scope:

This Standard specifies the general safety requirements for the industrial combustion furnaces and associated devices (hereafter referred to as the combustion furnaces) heated by gaseous fuel and liquid fuel in the industrial field as shown in the following a) to d).

Further, this Standard specifies the requirements to secure the safety of persons and devices against serious hazards such as predictable mistakes and malfunctions which can occur in the course of commissioning, operation and maintenance.

a) equipment of metallurgic/metallic processing plant

b) equipment of glass manufacturing plant

c) equipment in ceramics manufacturing plant

d) equipment in cement/quicklime/gypsum manufacturing plant

The details of industrial combustion furnaces to be applied are shown in Annex B.

This Standard is not applicable to the following:

- equipment in chemical plant and petroleum plant;

- waste incineration equipment;

- blast furnace and converter furnace in ironmaking plant;

- ambient gas generating device generating flammable gas, and ambient gas;

- equipment for burning in open space;

- equipment supplying flammable gas generated from heated materials (e.g. coke oven)

NOTE 1 An example of list of significant hazards is shown in Annex A.

NOTE 2 The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

ISO 13577-1:2016 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment- Safety-Part 1: General requirements (MOD)

In addition, symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.