DIN Standards Committee Refrigeration Technology
Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 3: Installation site and personal protection
Abstract
This document specifies the requirements for the safety of persons and property, provides guidance for the protection of the environment and establishes procedures for the operation, maintenance and repair of refrigerating systems and the recovery of refrigerants. The term "refrigerating system" used in this document includes heat pumps. This Part 3 of the EN 378 series is applicable to the installation site (plant space and services). It specifies requirements on the site for safety, which can be needed because of, but not directly connected with, the refrigerating system and its ancillary components. This document applies: - to refrigerating systems, stationary or mobile, of all sizes except to vehicle air conditioning systems covered by a specific product standard e.g. ISO 13043; - to secondary cooling or heating systems; - to the location of the refrigerating systems; - to replaced parts and added components after adoption of this standard if they are not identical in function and in the capacity. Systems using refrigerants other than those listed in of prEN 378‑5 are not covered by this document .This document does not apply to goods in storage.This document is not applicable to refrigerating systems which were manufactured before the date of its publication , except for extensions and modifications to the system which were implemented after publication.This document is applicable to new refrigerating systems, extensions or modifications of already existing systems, and for existing stationary systems, being transferred to and operated on another site.This document also applies in the case of the conversion of a system for another refrigerant type, in which case conformity with the relevant clauses of EN 378 parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 and prEN ISO 5149‑4 is assessed.
Begin
2023-10-27
WI
00182096
Planned document number
prEN 378-3
Responsible national committee
NA 044-00-01 AA - Safety and environment protection
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 182/WG 6 - Revision of EN 378
draft standard
Refrigerating systems and heat pumps - Safety and environmental requirements - Part 3: Installation site and personal protection
2025-07
Order from DIN Media
