Standards Development

Scope

This document is applicable to oil stoves. These appliances have one or more vaporizing burners and a nominal heating capacity of not more than 15 kW and are equipped either with a draught regulator or a combustion air limiter.

The intended use of the appliances is space heating in residential buildings.

This document is also applicable to appliances with fan assisted vaporizing burners.

According to the type of fuels used in the country of destination, the appliances are supplied for use with either:

— fuel oil with a maximum kinematic viscosity of 6,0 mm2/s at 20 °C;

— or kerosene with a flash point of not less than 40 °C.This document is not applicable for:

— built-in appliances;

— appliances equipped with an atomizing burner;

— appliances incorporating a boiler or connected to a water system.

This document specifies procedures for assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) of characteristics of flued oil stoves with vaporizing burners.