For indoor cold and hot water supply installations, as follows: – Class 1 (hot water 60°C) – design temperature relative to service life: 60°C/49 years + 80°C/1 year + 95°C/100 hours. – Class 2 (hot water 70°C) – design temperature relative to service life: 70°C/49 years + 80°C/1 year + 95°C/100 hours. INSTALLATION For PP-R pipes that are not installed buried in protective sleeve (where expansion occurs in the sleeve) and for large diameter pipes, measures must be taken from the design phase to compensate for expansion. PP-R pipes have the expansion coefficient: – PP-R (alpha) = 0.15 mm/m K, – PP-R/FIBER (alpha) = 0.088 mm/m K – PP-R/Al (alpha) = 0.03 mm/m K. For surface installation, it is necessary to fix the installation to prevent uncontrolled pipe displacement. Linear expansion is compensated between two fixed points. Fixed points of the system are positioned near branches, valves or wall penetrations. Fixed points are placed so that expansion forces Pipe length variation as a function of pipe length and temperature variation is calculated using the following formula: (delta)L = (alpha) x (delta)T x L (delta)L = L-Lo (delta)T = T – To where: (delta)L = total pipe length variation [mm] (delta)T = total temperature variation (alpha) = linear expansion coefficient, [mm/m K] T= operating temperature To = installation temperature L = pipe length at temperature T, [m] Lo = pipe length at temperature To, [m] Sliding points must be well fixed to ensure installation alignment, support and axial displacement, preventing vibrations and noise transmission. Calculation of L-type expansion compensator length Where Lb = expansion arm length, [mm] d = pipe outer diameter, [mm] (delta)L = total pipe length variation [mm] C = dimensionless material constant (C = 30 for PP-R) PF: fixed point. PM: sliding point Calculation of U-type expansion compensator The U compensator is the assembly of 2 L-type compensators, whose length is calculated with the above formula and minimum width as follows: Lc = 2 x (delta)L + ms, Lc minimum compensator width. ms – safety width = 150 mm