prEN 15004-3

Fixed firefighting systems - Gas extinguishing systems - Part 3: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HCFC Blend A extinguishant

This document gives specific requirements for gaseous fire-extinguishing systems, with respect to the
HCFC Blend A extinguishant. It includes details of physical properties, specification, usage and safety aspects and is applicable to systems operating at nominal pressures of 25 bar and 42 bar with nitrogen propellant. This does not preclude the use of other systems.

Ortsfeste Brandbekämpfungsanlagen - Löschanlagen mit gasförmigen Löschmitteln - Teil 3: Physikalische Eigenschaften und Anlagenauslegung für Feuerlöschmittel HCFC/A

Installations fixes de lutte contre l’incendie - Installations d’extinction à gaz - Partie 3: Propriétés physiques et conception des systèmes pour agent extincteur HCFC, mélange A

Vgrajeni gasilni sistemi - Sistemi za gašenje s plinom - 3. del: Fizikalne lastnosti in načrtovanje sistema za gašenje s plinom za gasilo HCFC, mešanica A

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 04-Oct-2016
• Withdrawal Date: 04-Apr-2017
• ICS: 13.220.20 - Fire protection
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 191 - Fixed firefighting systems
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 191/WG 6 - Gas extinguishing Systems and components
• Current Stage: 4098 - Decision to abandon - Enquiry
• Completion Date: 08-Jan-2016
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 15004-3:2015 - Fixed firefighting systems - Gas extinguishing systems - Part 3: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HCFC Blend A extinguishant

Relations

• Revises: EN 15004-3:2008 - Fixed firefighting systems - Gas extinguishing systems - Part 3: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HCFC Blend A extinguishant (ISO 14520-6:2006, modified)
• Effective Date: 18-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Fixed firefighting systems - Gas extinguishing systems - Part 3: Physical properties and
system design of gas extinguishing systems for HCFC Blend A extinguishant
Ortsfeste Brandbekämpfungsanlagen - Löschanlagen mit gasförmigen Löschmitteln -
Teil 3: Physikalische Eigenschaften und Anlagenauslegung für Feuerlöschmittel HCFC/A
Installations fixes de lutte contre l’incendie - Installations d’extinction à gaz - Partie 3:
Propriétés physiques et conception des systèmes pour agent extincteur HCFC, mélange
A
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15004-3
ICS:
13.220.20 3RåDUQD]DãþLWD Fire protection
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2014
ICS 13.220.20 Will supersede EN 15004-3:2008
English Version
Fixed firefighting systems - Gas extinguishing systems - Part 3:
Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing
systems for HCFC Blend A extinguishant
Installations fixes de lutte contre l'incendie - Installations Ortsfeste Brandbekämpfungsanlagen - Löschanlagen mit
d'extinction à gaz - Partie 3: Propriétés physiques et gasförmigen Löschmitteln - Teil 3: Physikalische
conception des systèmes pour agent extincteur HCFC, Eigenschaften und Anlagenauslegung für Feuerlöschmittel
mélange A HCFC/A
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Contents
Page
Foreword .3
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Terms and definitions .4
4 Characteristics and uses .4
4.1 General .4
4.2 Use of HCFC Blend A systems .5
5 Safety of personnel.5
6 System design .6
6.1 Fill density .6
6.2 Superpressurization .6
6.3 Extinguishant quantity .6
7 Environmental properties . 11

Foreword
This document (prEN 15004-3:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 191 “Fixed
firefighting systems”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 15004-3:2008.
EN 15004 consists of the following parts, under the general title Fixed firefighting systems – Gas extinguishing
systems:
 Part 1: Design, installation and maintenance”
 Part 2: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for FK-5-1-12
extinguishant”
 Part 3: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HCFC Blend A
extinguishant”
 Part 4: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HFC 125
extinguishant”
 Part 6: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for HFC 23
extinguishant”
 Part 7: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-01 extinguishant “
 Part 8: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-100 extinguishant”
 Part 9: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-55 extinguishant”
 Part 10: Physical properties and system design of gas extinguishing systems for IG-541
extinguishant”
1 Scope
1.1 This part of ISO 14520 contains specific requirements for gaseous fire-extinguishing systems, with
respect to the HCFC Blend A extinguishant. It includes details of physical properties, specification, usage and
safety aspects.
1.2 This part of ISO 14520 covers systems operating at nominal pressures of 25 bar or 42 bar,
superpressurized with nitrogen. This does not preclude the use of other systems.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 15004-1, Gaseous fire-extinguishing systems — Physical properties and system design — Part 1: General
requirements.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this part of EN 15004, the terms and definitions given in EN 15004-1 apply.
4 Characteristics and uses
4.1 General
Extinguishant HCFC Blend A shall comply with the specification shown in Table 1, and its components with
the tolerances specified in Table 2.
HCFC Blend A is a colourless, electrically non-conductive gas with a citrus-like odour, with a density
approximately three times that of air.
The physical properties are shown in Table 3.
HCFC Blend A extinguishes fires mainly by physical means but also by some chemical means.
Table 1 — Specification for HCFC Blend A
Property Requirement
Purity 99,6 % by mass, min.
–4
Acidity 3 × 10 % by mass (3ppm), max.
–4
Water content 10 × 10 % by mass (10ppm), max.
Non-volatile residue 0,01 % by mass, max.
Suspended matter or sediment None visible
Table 2 — HCFC Blend A component specification
Component Tolerance (by mass)
CHCl CF
± 0,5 %
2 3
CHClF
± 0,8 %
CHClFCF ± 0,9 %
C H
± 0,5 %
10 16
Table 3 — Physical properties of HCFC Blend A
Property Units Value
Molecular mass — 92,9
Boiling point at 1,013 bar (absolute) –38,3
°C
Freezing point < –107,2
°C
Critical temperature 125
°C
Critical pressure bar abs 66,50
Critical volume cm /mol 170
Critical density kg/m 580
Vapour pressure 20 °C bar abs 8,25
Liquid density 20 °C kg/m 1 200
Saturated vapour density 20 °C kg/m 31
Specific volume of superheated m /kg 0,259
vapour at 1,013 bar and 20 °C
Component Percentage
CHCl CF 4,75 %
2 3
82 %
CHClF
Chemical formulae
9,5 %
CHClFCF
3,75 %
C H
10 16
4.2 Use of HCFC Blend A systems
HCFC Blend A total flooding systems may be used for extinguishing fires of all classes within the limits
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