BS EN 12953-1 2002

BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12953-1:2002Shellboilers—Part1:GeneralTheEuropeanStandardEN12953-1:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS27.060.30;27.100NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:07:25GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12953-1:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon14June2002©BSI14June2002ISBN0580398536NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12953-1:2002.ItpartiallysupersedesBS2790:1992whichwillbewithdrawnonpublicationofBSEN12953Parts1,2,3,4,5,6,8and9.WhenthereferencetothisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities(OJ),compliancewithitwillconferapresumptionofconformitywiththeessentialrequirementscoveredbythestandardinrespectofthePressureEquipmentDirective.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/16,Shellboilers,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersofthispublicationareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to23andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:07:25GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12953-1May2002ICS27.060.30;27.100EnglishversionShellboilers-Part1:GeneralChaudièresàtubesdefumée-Partie1:GénéralitésGroßwasserraumkessel-Teil1:AllgemeinesThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon14March2002.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.EN12953-1:2002ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,TueMay1511:07:25GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN12953-1:2002(E)ContentspageForeword................................................31Scope...............................................41.1General..............................................41.2Boilerplants...........................................41.3Exclusions............................................72Normativereferences...................................83Termsanddefinitions...................................84Symbolsandabbreviations...............................105Responsibilities........................................145.1Responsibilityofthepurchaser.............................145.2Responsibilityofthemanufacturer...........................145.3Responsibleauthority....................................156Interpretations.........................................157Design/typeappraisalofpressureparts.....................15AnnexA(informative)Informationtobesuppliedbythepurchasertothemanufacturer..........................................16AnnexB(informative)Guidanceintheuseoftheconformityassessmentprocedures............................................18AnnexZA(informative)ClausesofthisEuropeanStandardaddressingessentialsafetyrequirementsorotherprovisionsofthePressureEquipmentDirective.....................................22Bibliography............................................232LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechno