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【英文标准名称】:StandardTestMethodforSmokeObscurationofInsulatingMaterialsContainedinElectricalorOpticalFiberCablesWhenBurninginaVerticalCableTrayConfiguration
【原文标准名称】:电缆或光缆的绝缘材料在立式电缆槽结构中燃烧时的烟昏暗度的标准试验方法
【标准号】:ASTMD5424-2010
【标准状态】:现行
【国别】:美国
【发布日期】:2010
【实施或试行日期】:
【发布单位】:美国材料与试验协会(US-ASTM)
【起草单位】:D09.21
【标准类型】:(TestMethod)
【标准水平】:()
【中文主题词】:
【英文主题词】:cable;cabletray;carbondioxide;carbonmonoxide;char;electricalcable;fire;fire-testresponse;flame;heatrelease;heatreleaserate;ignition;opticaldensity;opticalfibercable;oxygenconsumptioncalorimetry;smokeobscuration;
【摘要】:Thistestmethodprovidesameanstomeasureavarietyoffire-test-responsecharacteristicsassociatedwithsmokeobscurationandresultingfromburningtheelectricalinsulatingmaterialscontainedinelectricaloropticalfibercables.Thespecimensareallowedtoburnfreelyunderwellventilatedconditionsafterignitionbymeansofapropanegasburner.Smokeobscurationquantifiesthevisibilityinfires.Thistestmethodisalsosuitableformeasuringtherateofheatreleaseasanoptionalmeasurement.Therateofheatreleaseoftenservesasanindicationoftheintensityofthefiregenerated.Otheroptionalfire-test-responsecharacteristicsthataremeasurablebythistestmethodareusefultomakedecisionsonfiresafety.Themostimportantgaseouscomponentsofsmokearethecarbonoxides,presentinallfires.Theyaremajorindicatorsofthetoxicityoftheatmosphereandofthecompletenessofcombustionandareoftenusedaspartoffirehazardassessmentcalculationsandtoimprovetheaccuracyofheatreleasemeasurements.Othertoxicgases,whicharespecifictocertainmaterials,arelesscrucialfordeterminingcombustioncompleteness.TestLimitations:Thefire-test-responsecharacteristicsmeasuredinthistestmethodarearepresentationofthemannerinwhichthespecimenstestedbehaveundercertainspecificconditions.Donotassumetheyarerepresentativeofagenericfireperformanceofthematerialstestedwhenmadeintocablesoftheconstructionunderconsideration.Inparticular,itisunlikelythatthistestmethodisanadequaterepresentationofthefirebehaviorofcablesinconfinedspaces,withoutabundantcirculationofair.Thisisanintermediate-scaletest,andthepredictabilityofitsresultstolargescalefireshasnotbeendetermined.Someinformationexiststosuggestthatithasbeenvalidatedagainstsomelarge-scalescenarios.1.1Thisisafire-test-responsestandard.1.2Thistestmethodprovidesameanstomeasurethesmokeobscurationresultingfromburningelectricalinsulatingmaterialscontainedinelectricaloropticalfibercableswhenthecablespecimens,excludingaccessories,aresubjectedtoaspecifiedflamingignitionsourceandburnfreelyunderwellventilatedconditions.1.3Thistestmethodprovidestwodifferentprotocolsforexposingthematerials,whenmadeintocablespecimens,toanignitionsource(approximately20kW),fora20mintestduration.Useittodeterminetheflamepropagationandsmokereleasecharacteristicsofthematerialscontainedinsingleandmulticonductorelectricaloropticalfibercablesdesignedforuseincabletrays.1.4Thistestmethoddoesnotprovideinformationonthefireperformanceofelectricaloropticalfibercablesinfireconditionsotherthantheonesspecificallyusedinthistestmethodnordoesitmeasurethecontributionofthecablestoadevelopingfirecondition.1.5Datadescribingtheburningbehaviorfromignitiontotheendofthetestareobtained.1.6Theproductionoflightobscuringsmokeismeasured.1.7Theburningbehaviorisdocumentedvisually,byphotographicorvideorecordings,orboth.1.8Thetestequipmentissuitableformakingother,optional,measurements,includingtherateofheatreleaseoftheburningspecimen,byanoxygenconsumptiontechniqueandweightloss.1.9Anothersetofoptionalmeasurementsaretheconcentrationsofcertaintoxicgasspeciesinthecombustiongases.1.10ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.(See