Regulatory documentation and standards

The standard is developed into account the requirements of SP 61.13330.2012. It establishes the requirements to design and perform installation works for insulation structures using insulation products Energomax made of foamed polyolefin plastomer. Energomax^® products are intended for insulation of equipment, pipelines and air ducts of utility networks, ventilation and air conditioning systems, process systems with an insulated surface temperature from – 80 °С to + 105 °С. They are made of the latest polymer and combine the advantages of two of the most common thermal insulation materials:

• durability, strength, frost resistance and low smoke formation of polyethylene;
• flexibility of of flexible elastomeric foam.

It is the Russia's first standard on design of insulating designs for the flexible elastomeric foam. It not only contains a list of the recommended thickness of a insulation layer from the products Energocell^® HT in insulating designs, but also allows to provide at design:

– energy efficiency of designs of insulation;

– increase of level of safety of the operated engineering communications;

– improvements of operational properties and increase of durability of designs of insulation.

One of the main advantages of this standard is that in it in Russia rationing on thermal resistance for the insulation materials applied in floor heating systems is introduced for the first time. And these norms are harmonized with requirements of the European standards EN 1264-4 and DIN 4108-10.

At the same time, STO were included in structure the floor design examples with application of the products Energofloor^® Pipelock and Energofloor^® Tacker, considering existing rules on design of insulating, specifications, requirements of fire safety, environmental protection and modern tendencies in design of heat-insulation of the equipment and pipelines.

In October, 2008, a complete set of assembly drawings series 5.904.9-78.08 for standard insulation constructions «Insulation of the equipment and pipelines with the use of Energoflex^® products» was developed and put into operation by the Engineering company on thermal technical construction «Teploproject» in cooperation with ROLS ISOMARKET company.

This document represents an assembly drawings album for insulation constructions made of polyethylene foam Energoflex^® for engineering systems, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, technological systems located in premises in the open air with the insulated surface temperature from − 40 °С up to + 95 °С, namely:

• pipelines,
• bends,
• tees,
• swages,
• round and rectangular air ducts,
• flanged joints and fittings,
• tanks,
• transition pieces through building constructions.

The album is designed in accordance with SPDS requirements (System of Design Documentation for Construction), SP 61.13330.2012 «Insulation of equipment and pipelines» and STO 59705183-001-2007 «Constructions of insulation with the use of Energoflex^® insulating polyethylene foam products. Engineering and installation». The application of insulating materials Energoflex^® both without a covering layer, and with Energopack^® and Energopack^® ТК covers is considered in the document.

The album of standard drawings is the first document of this kind in Russia created for the effective application of modern insulating materials. Its application considerably simplifies the work for design organizations employees. Having this document a specialist needs only to choose the necessary drawing and to specify its number by the preparation of the design documentation according to GOST 21.405-93 requirements «System of building design documents. Rules of carrying out of working documents of heat insulation of equipment and pipelines». In other words, the document allows to reduce time for the preparation of the design documentation, thus maintaining high accuracy of calculations and observance of the requirements to the engineering design documentation.

In 2007, the Engineering company on thermal technical construction «Teploproject», OJSC, GUP MNIITEP and a group of specialists of ROLS ISOMARKET company developed the first Russian regulatory document for the engineering of insulation with the use of insulating products from polyethylene foam of the famous Russian brand Energoflex^® – STO 59705183-001-2007 «Constructions of heat insulation for the equipment and pipelines with the use of Energoflex^® insulating products. Engineering and installation». This standard became the first official document in Russia establishing the requirements to the engineering and installation insulation constructions from polyethylene foam products and considering the specific character of materials of this type. The document has passed the examination in the Open Joint-stock company «Center for Methodology, Normalization and Standardization in Civil Engineering» (TsNS, OJSC) and is registered by the Technical Committee TK 465 «Building» that confirms its conformity to the existing regulatory system of the Russian Federation.

The standard contains:

• requirements to insulation constructions, Energoflex^® insulating products, Energopack^® covering materials and accessories for the installation Energoflex^® and Energopack^®;
• requirements to the engineering and calculation methods for insulation constructions with examples of the most widespread application cases;
• requirements to the insulation works with the use of Energoflex^® materials.

All requirements are structured by separate sections according to the purpose of an insulated engineering system, for each of which unequivocal designing rules are established. Along with this, the transition from a tough rating of thermal losses to the calculation of a power efficient thickness of a insulating layer is established in the Standard for the first time. The calculation procedure allows to project an insulation construction taking into account operating life, costs of thermal energy, the price of insulating and covering materials (including installation accessories), as well as expenses for the performance of insulation works and a payback of insulation constructions for each specific case. At the same time, tables with effective thicknesses of insulating layers from Energoflex^® material are given in the document for the most widespread cases of application.