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Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers ENTR Lot 7 Written by PwC in cooperation with Fraunhofer ISI and ICCS-NTUA 2014 Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers Authors: Paolo Gentili (PwC) Chiara Landini (PwC) Silvia D'Ovidio (PwC) Eleonora Lusardi (PwC) Dr. Ing. Clemens Rohde (Fraunhofer ISI) Ali Aydemir (Fraunhofer ISI) Simon Hirzel(Fraunhofer ISI) Berit Ostrander (Fraunhofer ISI) Dr. Ing. Sotirios Karellas (ICCS-NTUA) Konstantinos Braimakis (ICCS-NTUA) Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 2014 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Directorate G - Sustainable Growth and EU 2020 Unit G.1 - Sustainable Industrial Policy and Construction Contact: Davide Polverini, Policy Officer E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] European Commission B-1049 Brussels 3 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers ENTR Lot 7 Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 2014 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 2014 Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. 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Printed in Belgium Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 Legislative process ..................................................................................................... 1 Ecodesign evaluation .................................................................................................. 2 TASK 1: SCOPE ............................................................................................................ 3 Objectives ................................................................................................................. 3 Product scope ............................................................................................................ 3 General description and definition .............................................................................. 3 Specific definitions and characterizations .................................................................... 7 Performance parameters (“functional unit”) ................................................................ 8 Test standards .......................................................................................................... 10 European Standards ................................................................................................ 10 International Standards ........................................................................................... 13 Existing legislation ..................................................................................................... 13 European legislation ................................................................................................ 13 Member state legislation .......................................................................................... 21 Third country legislation .......................................................................................... 29 Conclusions for product scoping .................................................................................. 34 TASK 2: MARKETS ....................................................................................................... 36 Objectives ................................................................................................................ 36 Issues related to data collection .................................................................................. 36 Generic economic data EU27 ...................................................................................... 37 Water tube boilers (Prodcom: 25.30.11.10) .............................................................. 41 Vapour generating boilers (Prodcom: 25.30.11.50) .................................................... 44 Super-heated boilers (PRODCOM: 25.30.11.70) ........................................................ 48 Import-export values per country ................................................................................ 63 Intra-Extra EU Trade ................................................................................................. 70 Prodcom 25.30.11.10 – Water tube boilers ................................................................ 73 Prodcom 25.30.11.50 – Vapour generating -tube boilers ............................................. 75 Prodcom 25.30.11.70 – Super-heated boilers ............................................................. 79 Market and stock data ............................................................................................... 82 Stock data and penetration rate ............................................................................... 82 Market trends ........................................................................................................... 85 General market trends ............................................................................................ 86 Forecasts ............................................................................................................... 87 Consumer expenditure base data ................................................................................ 92 New data collection ................................................................................................... 96 EU 28 production of steam boilers ............................................................................ 96 EU 28 trade ........................................................................................................... 98 EU 28 sales ............................................................................................................ 98 Stock data ............................................................................................................. 99 Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................................. 99 Annex to Task 2: Methodological approach for stakeholders’ consultation ....................... 101 Objectives .............................................................................................................. 104 System aspects of the use phase for ErPs with direct impact ......................................... 104 Steam Generation Systems ...................................................................................... 104 Branches and Industries ........................................................................................ 105 Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Steam Boilers Strict product scope .............................................................................................. 106 Extended product approach.................................................................................... 109 Technical system approach ....................................................................................... 118 System aspects of the use phase for ErPs with indirect impact ...................................... 120 End-of-life behaviour ............................................................................................... 120 Local infrastructure .................................................................................................. 121 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 121 TASK 4: TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................................................ 122 Objectives .............................................................................................................. 122 Technical product description .................................................................................... 122 Basic Parts of an Industrial Steam Boiler .................................................................... 123 Steam generation system ...................................................................................... 123 Steam distribution system ..................................................................................... 123 Steam end use system .......................................................................................... 123 Recovery system .................................................................................................. 124 Steam Generation system ...................................................................................... 124 Distribution system ............................................................................................... 136 Energy balance-heat balance and energy performance in steam boilers ......................