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The EN 1886 European standard specifies the mechanical performance testing methods and requirements for air handling units. It addresses casing strength, air leakage from the casing, filter bypass leakage, thermal transmittance and bridging of the casing, and acoustic insulation. For each performance parameter, the standard defines the test method and provides classification diagrams or tables to evaluate performance.

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EN1886

The EN 1886 European standard specifies the mechanical performance testing methods and requirements for air handling units. It addresses casing strength, air leakage from the casing, filter bypass leakage, thermal transmittance and bridging of the casing, and acoustic insulation. For each performance parameter, the standard defines the test method and provides classification diagrams or tables to evaluate performance.

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EN1886-The European standard for Air Handling

Units Mechanical Performance


The EN 1886 is the European standard that specifies the mechanical performance of an air
handling unit as a whole, specifying test methods, test requirements and classifications.

The mechanical performance includes:

- Mechanical strength of the casing


- Casing air leakage
- Filter bypass leakage
- Thermal transmittance (of the casing)
- Thermal bridging (of the casing)
- Acoustic insulation

Mechanical strength of the casing


The mechanical strength of the casing is indeed the strength of the structural construction of an
AHU.
The classification of this parameter is based on the deflection of the panels and frames of the air
handling unit.
During the tests the unit is subjected to an internal positive of 1000 Pa and then to an internal
negative pressure of 1000 Pa, in both cases deflections shall be measured.
Then the unit is subjected to higher pressures, in order to withstand the max. fan pressure without
permanent deflection (is considered permanent deflection for values >2mm), to an internal
positive of 2500 Pa and then to an internal negative pressure of 2500 Pa. Once again all the
deflections shall be measured.

EN 1886: Casing Strength - Classification Diagram

EN 1886: Casing Strength - Classification Table

Casing air leakage


This is a key parameter to understand for one hand if all the energy consumption used in the fan is
used to generate the exactly airflow of the operation set-point, and on the other hand to
understand if we have infiltration of non-handling air inside the AHU. From an Indoor Air Quality
(IAQ) point of view, this parameter is a critical point when the last section of the AHU, on the supply
air side, is not a filter because there is a high risk to mix filtered air with non-filtered air (from the
leakage) and supply that air into the building.

The casing air leakage tests must be performed after the mechanical strength test. It begins by
subjecting the unit to an internal negative pressure of 400 Pa, measuring the leakage rate through
the casing. Then the same procedure is repeated but now subjecting the unit to an internal positive
pressure of 700 Pa, and leakage rate shall be measured.

EN 1886 - Air Leakage +700Pa - Classification Diagram

EN 1886 Casing Air Leakage Classifications at Positive Pressure

EN 1886 - Air Leakage -400Pa - Classification Diagram

EN 1886 Casing Air Leakage Classifications at Negative Pressure

Filter bypass leakage


This performance parameter give us a clear idea if all the airflow through the filters will be in fact
filtered.
Filter bypass leakage will decrease the effective efficiency of the filter because the bypass air is not
filtered. This point is specially important for building with high IAQ demands, for example hospitals
and laboratories.

In the filter bypass leakage test, the unit is subjected to an internal positive and negative pressure
of 400 Pa.

EN 1886 - Filter bypass - Classification Diagram

EN 1886 Filter Bypass Leakage Classifications

Thermal transmittance
The thermal transmittance of the casing lets know about the grade of thermal insulation of the
AHU, this give us an idea of the thermal loses between the interior and the exterior of an AHU.
The thermal transmittance U (W/m2·K) must be obtained when the temperature difference is under
stady conditions, between the internal and external of the unit, of 20 K. The surface used to
calculate the value of U must correspond to the external surface of the casing (without the base
frame and roof e.g. integral part of weatherproof units).

EN 1886 - Thermal Transmittance - Classification Diagram

EN 1886 Thermal Transmittance Classifications

Thermal bridging of the casing


This parameter is crutial to understand the thermal loses beteween the interior and exterior of an
AHU in critical locations such as connections of sections, between structural profiles and doors,
casing corners, etc.
The test is performed in conditions when the difference in average temperature between the
interior and exterior temperatures is steady at 20 K. The point at the highest temperature on the
outer surface of the casing shall be measured. The ratio between the difference between the
interior average air temperature and the maximum external surface temperature and the average
temperature difference between the air on the interior and exterior of the unit determines the
thermal bridge factor.

kb = Δtmin / Δtair
Where:
Δtmin: is the smallest temperature difference, Δtmin= ti - tsmax
Δtair: Temperature difference between the interior and exterior air, Δtair= ti - ta
ti: average air temperature on the interior of the unit
ta: average air temperature on the exterior of the unit
tsmax: maximum temperature on the exterior surface of the unit

EN 1886 - Thermal Bridge - Classification Diagram


EN 1886 Thermal Bridging Factor Classifications

Acoustic insulation
The acoustic insulation performance allow to understand the level of acoustic insulation of the
casing, or by other words, the sound insertion loss of the AHU casing.
Inside the "box" (casing), a sound source shall be mounted in two successive positions. The octave
sound pressure level shall be measured for both positions in a distance of 1400 mm from the
outside surface of the box. The sound pressure level shall be measured in the octave bands from
125 Hz to 8 kHz.
The mean sound pressure level of the sound source with casing shall be determined by an
arithmetic mean of the two measurements for each octave band.
Then the sound pressure level of the sound source without the "box" shall be determined for each
octave band.
Sound insertion loss for each octave band is given by the difference between the mean sound
pressure level of the sound source and the mean sound pressure level of the "box" containing the
sound source (averaged for the two sound positions).

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