BS 5514-1:1996

Committees responsible
National foreword
Introduction
Specification
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Symbols
5 Other regulations and additional requirements
6 Standard reference conditions
7 Auxiliaries
8 Declarations of power
9 Declarations of fuel consumption
10 Declarations of lubricating oil consumption
11 Information to be supplied by the customer
12 Information to be supplied by the engine manufacturer
13 Methods of power adjustment and specific fuel consumption
    recalculation
14 Methods of power correction
15 Test methods
16 Test report
Annexes
A (normative) Examples of auxiliaries which may be fitted
B (informative) Tables of determination of water vapour
    pressure, ratios and factors
C (informative) Examples of power adjustment and specific
    fuel consumption recalculation from standard reference
    conditions or substitute reference conditions to site ambient
    conditions
D (informative) Examples of power correction for non-adjusted
    engines (pre-set engines)
E (informative) Example of power adjustment from site ambient
    conditions to test ambient conditions and simulation of site
    ambient conditions for adjusted engines
F (informative) Bibliography

Describes reference conditions and methods of declaring power, fuel consumption, lubricating oil consumption and methods of testing reciprocating internal combustion (RIC) engines for commercial production, which use liquid or gaseous fuels. It includes RIC engines used for land, rail-traction and marine purposes, but does not include those which propel agricultural tractors, road vehicles and aircraft.