EN 1568-4:2008

Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids

This document specifies requirements for chemical and physical properties, and minimum performance requirements of low expansion foams suitable for surface application to water-miscible liquids. Requirements are also given for marking.
IMPORTANT — In this part of the document, the fire performance is tested using acetone and isopropanol as the fuel, which also forms the basis for the performance classification. However, there are a large number of water-miscible liquids, which have more or less different properties to acetone and isopropanol. It has been shown by tests using other fuels that the performance of various foams can differ considerably. Examples of such fuel is Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK). It is therefore essential that the user checks for any unfavourable or unacceptable loss of efficiency when the foam is used against fires in any other water-miscible fuels than acetone and isopropanol resepectively. The fire test conditions and procedure given in J.2 can be used in order to achieve results comparative with acetone and isopropanol resepectively and related requirements.
It is also essential for the user to note, that other fuel depths and methods of application than those specified in I.2, can cause considerable loss of efficiency and these matters should be carefully considered by the user when assessing the suitability for particular applications.
NOTE   Some concentrates conforming to this part of EN 1568 can also conforms to other parts and therefore can also be suitable for application as medium and/or high expansion foams.

Feuerlöschmittel - Schaummittel - Teil 4: Anforderungen an Schaummittel zur Erzeugung von Schwerschaum zum Aufgeben auf polare (mit Wasser mischbare) Flüssigkeiten

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an chemische und physikalische Eigenschaften und Mindestanforderungen
an die Leistungsfähigkeit von Schwerschäumen fest, die für die Aufgabe auf mit Wasser
mischbare, brennbare Flüssigkeiten geeignet sind. Anforderungen an die Kennzeichnung sind ebenfalls
festgelegt.
WICHTIG - In diesem Teil der Europäischen Norm wird die Löschwirksamkeit mit Aceton und
Isopropanol als Brennstoffe geprüft, die ebenfalls auch als Grundlage für die Einteilung in
Löschleistungsstufen verwendet werden. Es gibt jedoch eine große Anzahl von wassermischbaren
(polaren) Flüssigkeiten, die gegenüber Azeton bzw. Isopropanol mehr oder weniger unterschiedliche
Eigenschaften aufweisen. Es wurde bei Prüfungen unter Verwendung anderer Brennstoffe
nachgewiesen, dass verschiedene Schaummittel in ihrer Löschleistung beträchtlich abweichen
können. Beispiel für einen solchen Brennstoff ist Methyl-Ethyl-Keton (MEK). Es ist daher von
Bedeutung, dass der Anwender beim Einsatz von Schaum gegen Brände mit jedem anderen
wassermischbaren (polaren) Brennstoff als Azeton bzw. Isopropanol diese auf unvorteilhaften oder
unannehmbaren Wirksamkeitsverlust überprüft. Es können die in J.2 angegebenen Bedingungen und
Verfahren der Brandprüfung angewendet werden, um Ergebnisse zu erreichen, die mit Azeton bzw.
Isopropanol und zugehörigen Anforderungen vergleichbar sind.
Es ist für den Anwender auch von Bedeutung, dass er beachtet, dass andere, von I.2 abweichende,
Brennstofftiefen und Aufgabeverfahren einen beträchtlichen Wirkungsverlust verursachen können, und diese
Faktoren sollten vom Anwender sorgfältig beachtet werden, wenn er die Eignung für eine besondere Aufgabe
bewertet.
ANMERKUNG Einige diesem Teil von EN 1568 entsprechende Schaummittel können auch mit den anderen Teilen
übereinstimmen und deshalb für die Anwendung als Mittel- und/oder Leichtschäume geeignet sein.

Agents extincteurs - Emulseurs - Partie 4: Spécifications pour les émulseurs bas foisonnement destinés à une application à la surface de liquides ayant une affinité pour l'eau

La présente Norme européenne spécifie les prescriptions en matière de propriétés chimiques, physiques et de performances minimales des émulseurs bas foisonnement convenant à une application à la surface des liquides ayant une affinité pour l'eau. Des prescriptions concernant les marquages sont également fournies.
IMPORTANT — Dans cette partie de la norme européenne, les performances au feu sont contrôlées en utilisant de l'acétone comme combustible, ce qui constitue également la base de la classification des performances. Il existe toutefois un grand nombre de liquide ayant une affinité avec l'eau dont les propriétés sont plus ou moins différentes de celles de l'acétone. Des essais effectués avec d'autres combustibles ont également permis de démontrer que les performances des diverses mousses pouvaient varier de façon considérable. L'alcool isopropylique et la méthyléthylcétone (MEK) sont des exemples de ces combustibles. Il est donc essentiel que l'utilisateur vérifie que la mousse ne présente pas une perte d'efficacité défavorable ou inacceptable lorsqu'elle est employée pour des feux impliquant des combustibles autres que l'acétone ayant une affinité avec l'eau. Les conditions d'essai au feu et le mode opératoire donnés en J.2 peuvent être utilisés pour obtenir des résultats comparatifs avec l'acétone et les prescriptions correspondantes. D'autres combustibles peuvent également nécessiter l'utilisation d'autres taux d'application, supérieurs ou inférieurs, afin d'obtenir des données d'essais correctes. D'autres bacs à feu pourraient alors être utilisés mais la quantité de combustible devrait être modifiée afin d'obtenir la même hauteur de combustible comme spécifié en J.2.

Gasila - Penila - 4. del: Specifikacija za penila za težko peno za površinsko uporabo pri tekočinah, topnih v vodi

Ta dokument določa zahteve za kemične in fizične lastnosti in minimalne zahteve za zmogljivost težkih pen, primernih za površinsko uporabo pri tekočinah, topnih v vodi. Podane so tudi zahteve za označevanje. Prav tako je za uporabnika pomembno, da upošteva, da lahko druge intenzivnosti goriv, ki niso določene v točki I.2, povzročijo znatno zmanjšanje učinkovitosti. Uporabnik mora te zadeve pozorno upoštevati, ko presoja o primernosti posameznih naprav.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 04-Mar-2008
• Withdrawal Date: 27-Feb-2018
• ICS: 13.220.10 - Fire-fighting
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 191 - Fixed firefighting systems
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 191/WG 3 - Fire extinguishing media - Foam
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 28-Feb-2018
• Directive: 305/2011 - Regulation (eu) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 march 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing council directive 89/106/eec
• Directive: 89/106/EEC - Construction products
• Ref Project: SIST EN 1568-4:2008 - Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids

Relations

• Replaces: EN 1568-4:2000 - Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Replaced By: EN 1568-4:2018 - Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids
• Effective Date: 07-Mar-2018
• Corrected By: EN 1568-4:2008/AC:2010 - Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquids
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Fire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4: Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-miscible liquidsAgents extincteurs - Emulseurs - Partie 4 : Spécification pour les émulseurs bas foisonnement destinés a une application a la surface des liquides ayant une affinité pour l'eauFeuerlöschmittel - Schaummittel - Teil 4: Anforderungen an Schaummittel zur Erzeugung von Schwerschaum zum Aufgeben auf polare Flüssigkeiten13.220.10Gašenje požaraFire-fightingICS:SIST EN 1568-4:2008en,fr,deTa slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 1568-4:200801-julij-2008SIST EN 1568-4:2008SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHE NORMEN 1568-4March 2008ICS 13.220.10Supersedes EN 1568-4:2000
English VersionFire extinguishing media - Foam concentrates - Part 4:Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surfaceapplication to water-miscible liquidsAgents extincteurs - Emulseurs - Partie 4: Spécificationspour les émulseurs bas foisonnement destinés à uneapplication à la surface des liquides ayant une affinité pourl'eauFeuerlöschmittel - Schaummittel - Teil 4: Anforderungen anSchaummittel zur Erzeugung von Schwerschaum zumAufgeben auf polare (mit Wasser mischbare) FlüssigkeitenThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 January 2008.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36
B-1050 Brussels© 2008 CENAll rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 1568-4:2008: E

Grades of foam concentrate.12 Annex B (normative)
Preliminary sampling of foam concentrates.13 Annex C (normative)
Determination of percentage sediment.14 Annex D (normative)
Determination of Viscosity for pseudo-plastic foam concentrates.15 Annex E (normative)
Temperature conditioning of foam concentrates.17 Annex F (normative)
Determination of surface tension and spreading coefficient.20 Annex G (normative)
Determination of expansion and drainage time.21 Annex H (normative)
Determination of test fire performance.26 Annex I (informative)
Small scale fire test.30 Annex J (informative)
Description of a radiation measurement method.40 Annex K (informative)
A-Deviations.44 Bibliography.46

Part 1: Specifications for halon 1211 and halon 1301 (ISO 7201-1:1989) EN 27201-2, Fire protection — Fire extinguishing media — Halogenated hydrocarbons —
Part 2: Code of practice for safe handling and transfer procedures (ISO 7201-2:1991) EN 615, Fire protection — Fire extinguishing media — Specification for powders (other than Class D powders)
This standard is Part 4 of EN 1568 which has the general title "Fire extinguishing media — Foam concentrates". The other parts are:  Part 1 — Specification for medium expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-immiscible liquids.  Part 2 — Specification for high expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-immiscible liquids.  Part 3 — Specification for low expansion foam concentrates for surface application to water-immiscible liquids. As fire fighting foams are chemical agents or chemical preparations EC Directives 1967/548/EEC, 1999/45/EEC, Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) and 2006/60/EEC apply and should be taken into account. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

It is also essential for the user to note, that other fuel depths and methods of application than those specified in I.2, can cause considerable loss of efficiency and these matters should be carefully considered by the user when assessing the suitability for particular applications. NOTE Some concentrates conforming to this part of EN 1568 can also conforms to other parts and therefore can also be suitable for application as medium and/or high expansion foams. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN ISO 3104, Petroleum products — Transparent and opaque liquids — Determination of kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (ISO 3104:1994) EN ISO 3219, Plastics - Polymers/resins in the liquid state or as emulsions or dispersions - Determination of viscosity using a rotational viscometer with defined shear rate (ISO 3219:1993) EN ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods (ISO 3696:1987) ISO 304, Surface active agents — Determination of surface tension by drawing up liquid films ISO 3310-1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 1: Test sieves of metal wire cloth 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 25 %/50 % drainage time time taken for 25 %/50 % of the volume of the original foam solution to drain out of the generated foam

expansion value expansion ratio ratio of the volume of foam to the volume of the foam solution from which it was made 3.3 low expansion foam foam which has an expansion ratio less than 20 3.4 medium expansion foam foam which has an expansion ratio greater than or equal to 20 but less than 200 3.5 high expansion foam foam which has an expansion ratio greater than or equal to 200 3.6 fire-fighting foam aggregate of air filled bubbles formed from a foam solution used for fire fighting 3.7 foam concentrate liquid which is diluted with water to produce foam solution NOTE Annex A gives information on grades of foam concentrate. 3.8 foam solution solution of foam concentrate in water 3.9 gentle application application (of foam from the test nozzle) indirectly to the surface of the fuel from a backboard NOTE This definition of gentle application relates to the fire test procedures used in EN 1568-3 and 4. In practice fire-fighting systems foam can also be applied gently by fixed foam pourers or by indirect application via a tank wall or other surface. 3.10 sediment insoluble particles in the foam concentrate 3.11 spreading coefficient value which indicates the ability of one liquid to spread spontaneously across the surface of another 3.12 Newtonian foam concentrates foam concentrates which have a viscosity which is independent of the shear rate 3.13 pseudo-plastic foam concentrates foam concentrates which have a viscosity which decreases with increasing shear rate 3.14
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