ISO 22968:2010 specifies the terminology, test procedures and general requirements for the construction and operation of automatic forced draught oil burners supplied with a fuel having a viscosity at the burner inlet of 1,6 mm 2 /s (cSt) to 6 mm 2 /s (cSt) at 20 °C or higher, boiling petroleum in accordance with ISO 8217-based first raffinates, and the provision of related control and safety devices.
It is applicable to the following:
a) automatic oil burners (hereinafter called “burners”) fitted with a combustion air fan and equipped as described in Clause 5, intended for use in appliances of different types and operated with fuel oils;
b) single burners with a single combustion chamber, for which, where such burners are fitted to a single appliance, the requirements of the relevant appliance standard also apply;
c) single-fuel and dual-fuel burners when operating only on oil;
d) the oil function of dual-fuel burners designed to operate simultaneously on gaseous and liquid fuels,which, for the former, the requirements of ISO 22967 also apply.
