NFPA 274-2018 Standard Test Method to Evaluate Fire Performance Characteristics of Pipe Insulation (Effective Date 11 30 2017).pdf

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32、 Method to Evaluate Fire Performance Characteristics of Pipe Insulation 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 274, Standard Test Method to Evaluate Fire Performance Characteristics of Pipe Insulation, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Tests. It was issued by the Standards Council on Novemb

33、er 10, 2017, with an effective date of November 30, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 274 was approved as an American National Standard on November 30, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 274 NFPA 274, Test Method to Evaluate Fire Performance Characteristics of Pipe I

34、nsulation, was developed by the Technical Committee on Fire Tests to ll the need for a standard method of determining the re performance of pipe insulation materials. Other codes and standards have identied the issue of the installation of such materials in air-handling plenums. Although NFPA 274 do

35、es not prescribe pass/ fail criteria, suggested acceptance criteria are provided in Annex B for consideration by the other referencing codes and standards. The 2009 edition included a new requirement for a quantiable determination of the presence of ames at the top of the exhaust chase using thermoc

36、ouples. The 2013 edition is a reconrmation of the previous edition. The 2018 edition includes updates to the latest referenced codes and standards.TEST METHOD TO EVALUATE FIRE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PIPE INSULATION 274-2 2018 Edition Technical Committee on Fire Tests Barry L. Badders, Jr., C

37、hair Intertek Testing Services, TX RT Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL M James A. Burns, New York State Department, NY E Rep. Firemens Association of the State of New York Karen C Carpenter, Southwest Research Institute, TX RT Gordon H. Damant, Inter-City Testing & Consulting

38、 Corp. of California, CA SE Rick D. Davis, National Institute of Standards & Technology, MD RT Scott E. Dillon, Crane Engineering, MN SE William E. Fitch, P, FL SE Richard G. Gann, Gaithersburg, MD SE Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International, CA SE Paul A. Hough, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., PA

39、M William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Sergei V. Levchik, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP), NY M Rep. ACC-North American Flame Retardant Alliance James Andrew Lynch, The Fire Solutions Group, PA SE John Martell, Professional Fire Fighters of Maine/IAFF, ME L Rep. International Association

40、 of Fire Fighters Rodney A. McPhee, Canadian Wood Council, Canada M Kathleen A. Newman, Firetect, CA M Arthur J. Parker, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE Michael L. Savage, Sr., City of Rio Rancho, NM E Michael Schmeida, Gypsum Association, OH M David T. Sheppard, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Exp

41、losives, MD RT Dwayne E. Sloan, UL LLC, NC RT Stanislav I. Stoliarov, University of Maryland, MD SE Kuma Sumathipala, American Wood Council, VA M Dong Zeng, FM Global, MA I Rep. FM Global Alternates Erik H. Anderson, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to William E. Koffel) Jesse J. Beitel, JENSEN

42、HUGHES, MD SE (Alt. to Arthur J. Parker) Richard J. Davis, FM Global, MA I (Alt. to Dong Zeng) Timothy Earl, GBH International, MI SE (Alt. to Marcelo M. Hirschler) Sam W. Francis, American Wood Council, PA M (Alt. to Kuma Sumathipala) Stephen Paul Fuss, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & E

43、xplosives, MD RT (Alt. to David T. Sheppard) Justin A. Geiman, Fire and Risk Alliance LLC, MD SE (Alt. to James Andrew Lynch) Karl Dana Houser, Intertek, PA RT (Alt. to Barry L. Badders, Jr.) Marc L. Janssens, Southwest Research Institute, TX RT (Alt. to Karen C Carpenter) Ineke Van Zeeland, Canadia

44、n Wood Council, Canada M (Alt. to Rodney A. McPhee) Matthew T. Vinci, International Association of Fire Fighters, DC L (Alt. to John Martell) Robert J. Wills, American Iron and Steel Institute, AL M (Alt. to Farid Alfawakhiri) Luke C. Woods, UL LLC, MA RT (Alt. to Dwayne E. Sloan) Joe Ziolkowski, Am

45、erican Furniture Manufacturers Association, NC M (Voting Alternate) Nonvoting Robert H. Barker, American Fiber Manufacturers Association, VA M Rep. American Fiber Manufacturers Association Rohit Khanna, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Andrew

46、 Lock, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, MD C Rep. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Tracy L. Vecchiarelli, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have

47、occurred. A key to classications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary res

48、ponsibility for documents on re testing procedures, for reviewing existing re test standards and recommending appropriate action to NFPA, for recommending the application of and advising on the interpretation of acceptable test standards for re problems of concern to NFPA technical committees and me

49、mbers, and for acting in a liaison capacity between NFPA and the committees of other organizations writing re test standards. This Committee does not cover re tests that are used to evaluate extinguishing agents, devices, or systems.CONTENTS 274-3 2018 Edition Contents Chapter 1 Administration 274 4 1.1 Scope. . 274 4 1.2 Purpose. . 274 4 1.3 Application. 274 4 1.4 Units and Formulas. 274 4 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 274 4 2.1 General. 274