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I.S. EN 12065:1998

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INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS - TESTING OF FOAM CONCENTRATES DESIGNED FOR GENERATION OF MEDIUM AND HIGH EXPANSION FOAM AND OF EXTINGUISHING POWDERS USED ON LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS FIRES

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1998

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Description of equipment required for the foam
    concentrate tests
    4.1 Components of the foam production unit
    4.2 Special equipment required to determine the
          foam expansion ratio
    4.3 Special equipment required to determine the
          efficiency of the foam on LNG fires
    4.4 Other equipment required for the foam concentrate
          tests
5 Foam concentrate tests
    5.1 Measurement of foam expansion ratio
    5.2 Evaluation of the efficiency of the foam on
          LNG fires
6 The foam concentrate test report
7 Evaluation of the efficiency of an extinguishing
    powder on a free LNG fire
8 Description of the equipment required to test the
    compatibility between foam and extinguishing powder
    8.1 Components of the foam production unit
    8.2 Equipment required for the application of
          extinguishing powder
    8.3 Special equipment required for the test
    8.4 Other equipment required for the test
9 The test for compatibility between foam and
    extinguishing powder
    9.1 General requirements for performing the test
    9.2 Test procedure
    9.3 Criterion of acceptance of extinguishing powder
10 The test report for the efficiency of the
    extinguishing powder on an LNG fire
    10.1 Test report
    10.2 Extinction test on a free fire
    10.3 Test for compatibility between foam and
          extinguishing powder
Annex A (informative) General recommendations on the design of
         the foam generating equipment required for testing
Annex B (informative) Measuring equipment used to quantify
         foam production
Annex C (normative) Measuring equipment used to determine
         fire conditions
Annex D (normative) Method of calculating the parameters used
         to determine the efficiency of the foam concentrate
Annex E (normative) Special test rig required to test the
         compatibility between foam and extinguishing powder

Defines tests to be carried out in order to assess the suitability of foam concentrates used to produce medium expansion foam (made from foam concentrates conforming to prEN 1568-1), or high expansion foam (made from foam concentrates conforming to prEN 1568-2) and fire extinguishing powder conforming to EN 615, when used alone or in combination on liquefied natural gas (LNG) fires.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
DIN EN 12065:1998-10 Identical
EN 12065:1997 Identical
UNE-EN 12065:1998 Identical
BS EN 12065:1998 Identical
UNI EN 12065 : 1999 Identical

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