heat output step calibration C.2.2.1 General C.2.2.2 Procedure |
54 | C.2.2.3 Calculations |
56 | C.2.2.4 Criteria C.2.2.5 Calibration report C.2.3 Heptane calibration C.2.3.1 General |
57 | C.2.3.2 Procedure C.2.3.3 Calculations |
58 | C.2.3.4 Criteria C.2.3.5 Calibration report C.2.4 Velocity profile factor kt,v C.2.4.1 General C.2.4.2 Measurement specifications |
59 | C.2.4.3 Actions |
60 | C.2.4.4 Calculation of kt,v C.2.4.5 Measurement report C.2.5 Flow factor kt |
61 | Annex D (informative)Calibration procedures D.1 Procedures for separate pieces of equipment D.1.1 General D.1.2 Oxygen analyser adjustment D.1.3 Carbon dioxide analyser adjustment |
62 | D.1.4 Check of propane mass flow controller D.1.4.1 General D.1.4.2 Procedure D.1.4.3 Criterion D.1.5 Optical filter check D.1.5.1 General D.1.5.2 Procedures |
63 | D.1.5.3 Criterion D.2 Check of the thermal attack on the specimens D.2.1 General D.2.2 Procedure |
64 | Annex E (normative)Design drawings |
99 | Annex F (informative)Data file format |
102 | Annex G (informative)Record sheet |