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Superseded

BS 5918 - SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS FOR DOMESTIC HOT WATER - CODE OF PRACTICE

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-01-2015

Language(s)

English

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
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
Annex A (informative) - Example primary system layouts
Annex B (informative) - Calculation of loads
Annex C (normative) - Bacterial growth, and safety in
        DHW systems
Annex D (informative) - Worked example - Expansion
        vessel sizing
Annex E (informative) - Troubleshooting
Annex F (informative) - Characteristics of an average UK
        DHW usage profile
Annex G (informative) - Nominal amounts of DHW supplied
        by point-of-use appliances that are usually
        not available for solar pre-heating
Annex H (informative) - Example sizing of collector active
        area
Annex I (informative) - Manual methods for calculating
        loss of irradiation due to shading obstacles
Bibliography

BS 5918.

Committee	RHE/25
DocumentType	Draft
Pages	65
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded

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