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BS 5918 - SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC HOT WATER - CODE OF PRACTICE
Hardcopy , PDF
01-31-2015
English
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Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General recommendations
5 Site inspections and technical pre-installation surveys
6 Provision of customer information
7 Details of key components
8 Installation
9 Commissioning and documentation
10 Maintenance
11 Performance predictions
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Example primary system layouts
Annex B (normative) - Bacterial growth, and safety in DHW
systems
Annex C (informative) - Worked example - Expansion vessel
sizing
Annex D (informative) - Troubleshooting
Annex E (informative) - Characteristics of an average UK DHW
usage profile
Annex F (informative) - Nominal amounts of DHW supplied by
point-of-use appliances that are usually not available
for solar pre-heating
Annex G (informative) - Example sizing of collector active area
Annex H (informative) - Methods for calculating loss of irradiation
due to shading obstacles
Annex I (informative)
Annex J (normative) - Minimum wall thickness for high temperature
EPDM based rubber insulation
Bibliography
BS 5918
| Committee |
RHE/25/-/1
|
| DocumentType |
Draft
|
| Pages |
67
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
|
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