Analyzing the Different Uses of the European Building Fire Safety Standard EN 13501-1 for Various Levels

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EN ******1 as an export to the European market must be a fire test, is currently the most common fire test standard, and EN ******1 for the application of this standard product range is also required, specific reference can be as follows:
This standard applies to three types of building products (specific content will be introduced in the standard) :
building products, other than floor coverings and tubular insulation materials;
floor covering material;
Tubular insulation.
 
In addition to the range of products, there are also different levels for different products, different levels to meet the needs of diverse buildings, suppliers can purchase corresponding flame retardant levels of different products according to their own needs. EN ******1 classifies fire protection into seven categories: A1, A2, B, C, D, E and F.
 
This fine grading can meet the fire protection needs of different types of buildings.
For places such as hospitals, data centers and other places with high fire protection requirements, A1 or A2 grade materials can be used, which have excellent flame retardant properties and can effectively prevent the spread of fire in the early stage of the fire.
For some ordinary residential buildings or auxiliary building Spaces with relatively low fire protection requirements, lower grades such as B-E materials, if they can be used reasonably, can also meet the basic safety requirements while taking into account cost and other performance requirements.
 
Note: Building designers and engineers can easily select materials suitable for a specific building site based on a grading system. For example, in key areas such as the evacuation channel of the building, in order to ensure that personnel can be safely evacuated in the event of A fire, Class A materials can be used to ensure that the flame will not spread quickly; For the non-load-bearing internal partition wall of the building, B-C grade materials can be considered according to the actual situation. The grading system provides clear guidelines for material selection and helps optimize building fire protection design solutions.
 
Items required by the standard:
Heat of combustion: The heat energy generated by the combustion of a unit mass of a substance, expressed in J/kg.
Gross heat of combustion (PCS): The heat value of the material when the combustion is over and all the water produced has condensed.
Gross heat of combustion (PCI): The heat value of the material when the combustion is over and all the water produced has turned into a vapor state.
Heat release: The heat energy released by the combustion of the specimen under the specified test conditions.
Flame spread: The vertical flame spread (Fs) refers to the highest point reached by the flame tip. The horizontal flame spread refers to the farthest end to which the sustained flame extends.
Sustained flaming: There is a minimum period of flame on the surface of the specimen.
Critical heat flux at extinguishment (CHF): The heat flux corresponding to the position on the surface of the specimen where the flame stops propagating and extinguishes (kW/m2).