Objective A recent Round Robin Test supported by the BCR Programme of a domestic gas boiler has shown that the present reproducibility of European laboratories is about 4.5% (absolute value) on efficiency measurements. The application of the Council directive 92/42/EEC on efficiency requirements for new hot water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels may therefore lead to a serious conflict between the certification authorities, the manufacturers, and the laboratories for the attribution of stars for every 3% (absolute value) of efficiency. The objective of the project is the improvement of the currently applied test methods including the development and validation of a new concept of boiler testing to ensure a fair and realistic assessment of boiler efficiencies with a reproducibility of less than 2.5%. The concept will take into account the energy of electric contributions to the heat balance and will include methods for the calculation of accuracies associated with the testing. The results of the projects will be made available to CEN. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP3-MAT - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of measurements and testing, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator DANISH GAS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE A/S Address 5a,dr. neergaardsvej 5a naturgassens hus 2970 Hoersholm Denmark See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES AERAULIQUES ET THERMIQUES France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 27-29 Villeurbanne See on map Gastec NV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 50,wilmersdorf 7327 AC Apeldoorn See on map
