British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the development and maintenance of national standards for liquid fuel burning equipment and the UK input to the work of CEN/TC 46 Fireplaces for liquid fuels, CEN/TC 131 Forced draught burners for gaseous and liquid fuels and ISO/TC 244 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (10)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
Revision of BS 5410-3:2016	Code of practice for oil firing Part 3: Installations for furnaces, kilns, ovens, oil-fuelled standby generators and other industrial purposes Categories: Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Manufacturing engineering \| Industrial furnaces \| Industrial furnaces. General \| Fuel furnaces \| Petroleum and related technologies \| Fuels. Liquid Proposal begins : 2021-04-21	Proposal
ISO/TC 244 N 303, ISO/NP 4529 -	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment - Secondary steelmaking - Machinery and equipment for treatment of liquid steel Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Manufacturing engineering \| Industrial furnaces \| Industrial furnaces. General \| Energy and heat transfer engineering \| Burners. Boilers \| Burners. Liquid and solid fuel Proposal begins : 2020-02-05	Proposal
CEN/TC 57 N 1159 - Draft Decision 05/2020 Amendment to EN 303-6:2019	Central heating boilers Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Energy and heat transfer engineering \| Burners. Boilers \| Burners. Liquid and solid fuel \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Central heating Proposal begins : 2020-09-01	Proposal
BS ISO 13579-1	BS ISO 13579-1 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Method of measuring energy balance and calculating efficiency. Part 1: General methodology Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 13578	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Safety requirements for machinery and equipment for production of steel by electric arc furnaces Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS ISO 13574	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment -- Vocabulary Categories: Manufacturing engineering \| Industrial furnaces. General Drafting begins : 2021-03-12	Drafting
BS EN ISO 13577-4	BS EN ISO 13577-4 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Safety. Part 4: Protective systems Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS EN ISO 13577-3	BS EN ISO 13577-3 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Safety. Part 3: Generation and use of protective and reactive atmosphere gases Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS EN ISO 13577-2	BS EN ISO 13577-2 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Safety. Part 2: Combustion and fuel handling systems Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
BS 799-5	Oil burning equipment. Part 5: Carbon steel oil storage tanks – Speciﬁcation Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2026-04-09	Drafting

Published (18)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TR 17144:2017	Resistance of metallic materials to liquid biogenic and alternative fuels and their blends Categories: Metal corrosion Published standard begins : 2017-09-28	Published standard
BS ISO 4529:2023	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Secondary steelmaking. Machinery and equipment for treatment of liquid steel Categories: Industrial furnaces. General \| Metallurgy. Equipment Published standard begins : 2023-08-18	Published standard
BS ISO 20431:2023	Heat treatment. Control of quality Categories: Heat treatment Published standard begins : 2023-07-19	Published standard
BS ISO 13579-4:2013	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Method of measuring energy balance and calculating efficiency. Furnaces with protective or reactive atmosphere Categories: Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2013-01-11	Published standard
BS ISO 13579-3:2013	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Method of measuring energy balance and calculating efficiency. Batch-type aluminium melting furnaces Categories: Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2013-01-11	Published standard
BS ISO 13579-2:2013	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Method of measuring energy balance and calculating efficiency. Reheating furnaces for steel Categories: Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2013-01-11	Published standard
BS ISO 13579-11:2017	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Method of measuring energy balance and calculating energy efficiency. Evaluation of various kinds of efficiency Categories: Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2017-09-18	Published standard
BS ISO 13579-1:2013	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Method of measuring energy balance and calculating efficiency. General methodology Categories: Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2013-01-11	Published standard
BS ISO 13577-3:2016	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Safety. Generation and use of protective and reactive atmosphere gases Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2016-09-29	Published standard
BS ISO 13574:2015	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Vocabulary Categories: Manufacturing engineering \| Industrial furnaces. General Published standard begins : 2015-02-18	Published standard

Withdrawn (14)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 13577-4:2014	Industrial furnace and associated processing equipment. Safety. Protective systems Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Withdrawn begins : 2022-08-20	Withdrawn
BS ISO 13577-2:2014	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Safety. Combustion and fuel handling systems Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Withdrawn begins : 2024-01-04	Withdrawn
BS ISO 13577-1:2016	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Safety. General requirements Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Withdrawn begins : 2024-07-26	Withdrawn
BS ISO 13577-1:2012	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment. Safety. General requirements Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Withdrawn begins : 2016-09-26	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 13577-4:2022	Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment.Safety. Protective systems Categories: Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene \| Industrial furnaces. General Withdrawn begins : 2025-12-17	Withdrawn
BS EN 12514:2020	Components for supply systems for consuming units with liquid fuels Categories: Burners. Liquid and solid fuel \| Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment Withdrawn begins : 2021-02-25	Withdrawn
BS EN 12514-2:2000	Installations for oil supply systems for oil burners. Safety requirements and tests. Parts, valves, pipes, filters, oil de-aerators, meters Categories: Burners. Liquid and solid fuel Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-25	Withdrawn
BS EN 12514-1:2000	Installations for oil supply systems for oil burners. Safety requirements and tests. Parts, oil feed pumps, control and safety devices, supply tanks Categories: Burners. Liquid and solid fuel Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-25	Withdrawn
BS 5410-3:2016	Code of practice for oil firing. Installations for furnaces, kilns, ovens, oil-fuelled generators and other industrial purposes Categories: Burners. Liquid and solid fuel Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-24	Withdrawn
BS 5410-2:2013	Code of practice for oil firing. Installations over 45 kW output capacity for space heating, hot water and steam supply services Categories: Burners. Liquid and solid fuel Withdrawn begins : 2018-04-30	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

B/506 Liaison
British Flue and Chimney Manufacturers Association
Combustion Engineering Association
Committee Manager
Environmental Industries Association
Fuel Experts Association
Heating and Hotwater Industry Council
I R M A - Association of Rotomoulders of Ireland
ICOM Industrial & Commercial Heating Equipment Association
Local Authority Building Control
OFTEC
PEIMF Petroleum Equipment Installers and Maintenance Federation
S E P A -Scottish Environment Protection Agency
The Association of Manufacturers of Power generating Systems
UK & Ireland Fuel Distributors Association
UK & Ireland Spill Association (UKEireSpill)

Liaisons with other committees

Individual Capacity - Fuel Dispenser Expert
Individual Capacity - Liquid Fuel Storage Expert
Liaison - EXL/31/1
Liaison - GEL/65/1
Liaison - GSE/22
Liaison - MCE/14
Liaison - PTI/2
Liaison - PVE/15
Liaison - RHE/13/1

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

RHE/13 - Liquid fuel firing

Committee standards activity