BS 5410-2:1978

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Code
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. References
Section two. Oil fuels
3. Types of petroleum oil fuels
4. Typical characteristics of petroleum oil fuels
Section three. Application of oil burners
5. General
6. Choice of grade of oil fuel
7. Boilers
8. Warm air heaters
Section four. Methods of combustion air supply and of
draught production and control
9. Combustion air supply
10. Induced draught and forced draught
11. Conversions from solid fuel to oil firing
Section five. Selection of burners
12. General
13. Types of burner
14. Types of burner control
15. Choosing oil burner equipment: factors to consider
16. Application of burner types
Section six. Oil tanks and equipment
17. Construction
18. Capacity
19. Choice of number and type of tanks
20. Design and test conditions
21. Measurement of contents of oil storage tanks
22. Precautions against overfilling
23. Filling pipes and connections
24. Vent pipes
25. Drain valves
26. Multiple storage tanks with return line connections
27. Installation of oil storage tanks
28. Painting and cleaning
29. Heating for oil tanks containing classes E, F, G
     and H fuels
30. Service tanks
31. Roof-top tanks
32. Fire precautions
Section seven. Oil handling systems from storage tank
to burner
33. General
34. Distillate oil fuel systems (classes C2 and D fuels)
35. Heated oil fuel systems (classes E, F, G and H)
36. Roof-top systems
37. Size of oil pipelines
38. Materials and erection of oil pipelines
39. Testing
40. Painting and identification
Section eight. Design and construction of accommodation
for oil fired installations
41. Introduction
42. Classification of buildings
43. Accommodation for boilers
44. Warm air heater installations
45. Accommodation for oil storage and service tanks
Section nine. Chimney and flue systems
46. Definitions
47. Chimneys
48. Flue ducts
49. Dampers, draught control and combustion excess
     pressure-relief devices
50. Induced-draught fans
Section ten. Electrical equipment
51. General
52. Wiring
53. Motors and motor control gear
Section eleven. Instrumentation
54. General
55. Essential instrumentation
56. Other instrumentation
Section twelve. Commissioning, performance tests and
handover
57. Commissioning arrangements
58. Precommissioning procedure
59. Commissioning procedure
60. Performance tests
61. Handover
Section thirteen. Maintenance
62. General
63. Supplier's and/or installer's responsibility
64. User's responsibility
Section fourteen. Safety provisions
65. General
66. Oil handling system
67. Fire valve system
68. Housekeeping
69. Protection against combustion explosions
70. Fire prevention
Tables
1. Specification data for petroleum oil fuels as
     given in BS 2869: 1970
2. Typical characteristics of petroleum oil fuels
3. Minimum tank, outflow and handling temperature
     for petroleum oil fuels
4. Fire resistance: recommended types of construction
     for boiler room enclosures, doors and windows in
     'large buildings' and places of public entertain-
     ment or assembly
5. Fire resistance: recommended types of construction
     for boiler room enclosures, doors and windows in
     all buildings other than 'large buildings' and
     places of public entertainment or assembly
6. Examples of types of construction for the
     recommended standards of fire resistance given
     in tables 4 and 5
7. Fire resistance: recommended types of construction
     for tank chamber enclosures and the doors and
     openings therein in 'large buildings' and places
     of public entertainment or assembly
8. Fire resistance: recommended types of construction
     for tank chamber enclosures and the doors and
     openings therein in all buildings other than
     'large buildings' and places of public
     entertainment or assembly

Deals with the provision of new - or modernizing of existing - oil burning systems for petroleum oil fuel as applied to boiler and warm air heater plants and associated oil tanks. Does not apply to marine installations or flueless heaters.