BS EN 88:1991
Superseded
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Pressure governors for gas appliances for inlet pressures up to 200 mbar
Hardcopy , PDF
12-31-2007
English
11-29-1991
Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
1. General
1.1 Object and field of application
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Classification
1.5 Measuring ratio
2. Construction requirements
2.1 General
2.2 Materials
2.3 Connections
2.4 Seals for glands for moving parts
2.5 Pressure test nipples
3. Performance requirements
3.1 General
3.2 Putting the governor out of action
3.3 External leak-tightness
3.4 Torsion and bending
3.5 Durability
3.6 Governor performance
3.7 text deleted
3.8 Durability of performance
3.9 Lock-up pressure
4. Test methods
4.1 General
4.2 Putting the governor out of action
4.3 External leak-tightness
4.4 Torsion and bending
4.5 Durability
4.6 Governor performance
4.7 text deleted
4.8 Durability of performance
4.9 Lock-up pressure
5. Marking, installation and operating instructions
5.1 Marking
5.2 Installation, operating and servicing instructions
5.3 Warning notice
Annexes
A. Characteristics of combustible gases
B. Typical governors and governor parts
C. Use of ISO 7-1: 1982 and ISO 228-1: 1982 threads
for gas connections
D. Leak-tightness test - volumetric method
E. Leak-tightness test - pressure loss method
F. Conversion of pressure loss into leakage rate
G. Summary of requirements and test conditions
Tables
1. Connection sizes
2. Maximum external leakage rates
3. Torque and bending moment
4. Gas pressure at inlet to the governor
5. Outlet pressure variation from the outlet setting
pressure
6. Sequence of testing
7. Tightening torque for flange bolts to ISO 7005-2:
1988
Figures
1. Arrangement for torsion test
2. Arrangement for bending test
3. Paint scratch test apparatus
4. Governor performance test rig
5. Graph of performance using inlet pressure variation
6. Graph of performance using flow rate variation
7. Types of constant pressure governor (diagrammatic)
8. Apparatus for testing leak-tightness (volumetric
method)
9. Apparatus for testing leak-tightness (pressure loss
method)
Requirements and methods of test for pressure governors for use with gas appliances for nominal size up to and including DN 50. Does not cover governors connected directly to mains pipework or for installation out of doors and exposed to the environment.
Committee |
GSE/22
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DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 77/73411 DC and BS 6448-1(1987) (09/2005)
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DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
34
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PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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Status |
Superseded
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SupersededBy | |
Supersedes |
Standards | Relationship |
UNI EN 88 : 1993 AMD 1 1997 | Identical |
NS EN 88 : 1991 AMD 1 1996 | Identical |
I.S. EN 88:1992 | Identical |
NEN EN 88 : 1992 AMD 1 1996 | Identical |
EN 88:1991/A1:1996 | Identical |
SN EN 88 : 1997 AMD 1 1997 | Identical |
NF EN 88 : 91 AMD 1 96 | Identical |
DIN EN 88:1996-08 | Identical |
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