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BS 799-3:1981

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Oil burning equipment Automatic and semi-automatic atomizing burners up to 36 litres per hour

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1981

Superseded date

05-02-2020

Superseded by

BS EN 267:2020

£142.00
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Summarise this standard

Cooperating organizations
Foreword
Section 1 - General
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
Section 2 - Operation of oil burner
4 Oil feed and cut-off
5 Preparation of oil for burning
6 Ignition
7 Air supply
8 Control system for causing burner shut-down
Section 3 - Materials and components
9 Materials
10 Oil filters
11 Oil pumps
12 Valves
13 Oil pressure gauges
14 Painting and identification
15 Electrical equipment
16 Operating instructions
17 Marking
Publications referred to

Requirements for materials from which all component parts of the oil burning equipment shall be constructed, and deals with such points of component design and plant layout as are fundamental to the proper functioning of such equipment.

Committee
RHE/13
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 79/76768 DC (10/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2008. (10/2008)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

This Part of BS 799 specifies requirements for materials from which all component parts of the oil burning equipment shall be constructed, and also deals with such points of component design and plant layout as are fundamental to the proper functioning of such equipment.

The range of equipment includes:

  1. automatic and semi-automatic oil burners of the monobloc type as defined in Part 6 of this standard;
  2. dual fuel gas/oil burners when using fuel oil. NOTE See Appendix A of BS 5885:1980.

The standard is applicable to burners with firing rates up to 36 litres per hour that are suitable for either class C2 or class D fuels (see BS 2869) or both, as stated by the manufacturer.

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