BS 8660-1:2011 PDF

1   Scope This part of BS 8660 specifies requirements for the selection, installation, inspection, commissioning, servicing and maintenance of room-sealed gas-fired Stirling engine micro- cogeneration appliances and their protection devices designed to operate in parallel with public low-voltage distribution networks.

NOTE 1 Sometimes micro- cogeneration appliances are referred to as small-scale embedded generators (SSEG), e.g. in Engineering Recommendation G83/1/1.

NOTE 2 A room-sealed appliance is designated as Type C in PD CEN/TR 1749.

The term “micro- cogeneration appliance” refers to equipment that:

• is rated up to and including 16 A per phase, single or multiphase 230/400 V a.c.;

• has a total rated heat input not exceeding 70 kW, based on net calorific value;

• utilizes 1st, 2nd or 3rd family gases and is designed to operate in the condensing mode for the heating of domestic dwellings , including domestic dwellings in commercial premises, by the circulation of heated water in open or closed systems;

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