EN 13823:2010

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.UHGPHWDPrüfungen zum Brandverhalten von Bauprodukten - Thermische Beanspruchung durch einen einzelnen brennenden Gegenstand für Bauprodukte mit Ausnahme von BodenbelägenEssais de réaction au feu des produits de construction - Produits de construction à l'exclusion des revêtements de sol exposés à une sollicitation thermique provoquée par un objet isolé en feuReaction to fire tests for building products - Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item13.220.50Požarna odpornost gradbenih materialov in elementovFire-resistance of building materials and elementsICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 13823:2010SIST EN 13823:2011en,fr,de01-januar-2011SIST EN 13823:2011SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 13823
July 2010 ICS 13.220.50; 91.060.01; 91.100.01 Supersedes EN 13823:2002English Version
Reaction to fire tests for building products - Building products excluding floorings exposed to the thermal attack by a single burning item
Essais de réaction au feu des produits de construction - Produits de construction à l'exclusion des revêtements de sol exposés à une sollicitation thermique provoquée par un objet isolé en feu
Prüfungen zum Brandverhalten von Bauprodukten - Thermische Beanspruchung durch einen einzelnen brennenden Gegenstand für Bauprodukte mit Ausnahme von Bodenbelägen This European Standard was approved by CEN on 25 June 2010.
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Calculation procedures . 24 A.1 General . 24 A.1.1 General remarks . 24 A.1.2 Calculations to be performed on the test data . 25 A.1.3 Calculations to be performed on calibration data . 25 A.1.4 Standard data set . 25 A.2 Synchronization of data . 25 A.3 Checking equipment response . 27 A.3.1 Temperature readings . 27 A.3.2 Drift in gas concentration measurement . 27 A.3.3 Drift in light attenuation measurement . 27 SIST EN 13823:2011

Precision of test method . 38 B.1 General remarks and results . 38 B.2 Calculation of test results . 39 B.3 Statistical analysis . 39 B.4 Statistical results . 39 Annex C (normative)
Calibration procedures . 43 C.1 Procedures for separate pieces of equipment . 43 C.1.1 General . 43 C.1.2 Oxygen analyser adjustment . 43 C.1.3 Oxygen analyser output noise and drift . 43 C.1.4 Carbon dioxide analyser adjustment . 44 C.1.5 Check of propane mass flow controller . 44 C.1.6 Light system calibration . 44 C.2 System response calibrations . 45 C.2.1 Burner switch response time . 45 C.2.2 Burner heat output step calibration . 47 C.2.3 Heptane calibration . 50 C.2.4 Velocity profile factor kt,v . 52 C.2.5 Flow factor kt . 54 Annex D (informative)
Calibration procedures . 55 D.1 Procedures for separate pieces of equipment . 55 D.1.1 General . 55 D.1.2 Oxygen analyser adjustment . 55 D.1.3 Carbon dioxide analyser adjustment . 55 D.1.4 Check of propane mass flow controller . 55 D.1.5 Optical filter check . 56 D.2 Check of the thermal attack on the specimens . 57 D.2.1 General . 57 D.2.2 Procedure . 57 Annex E (normative)
Design drawings . 58 Annex F (informative)
Data file format . 93 Annex G (informative)
Record sheet . 96 Bibliography . 97
The equipment, for example tubes, couplings, flow meters, should be approved for propane.
The burner should be equipped with a remote-controlled ignition device, for example a pilot flame or a glow wire. There should be a warning system for leaking gas and a valve for immediate and automatic cut-off of the gas supply in case of extinction of the ignition flame. The pilot flames can be ignited directly by an operator in the test room, however, no one should be present in the test room during ignition of a burner.
It should be possible to operate the switch between auxiliary and main (primary) burner and the preceding main valve (to open or stop the propane supply) from outside the test room. Special precautions are required for the extinction of burning specimens. When the extinction is carried out because of intensive combustion of the specimens, it is recommended that a second operator is ready to intervene. Means for extinguishing should be available (e.g. since the heat output during intensive combustion can damage the apparatus). SIST EN 13823:2011

Conditioning procedures and general rules for selection of substrates EN 13501-1:2007+A1:2009, Fire classification of construction products and building elements
Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests EN 60584-1:1995, Thermocouples
Part 1: Reference tables (IEC 60584-1:1995) EN ISO 13943:2000, Fire safety
Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2000) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 13943:2000 and EN 13501-1:2007+A1:2009 and the following apply. 3.1 backing board calcium silicate panel used to back the specimen that can be placed directly against a free-standing test specimen or at a distance from it 3.2 specimen piece of a product, which is to be tested NOTE This can include the mounting technique used in its end-use application. This also can include an air gap and/or a substrate where appropriate. 3.3 substrate product which is used immediately beneath the product about which information is required 3.4 THR600s total heat release from the specimen in the first 600 s of exposure to the main (primary) burner flames SIST EN 13823:2011

maximum of the quotient of smoke production rate from the specimen and the time of its occurrence NOTE The SMOGRA is described in more detail in A.6.3. 3.10 sustained flaming persistence of flame on or over a surface for a minimum period of time [EN ISO 13943:2000] 4 Test facility 4.1 General The SBI test facility shall consist of a test room, the test apparatus (trolley, frame, burners, hood, collector and ducting), the smoke exhaust system and general measuring equipment. These components are specified in 4.2 to 4.7. Design drawings are given in Annex E. Dimensions given in the drawings are nominal unless tolerances are given in the text. NOTE The air supply to the test room entering below the trolley should be fresh, uncontaminated air. 4.2 Test room 4.2.1 The test room shall have an inner height of (2,4
0,05) m and an inner floor area of (3,0
0,05) m in both directions. The walls shall be made of stone type building blocks (e.g. cellular concrete), gypsum boards, calcium silicate boards or other boards classified as class A1 or A2. 4.2.2 One wall of the test room shall have an opening to insert the trolley from the surrounding laboratory into the test room. The opening shall be at least 1 470 mm wide and 2 450 mm high (dimensions of the frame). Windows shall be placed in the two walls facing the front side of the two SIST EN 13823:2011

0,05) m. This distance shall be measured perpendicularly to the wall facing the long wing. The areas of the openings in the test room, excluding the air inlet at the bottom of the trolley and the smoke exhaust opening in the hood, shall not exceed a total of 0,05 m2. 4.2.4 Both left-orientated arrangements, as shown in Figure 1, and right-orientated arrangements (the trolley shown in Figure 1 mirrored around a vertical line) are allowed. NOTE 1 To be able to remove side plates of the hood without removing the collector, attention should be paid to the connection between the frame of the SBI apparatus and the ceiling of the room. It should be possible to move the side plate outwards at the bottom. NOTE 2 The relative position of the frame in the test room depends on the details of the connection between room and frame. SIST EN 13823:2011

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1 visual observation 2 fixed frame 3 visual observation (left orientated specimen) 4 trolley (with left orientated specimen)
NOTE Both left orientated and right oriented specimens are acceptable. For right orientated specimens the figure is mirrored around a vertical line. Figure 1 ² Top view of the SBI test room design (schematic drawing)SIST EN 13823:2011

4.3 Materials 4.3.1 Commercial propane, of minimum purity 95 %. 4.4 Test apparatus NOTE See Figures E.1 to E.35. 4.4.1 Trolley, on which two perpendicular specimen parts are placed, with a sandbox burner at the bottom of the vertical corner.
The trolley is put in place with its back side closing the opening in the wall of the test room; the air inlet under the floor of the trolley is provided with perforated plates (open area to total area 40 % to 60 %; perforation diameter 8 mm to 12 mm) to produce an evenly distributed flow along the floor of the test room.
The base of the trolley shall be positioned horizontally, within ± 5 mm, during the test. This shall be measured directly behind the U-profile and in-between the C-shaped profiles, prior to a new test series or when a new trolley is used. If the base of the trolley is not horizontal the trolley shall be adjusted. 4.4.2 Fixed frame, in which the trolley is pushed and which supports the hood; a second burner is fixed to the frame. 4.4.3 Hood, on top of the frame, which collects the combustion gases. 4.4.4 Collector, on top of the hood with baffles and a horizontal outlet for the exhaust duct. 4.4.5 Exhaust duct (J-shaped), circular tube of inner diameter (315 ± 5) mm, and insulated with
50 mm high temperature resistant mineral wool, with the following parts (in flow direction):
connection to the collector;
ducting, of length 500 mm with four thermocouple mountings (for optional temperature measurements) at a distance of at least 400 mm from the collector;
ducting, of length 1 000 mm;
two 90° bends, (radius of curvature of axis 400 mm);
ducting, of length 1 625 mm with guide vanes and an orifice; guide vane length 630 mm starting 50 mm after the bends; directly behind the guide vanes a (2,0
0,5) mm thick circular orifice with inner opening diameter 265 mm and an outer diameter of 314 mm;
ducting, of length 2 155 mm with mountings for pressure-probe, four thermocouples, gas-sampling probe and white light extinction system; this section is called the "general measurement section";
ducting, of length 500 mm;
connection to exhaust. NOTE Attention should be paid to the fixing of the measuring duct. The total mass excluding probes, etc. is about 250 kg. SIST EN 13823:2011

10 mm void, a layer of pebbles within a size distribution of 4 mm to 8 mm up to a height of
60 mm, and a top layer of sand within a size distribution of 2 mm to 4 mm up to a height of
80 mm. The metal gauze is used to stabilize the two layers and prevent the pebbles from entering the gas pipe socket. The pebbles and sand used shall be rounded (river) stones, not broken ones. c) Position of main (primary) burner: mounted in the tray (see Figures E.9 and E.19) and connected to the U-profile at the bottom of the specimen position. The top edge of the main (primary) burner shall be (25
2) mm above the top edge of the U-profile. d) Position of auxiliary (secondary) burner: fixed to the post of the frame opposite to the specimen corner, with the top of the burner at a height of (1 450 ± 5) mm from the floor of the test room (1 000 mm vertical distance to the hood), its diagonal parallel and nearest to the hypotenuse of the main (primary) burner. e) The main (primary) burner is connected to U-profiles at the long and the short wing specimen position (see Figure E.18, part 10). In both U-profiles a blanking plate (see Figure E.19) is placed with its top at the same height as the top of the U-profile and at 0,3 m from the corner line between the mounted specimen wings (at the border of the burner zone, see 8.3.4). f) The main (primary) burner shall be protected with a tilted triangular grid when previous tests on the same type of product have led to an early termination to the test due to fallen material on the sand-bed in accordance with 8.5. The grid shall have a ratio of open area to total area of at least 90 %. One side of the grid shall be placed on the hypotenuse of the burner. The tilt angle is
(45 ± 5)° with the horizontal, measured along the line from the hypotenuse midpoint to the specimen corner. 4.4.7 Shield of rectangular shape, width (370 ± 5) mm, height (550 ± 5) mm, made of calcium silicate board (specification the same as the backing boards), to protect the specimens from the heat flux of the flames of the auxiliary (secondary) burner.
It shall be fixed to the hypotenuse side of the auxiliary (secondary) burner, centred in the horizontal plane (shielding the total width of the diagonal plus (8 ± 3) mm at both sides) with the top edge (470 ± 5) mm above the top level of the auxiliary (secondary) burner. 4.4.8 Mass flow controller with a range of at least 0 g/s to 2,3 g/s and an accuracy of 1 % of the reading for the range 0,6 g/s to 2,3 g/s. (See also C.1.5.) NOTE The propane flow of 2,3 g/s corresponds to a heat release of 107 kW using the effective lower heat of combustion of propane (46 360 kJ/kg). 4.4.9 Switch, used to supply propane to either of the burners.
The switch shall prevent propane being supplied to both burners at the same time, except during burner switching time (the short period of time in which the auxiliary (secondary) burner is decreasing and the main (primary) burner is increasing in output). This burner switch response time, calculated in accordance with C.2.1, shall be not more than 12 s. It shall be possible to operate the switch and the preceding main valve from outside the testing room. SIST EN 13823:2011

The backing boards shall be calcium silicate boards with a density of (800 ± 150) kg/m3 and a thickness of (12 ± 3) mm. The dimensions of the backing boards shall be: a) for the short wing: (at least 570 + thickness of the specimen) mm
(1 500 ± 5) mm; b) for the long wing: (1 000 + air gap ± 5) mm
(1 500 ± 5) mm. On the short wing, the backing board is wider than the specimen. The additional width shall extend at one side only. For specimens mounted with an air gap, the width of the backing board for the long wing should be increased by an amount equal to the size of the air gap. 4.4.11 Removable panel parts, to allow for additional airflow behind both specimen wings panels 22 and 25 in Figure E.20 shall be replaced by half panels, covering only the upper half of the space covered by panels 22 and 25.
The panel shall only be removed under the conditions given in 5.2.2, a). 4.5 Smoke exhaust system 4.5.1 Under test conditions, the smoke exhaust shall be capable of continuously extracting a volume flow, normalized to 298 K, of 0,50 m3/s to 0,65 m3/s. 4.5.2 The exhaust duct shall have two side ducts (circular tubes of inner diameter 45 mm) horizontally perpendicular to and at the height of the longitudinal axis of the exhaust duct (see Figures E.32 and E.33). 4.5.3 The two possible configurations of the extraction duct are given in Figure E.1. The trolley opening in the test room is at the topside in the configuration drawings. The orientation of the duct may deviate from Figure E.1 if proof is provided that this does not change the airflow over the specimen. Removal of the 180° bend in the extraction duct and replacement of the bi-directional pressure probe are acceptable, provided that it is proved that the uncertainty in flow measurement is equal or better. NOTE 1 Due to changes in heat output, some exhaust systems (especially those provided with local fans) can need manual or automatic readjustment during tests, to meet the requirement given in 4.5.1. NOTE 2 The duct should be cleaned at intervals to avoid excessive accumulation of soot. 4.6 General measurement section equipment
NOTE See Figures E.28 to E.35. 4.6.1 Three thermocouples, all of the K-type in accordance with EN 60584-1:1995, diameter 0,5 mm, sheathed and insulated.
The position of the tips shall be at a radius of (87
5) mm from the axis and with 120 mutual angular distance. 4.6.2 Bi-directional probe, connected to a pressure transducer with a range of at least 0 Pa to 100 Pa, and an accuracy of
2 Pa.
The pressure transducer output shall have a 90 % response time of 1 s or better. 4.6.3 Gas sampling probe, connected to a gas conditioning unit and gas analysers for O2 and CO2. SIST EN 13823:2011

(2 900
100) K. The lamp shall be supplied with stabilized direct current, stable within
0,5 % (including temperature, short-term and long-term stability). b) Lens system, to align the light to a parallel beam with a diameter of at least 20 mm. The photocell aperture shall be placed at the focus of the lens in front of it and it shall have a diameter, d, chosen with regard to the focal length of the lens, f, so that d/f is less than 0,04. c) Detector, with a spectrally distributed responsivity agreeing with the CIE, V()-function (the CIE photopic curves) to an accuracy of at least
5 %. The detector output shall, over an output range of at least two decades, be linear within 3 % of the measured transmission value or 1 % of the absolute transmission. For the calibration of the light attenuation system, see C.1.6. The 90 % response time of the system shall be not more than 3 s. To prevent smoke being trapped in the side ducts and the deposition of soot on the optics, air shall be introduced into the side ducts either by self-suction or pressurized airflow. If pressurised airflow is used, the flow rate shall be no more than 5 l/min. 4.7 Other general equipment 4.7.1 Thermocouple, of the K-type in accordance with EN 60584-1:1995, diameter (2
1) mm, installed on the outer wall of the testing room within 0,20 m of the trolley opening and less than 0,20 m above the floor, for measuring the ambient temperature of the air flow into the test room. 4.7.2 Equipment for measuring the ambient pressure, having an accuracy of
200 Pa (2 mbar). 4.7.3 Equipment for measuring the relative ambient air humidity, having an accuracy of ± 5 % within the range 20 % to 80 %. 4.7.4 Data acquisition system (used to record the data automatically) having an accuracy equal to or better than 100 ppm (0,01 %) for O2 and CO2, 0,5 °C for the temperature measurements, 0,01 % of full scale instrument output for all other instruments and 0,1 s for time.
The data acquisition system shall record and store the following quantities every 3 s (information on a data file format is given in Annex F): a) time, in seconds; b) mass flow of propane gas through the burner, in milligrams per second; c) pressure difference from the bi-directional probe, in pascals; SIST EN 13823:2011

(1 500 ± 5) mm; b) long wing: (1 000 ± 5) mm
(1 500 ± 5) mm. NOTE If additional products are used to construct the specimen (in accordance with 5.3.2), the given dimensions refer to the total specimen dimensions. 5.1.2 Specimens with a thickness of more than 200 mm shall be reduced to a thickness of
200mm by cutting away the unexposed surface, unless otherwise specified in the product specification. 5.1.3 Two horizontal lines shall be drawn on the front side of the long wing near the edge of the specimen farthest from the corner, to allow for observation of lateral flame spread reaching the edge between a height of (500
3) mm and (1 000
3) mm above the bottom edge of the specimen. Each line width shall be a maximum of 3 mm. 5.2 Mounting of specimen 5.2.1 Mounting as in end use application When products are tested, mounted as in their end use application, the test results are valid only for that application. 5.2.2 Standard mounting When products are tested using a standard mounting, the test results are valid for that end use application and can be valid for a wider range of end use applications. The standard mounting used and its range of validity shall be in accordance with the relevant product specifications, and the following: a) Boards that are free standing in their end use application shall be tested free standing at a distance of at least 80 mm from the backing board. Boards that have in the end use application a ventilated cavity behind it shall be tested with a cavity of at least 40 mm width. For these two types of boards the sides of the cavity farthest away from the corner shall be open, the panels in accordance with 4.4.11 shall be removed and the cavities behind both specimen wings shall be in open connection. For other types of boards the sides of the cavity farthest away from the corner SIST EN 13823:2011

and substrate thickness;
2) the substrate for the long wing shall be identical to the lateral and vertical dimensions of
the specimen.
h) Non-flat products shall be tested in such a way that not more than 30 % of a representative area of 250 mm by 250 mm of the exposed surface area is more than 10 mm behind the vertical plane through the rear side of the U-profile. Non-flat products may be reshaped and/or may partly extend over the U-profile to the side of the burner to fulfil this requirement. A product shall not extend over the burner (i.e. maximum extension over the U-profile is 40 mm).
i) If a product is not normally produced in a size large enough to provide one single test specimen for each specimen side, a special specimen shall be prepared as follows:
Installation of full size products should be started at the bottom of the corner joint between both
wings. The specimen shall then be constructed from full size pieces of the product radiating
outwards from this bottom corner so that the cut pieces are located at the edges of the specimen
walls. Where the horizontal and/or vertical joint, in accordance with 5.2.2, e), is present in the test specimen, the positioning of the joints shall always prevail. The area of the parts of the long wing formed as a consequence of the horizontal and/or vertical joints shall be filled with full size products starting at the bottom corner, and again, with full size
pieces, at the corner between the horizontal and vertical joints.
NOTE 2 Products are mounted for testing against the rear side of the U-profile (see 5.3.1). A mounted, totally flat product is therefore positioned in the vertical plane against the rear of the U-profile. Since the position of the surface influences the heat received from the burner flames, the major parts of a non-flat product should not be far behind the vertical plane through the rear side of the U-profile. NOTE 3 Figure 2 is an example of an arrangement of the specimen and backing board. SIST EN 13823:2011

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1 backing boards 2 L-profile 3 air gap 4 joints 5 specimen wings
6 burner 7 U-profiles
Figure 2 ² Example of corner configuration 5.3 Installation of the specimen wings in the trolley 5.3.1 The specimen wings shall be placed in the trolley as follows. a) The short wing specimen and backing board are placed on the trolley, with the extending part of the backing board at the main (primary) burner side and the bottom edge of the specimen against the short U-profile on the trolley floor. b) The long wing specimen and backing board are placed on the trolley, with the side edge of the backing board against the extending backing board of the short wing and the bottom edge of the specimen against the long U-profile on the trolley floor. c) Both wings shall be clamped at the top and the bottom. d) To ensure that the corner joint within the backing boards does not widen during the test, a metallic L-profile, length 1 500 mm, shall be placed against the reverse side edge of the corner formed between the two wings. Connect the L-profile to the backing boards using fixings at a maximum of 250 mm centres. SIST EN 13823:2011
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