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BS 5410-2:2018 Code of practice for liquid fuel firing - Non-domestic installations, 2018
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Work undertaken in connection with liquid fuelled installations
- 5 Classification of fuels
- 6 Application of liquid fuel firing burners [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Choosing liquid fuel burning equipment
- 6.3 Appliances
- Table 1 — Recommended maximum turn-down ratios for different types of boilers
- 6.4 Warm air heaters
- 7 Design and construction of accommodation for liquid fuelled installations [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Classification of buildings
- 7.3 Accommodation for boilers
- Table 2 — Construction, and fire resistance (in hours), of boiler room enclosures, doors and windows in “large buildings” and places of public entertainment or assembly
- Table 3 — Construction, and fire resistance (in hours), of boiler room enclosures, doors and windows in all buildings other than “large buildings” and places of public entertainment or assembly
- Table 4 — Examples of types of construction for the recommended periods of fire resistance given in Table 2 and Table 3
- 7.4 Ventilation and supply of combustion air
- Table 5 — Minimum air vent free-area for room-sealed boilers installed in an enclosure
- 7.5 Boiler installation
- Table 6 — Safety valve sizes (open vented systems only)
- Table 7 — Feed and expansion pipe sizes
- Table 8 — Open safety vent pipe sizes
- 7.6 Warm air heater installations
- 8 Liquid fuel storage systems [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Liquid fuel tank construction
- Table 9 — Types of liquid fuel tank and locations for which they are suitable
- 8.2 Capacity
- 8.3 Selection of tanks
- 8.4 Contents and gauging
- 8.5 Heating for liquid fuel storage tanks
- Table 10 — Minimum tank, outflow and handling temperatures for liquid fuels
- 8.6 Service tanks
- 8.7 Rooftop tanks
- 8.8 Environmental precautions
- 8.9 Filtration systems
- 8.10 Fill pipes and connections
- 8.11 Vent pipes
- 8.12 Drainage and de-sludging facility
- 8.13 Multiple tanks with return connections
- 9 Positioning and protection for liquid fuel storage and service tanks [Go to Page]
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Above ground tanks
- 9.3 Tanks buried in the ground
- 9.4 Tanks within, on or over a building
- Table 11 — Construction and fire resistance of tank chamber enclosures and the doors and openings therein in large buildings and places of public entertainment or assembly
- Table 12 — Construction and fire resistance of tank chamber enclosures and the doors and openings therein in all buildings other than large buildings and places of public entertainment or assembly
- 9.5 Secondary containment systems
- 9.6 Siting of tank chambers within buildings
- 9.7 Ventilation of tank chambers
- 9.8 Automatic fire-extinguishing installations
- 9.9 Lighting and electrical equipment in tank chambers
- 10 Installation of liquid fuel storage tanks [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Installation
- 10.3 Painting and cleaning of steel tanks on site
- 11 Liquid fuel handling system from storage tank to burner [Go to Page]
- 11.1 General
- 11.2 Fuel supply systems
- 11.3 Heated liquid fuel systems
- 11.4 Fire valve systems and their installation
- 11.5 Rooftop systems
- 11.6 Size of liquid fuel pipelines
- 11.7 Materials and construction and erection of liquid fuel pipelines
- 11.8 Testing of the pipework installation
- 11.9 Painting and identification
- 12 Storage of kerosene at non-domestic buildings
- 13 Chimney and flue systems [Go to Page]
- 13.1 Height of chimneys
- 13.2 Number of chimneys or flues
- 13.3 Chimney cross‑sectional area
- 13.4 Chimney exit
- 13.5 Internal surfaces of flues
- 13.6 Types of construction
- 13.7 Lightning conductors
- 13.8 Clean‑out access
- 13.9 Connecting flues
- 13.10 Dampers, draught control and combustion excess‑pressure relief devices
- 13.11 Induced‑draught fans
- 13.12 Balanced flues
- 14 Electrical equipment [Go to Page]
- 14.1 General
- 14.2 Wiring
- 14.3 Electrical isolation of boilers
- 14.4 Electrical enclosures, components and cabling
- 15 Instrumentation [Go to Page]
- 15.1 General
- 15.2 Essential instrumentation
- 15.3 Other instrumentation
- 16 Commissioning, performance tests and handover [Go to Page]
- 16.1 Commissioning arrangements
- 16.2 Precommissioning procedure
- 16.3 Commissioning procedure
- 16.4 Performance tests
- 16.5 Handover
- 17 Maintenance [Go to Page]
- 17.1 General
- 17.2 Supplier’s and/or installer’s responsibility
- 17.3 User’s responsibility
- 18 Maintenance personnel’s responsibilities
- 19 Safety provisions [Go to Page]
- 19.1 Liquid fuel handling system
- 19.2 Housekeeping
- 19.3 Protection against combustion explosions
- 19.4 Fire precautions
- 20 Biofuels [Go to Page]
- 20.1 General
- 20.2 Liquid fuel burners
- 20.3 Liquid fuel supply system
- 20.4 Liquid fuel storage
- 20.5 Servicing and inspection
- Annex A (normative) Choice of class of liquid fuel
- Annex B (normative) Selection of burners
- Bibliography [Go to Page]
