EN 15599-1 Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations — Insitu thermal insulation formed from expanded perlite (EP) products Part 1: Specification for bonded and loosefill products before installation

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the requirements for expanded perlite products which are used for the thermal insulation of building equipment and industrial installations with an operating temperature in the range
of approximately –270 ºC to +650 ºC.

This European Standard specifies the requirements for the four types of expanded perlite products Perlite Aggregate (EPA), Coated Perlite (EPC), Hydrophobic Perlite (EPH) and Premixed Perlite (EPM), containing
less than 1 % by mass organic material as determined by Annex C.

This European Standard is a specification for the insulation products before installation.

This European Standard describes the product characteristics and includes procedures for testing, evaluation of conformity, marking and labelling.
This European Standard does not specify the required level of a given property to be achieved by a product to demonstrate fitness for purpose in a particular application. The levels required for a given application are to be
found in regulations or non-conflicting standards.

This European Standard does not cover factory made insulation products of formed shapes and boards made with expanded perlite, and does not cover products intended to be used for the insulation of buildings.
The products covered by this standard are not intended to be used primarily for airborne sound insulation or sound absorption applications although they may improve the performance of the installation in these respects
when installed for their primary insulation intended use.

2 Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 932-1, Tests for general properties of aggregates — Part 1: Methods for sampling
EN 932-2, Tests for general properties of aggregates — Part 2: Methods for reducing laboratory samples
EN 933-1, Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates — Part 1: Determination of particle size distribution — Sieving method
EN 993-14, Methods of test for dense shaped refractory products — Part 14: Determination of thermal conductivity by the hot-wire (cross-array) method
EN 1097-3, Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates — Part 3: Determination of loose bulk density and voids
EN 12086, Thermal insulating products for building applications — Determination of water vapour transmission properties
EN 12667, Thermal performance of building materials and products — Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods — Products of high and medium thermal resistance
EN 13055-1, Lightweight aggregates — Part 1: Lightweight aggregates for concrete, mortar and grout
EN 13055-2, Lightweight aggregates — Part 2: Lightweight aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments and for unbound and bound applications
EN 13172, Thermal insulating products — Evaluation of conformity
EN 13820, Thermal insulating materials for building applications — Determination of organic content
EN 14706, Thermal insulating products for building equipment and industrial installations — Determination of maximum service temperature
EN ISO 13787, Thermal insulation products for building equipment and industrial installations — Determination of declared thermal conductivity (ISO 13787:2003)