European foreword

This document (EN 676:2020+AC:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 131 “Gas burners using fans”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2020 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2023.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 676:2003+A2:2008.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are an integral part of this document.

This document includes the corrigendum EN 676:2020/AC:2022 issued by CEN on 9 November 2022, which corrects Formulae (8), (9) and (11).

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum is indicated in the text by tags .

Compared to EN 676:2003 and its amendments A1 and A2 the following fundamental changes have been made:

a) based on ISO 22967 where different to EN 676 such as:
1. 1) update of definitions;
2. 2) test rig < 2,4 MW and > 2,4 MW;
3. 3) electrical interfaces for burners;
b) modification:
1. 4) replacement of EN 50156‑1 by EN 60204‑1 to include international available requirements for the electrical safety of machines; see Annex L with editorial allocation in Annex K;
2. 5) Annex J is adapted to the new EN ISO 12100 which is substituting EN 292 which is currently referenced to in Table J.1;
3. 6) normative formulation of Annex A 'Combustion characteristics';
c) new functions / requirements:
1. 7) remote reset;
2. 8) environmental aspects (environmental checklist);
3. 9) increase of burner efficiency;
4. 10) terminology for burner load control;
5. 11) implementing new requirements to comply with the 2013/813 (ErP);
6. 12) requiring of a risk assessment as required by EU Directives 2014/35/EU for LVD and EU Regulation 2016/426 for GAR.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkïye and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 676:2020

Forced draught burners for gaseous fuels

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2022