prEN 16510-2-9

Scope

This document specifies procedures for assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP). This document is applicable to roomheaters, inset appliances and cookers which can be fired batchwise in fuel baskets for wood pellets (freestanding manually fuelled intermittent burning appliances). This document is applicable to appliances with fully integrated baskets for wood pellets which are integral component of the appliance. If the appliance is to be fired with wood logs or compressed untreated wood (wood briquettes), the configuration of the combustion chamber can be changed according to the instructions. Different fuels cannot be operated at the same time and they can be tested separately according the relevant part of EN 16510-2-x. The intended use of the appliances is space heating in residential buildings and can be cooking (when tested accordingly). These appliances can be supplied either as an assembled appliance or as a predesigned unit consisting of prefabricated components designed to be built on site in accordance with the specified assembly instructions. They only operate with the firedoors closed. This document is not applicable to: - mechanically fed appliances; - appliances with fan assisted combustion air; - appliances with boiler.