Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2012Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

[F1 The definitions set out in the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 apply; and for any term that is not defined in those Regulations, the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, apply. The following definitions also apply—]

(1)

‘water pump’ is the hydraulic part of a device that moves clean water by physical or mechanical action and is of one of the following designs:

• End suction own bearing (ESOB),

• End suction close coupled (ESCC),

• End suction close coupled inline (ESCCi),

• Vertical multistage (MS-V),

• Submersible multistage (MSS);

(2)

‘End suction water pump’ means a glanded single stage end suction rotodynamic water pump designed for pressures up to 16 bar, with a specific speed n_s between 6 and 80 rpm, a minimum rated flow of 6 m³/h (1,667·10^–3 m³/s), a maximum shaft power of 150 kW, a maximum head of 90 m at nominal speed of 1 450 rpm and a maximum head of 140 m at nominal speed of 2 900 rpm;

(3)

‘Rated flow’ means the head and flow that the manufacturer will guarantee under normal operating conditions;

(4)

‘Glanded’ means sealed shaft connection between the impeller in the pump body and the motor. The driving motor component remains dry;

(5)

‘End suction own bearing water pump’ (ESOB) is an end suction water pump with own bearings;

(6)

‘End suction close coupled water pump’ (ESCC) is an end suction water pump of which the motor shaft is extended to become also the pump shaft;

(7)

‘End suction close coupled inline water pump’ (ESCCi) means a water pump of which the water inlet of the pump is on the same axis as the water outlet of the pump;

(8)

‘Vertical multistage water pump’ (MS-V) means a glanded multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump in which the impellers are assembled on a vertical rotating shaft, which is designed for pressures up to 25 bar, with a nominal speed of 2 900 rpm and a maximum flow of 100 m³/h (27,78·10^–3 m³/s);

(9)

‘Submersible multistage water pump’ (MSS) means a multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump with a nominal outer diameter of 4″ (10,16 cm) or 6″ (15,24 cm) designed to be operated in a borehole at nominal speed of 2 900 rpm, at operating temperatures within a range of 0 °C and 90 °C;

(10)

‘rotodynamic water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by means of hydrodynamic forces;

(11)

‘displacement water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by enclosing a volume of clean water and forcing this volume to the outlet of the pump;

(12)

‘self-priming water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water and which can start and/or operate also when only partly filled with water;

(13)

‘clean water’ means water with a maximum non-absorbent free solid content of 0,25 kg/m³, and with a maximum dissolved solid content of 50 kg/m³, provided that the total gas content of the water does not exceed the saturation volume. Any additives that are needed to avoid water freezing down to – 10 °C shall not be taken into account.

The definitions for the purpose of Annexes II to V are set out in Annex I.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 14(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)