4 Regulations and operating conditions
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4.2 Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
and Health & Safety at Work Act
4.2.1 Application area
The Pressure Equipment Directive applies to safety
temperatures > 110 °C, i.e. a boiler equipped with a high
limit safety cut-out for 110 °C is excluded from applying
the Pressure Equipment Directive and from the Health &
Safety at Work Act [Germany].
4.2.2 Boiler classification
The Pressure Equipment Directive has four categories,
graded according to the pressure/volume product.
Depending on their size, the boilers are classified into
these four categories.
4.2.3 Initial and repeat inspections
The revised Health & Safety at Work Act [Germany],
passed on 3 October 2002 and applicable to hot water
and steam boiler systems as of 1 January 2003, specifies
much more demanding requirements, particularly for
category III and category IV boilers.
4.2.4 Boiler category classification according to Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC
z Applicable
– N/A
4.2.5 Health & Safety at Work Act regarding steam and hot water boilers
Reservation with regard to granting permission
(paragraph 13 BetrSichV) [Germany]
Assembly, installation and the operation of category IV
boilers require permission from the relevant authority
[Germany].
Inspection prior to commissioning
(paragraph 14 BetrSichV)
• Boilers in categories I and II can be inspected in situ,
i.e. as part of the system, by a competent person
(master heating system builder).
• Boilers in categories III and IV must be checked by an
authorised supervisory body in situ, i.e. as part of the
system, prior to commissioning.
Repeat inspections (paragraph 15 BetrSichV)
Boilers in category III with a pressure/volume product
p × V greater than 1000 and boilers in category IV must
be inspected on a repeat basis:
• External inspection after no more than a year
• Internal inspection after no more than three years
• Strength tests after no more than nine years
The inspection intervals should be determined by the
system operator based on a technical safety assessment.
4.2.6 Overview of the Health & Safety at Work Act [Germany]
z Required – Not required
Logano Category I Category II Category III p × V > 1000 Category IV
GE315 ––Allz –
GE515 – – All z –
GE615 ––––All
Tab. 8 Boiler category classification according to Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC
Reservation with regard
to granting permission
Paragraph 13
Inspection prior to
commissioning
Paragraph 14
Repeat inspections
Paragraph 15
Category I and II boilers
(up to 200 bar × litres)
– z
1)
–
Category III boilers
(up to 1000 bar × litres)
– z –
Category III boilers
(> 1000 bar × litres)
– z
2)
z
2)
Category IV boilers
(> 3000 bar × litres)
z z
3)
z
3)
Tab. 9 Overview of the Health & Safety at Work Act [Germany]
1) May be carried out by a competent person
2) Logano GE315 and GE615
3) Logano GE615
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