BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12952-8:2002Water-tubeboilersandauxiliaryinstallations—Part8:RequirementsforfiringsystemsforliquidandgaseousfuelsfortheboilerTheEuropeanStandardEN12952-8:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS27.040NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuAug2310:11:54GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12952-8:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon13June2002©BSI13June2002ISBN0580398609NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12952-8:2002.WhenthereferencetothisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities(OJ),compliancewithitwillconferapresumptionofconformitywiththeessentialrequirementscoveredbythestandardinrespectofthePressureEquipmentDirective.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/2,Water-tubeboilers,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersofthispublicationareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to26,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuAug2310:11:54GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12952-8May2002ICS27.040EnglishversionWater-tubeboilersandauxiliaryinstallations-Part8:RequirementsforfiringsystemsforliquidandgaseousfuelsfortheboilerChaudièresàtubesd'eauetinstallationsauxiliaires-Partie8:ExigencespourleséquipementsdechauffepourcombustiblesgazeuxetliquidesdelachaudièreWasserrohrkesselundAnlagenkomponenten-Teil8:AnforderungenanFeuerungsanlagenfürflüssigeundgasförmigefürdenKesselThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon15May2002.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN12952-8:2002ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,ThuAug2310:11:54GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN12952-8:2002(E)2ContentsPageForeword......................................................................................................................................................................31Scope..............................................................................................................................................................51.1Firingsystems................................................................................................................................................51.2Fuels................................................................................................................................................................51.3Operation........................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences....................................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions.............................................................