SR EN 12309-1:2023

1.1 Scope of EN 12309 Appliances covered by this document include one or a combination of the following: - gas-fired sorption chiller; - gas-fired sorption chiller/heater; - gas-fired sorption heat pump; - hybrids based on gas sorption appliances. This document applies to appliances designed to be used for space heating or cooling or refrigeration with or without heat recovery. This document applies to appliances having flue gas systems of type B and C (according to EN 1749) and to appliances designed for outdoor installations. EN 12309 does not apply to air conditioners, it only applies to appliances having: - integral burners under the control of fully automatic burner control systems, - closed system refrigerant circuits in which the refrigerant does not come into direct contact with the water or air to be cooled or heated, - mechanical means to assist transportation of the combustion air and/or the flue gas. The above appliances can have one or more primary or secondary functions (i.e. heat recovery). In the case of packaged units (consisting of several parts), this standard appl