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BS 1566-1:2002+A1:2011

BS 1566-1:2002+A1:2011

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Copper indirect cylinders for domestic purposes – Open vented copper cylinders. Requirements and test methods

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This part of BS 1566 specifies requirements for open vented, vertically mounted copper cylinders for the storage of hot water where the water is either heated indirectly by primary (boiler) water circulating in an integral primary heater and/or directly via either an external heat source or an electric immersion heater fitted inside the cylinder.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 BRITISH STANDARD
2 Committees responsible for this British Standard
3 Contents
5 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 cylinder
3.2 hot water capacity
3.3 metal thickness before forming
3.4 model range
3.5 nominal storage capacity
3.6 primary heater
3.7 primary water
6 3.8 reheat performance
3.9 reheat time
3.10 stored water
4 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
5 Grades and types of cylinders
7 Table 1- Dimensional requirements for all cylinders
8 Table 2 – Types of open vented copper cylinder for the storage of hot water
6 Materials
6.1 Cylinder shells
6.2 Tubing for primary heaters
6.3 Connections
6.4 Filler rods
7 Height, diameter and metal thickness before forming
7.1 General
7.2 Type G cylinders
7.3 Type P cylinders
7.4 Type D cylinders
9 Table 3 – Additional dimensional requirements of type G cylinders
10 8 Connections
8.1 General
8.2 Secondary feed (cold water inlet)
8.3 Hot water draw off connection
8.4 Primary flow and primary return connections
8.5 Secondary return connection
8.6 Drain connection
8.7 Immersion heater connection
9 Tolerances
11 10 Manufacture
10.1 Cylinder construction
10.2 Primary heater construction
Table 4 – Ball diameter for testing of type G cylinders
11 Corrosion resistance
12 12 Standing heat loss of cylinders supplied with factory applied insulation
13 Nominal storage capacity
14 Hot water capacity
15 Reheat time
16 Production testing
16.1 Internal pressure testing of primary heaters
16.2 Internal pressure testing of complete cylinders
13 17 Designation of open vented copper cylinders for ordering purposes
17.1 Double feed indirectly heated cylinders
17.2 Directly heated cylinders
18 Marking
18.1 Permanent marking
14 18.2 Other marking
15 Annex A (normative)
Type testing of cylinders
A.1 General
Table A.1 – Requirements for type testing of cylinders
A.2 Apparatus
A.2.1 Primary heat source
A.2.2 Circulator
A.2.3 Flow meters
A.2.4 Primary by pass arrangement
A.2.5 Cold feed cistern
A.2.6 Outlet valve
A.2.7 Flow control valves
A.2.8 Two pressure gauges
A.2.9 Temperature sensors
16 A.2.10 Weighing machine
A.2.11 Cylinder support
A.2.12 Cylinder under test
A.3 Procedure
A.3.1 Nominal storage capacity
A.3.2 Hot water performance
17 A.1 – Apparatus
18 A.4 Calculation of results
A.4.1 Hot water capacity
A.4.2 Reheat performance
Annex B (normative)
Standing heat loss measurement of hot water cylinders
B.1 General
B.2 Apparatus
B.2.1 Cylinder support
B.2.2 Cylinder under test
B.2.3 Temperature sensors
19 B.3 Procedure
B.3.1 Set up the apparatus as shown in
B.3.2 Fill the cylinder with cold water until it flows from the vent/overflow pipe, then disconnect the…
B.3.3 Switch on the immersion heater and adjust the temperature control to give a temperature reading a…
B.3.4 After a stabilization period of at least 24 h, confirmed by consistent temperature readings, reco…
B.3.5 Record subsequent meter readings at 24 h intervals and determine the energy consumption
B.3.6 For each 24 h period calculate and record the mean ambient temperature
B.3.7 Continue the procedure until the standing heat loss is withinļæ½2ļæ½% for at least two successiveļæ½24ļæ½…
20 Figure B.1 – Apparatus
21 B.4 Calculation of results

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