What is BS EN 1366-10-Smoke control dampers about?
BS EN 1366 discusses fire resistance tests for service installations. BS EN 1366-10 is the tenth part of the BS EN 1366 multi-series and discusses smoke control dampers. BS EN 1366-10 specifies test methods for smoke control dampers to assess their performance under elevated temperature or fire conditions.
Smoke control damper tests are required to confirm that the furnace testing requirements of EN 12101-8 are met and EN 12101-8 needs to be considered before carrying out these tests. Smoke control damper tests are required to confirm that the furnace testing requirements of EN 12101-8 are met and EN 12101-8 needs to be considered before carrying out these tests.
Smoke control dampers tested to BS EN 1366 should be classified using EN 13501-4 and BS EN 1366 needs to be considered before carrying out these tests. To this end BS EN 1366 needs to be read in conjunction with EN 12101-8, EN 13501-4, EN 1366-2, and EN 1363-1, the latter giving further details for fire resistance testing.
Who is BS EN 1366-10-Smoke control dampers for?
BS EN 1366-10 on fire resistance tests for service installations (smoke control dampers) is useful for:
- Fire dampers manufactures
- Health and safety bodies
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 1366-10-Smoke control dampers?
When smoke and heat exhaust ventilation is being considered, it becomes apparent that a clear path needs to be made between the area where heat and smoke are being generated (the fire) and the outside of the building. To create this path there need to be ducts and the smoke extract path needs to remain uninterrupted.
This means that smoke control dampers at the fire and along the path must be open and remain open. Smoke control dampers at branches, or on the surface of the duct, along the path need to be closed and remain closed. In fact, if the duct crosses a compartment boundary it becomes part of the fire compartment in which the fire started.
BS EN 1366-10 provides you test methods to evaluate the abilities of smoke control dampers to: Be applicable to single compartment and/or multi-compartment fire-resisting applications.
Be applicable to automatic systems or systems with manual intervention.
Change state from closed to open at elevated temperatures, and vice versa.
Once opened maintain a defined cross-sectional area at elevated temperature.
Maintain a satisfactory leakage performance when subjected to negative pressure at elevated temperatures.
Performance of these tests in BS EN 1366-10 helps to allow products to comply with EN 12101-8 and be classified to EN 13501-4. The required temperatures, pressure differentials, etc. are stated in EN 12101-8. Completing the tests within BS EN 1366-10 does not ensure full compliance with EN 12101-8, as other, additional, requirements are defined in EN 12101-8. Some of these may be required to meet the classification requirements of EN 13501-4 as well.
