The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has revised certain standards for Solar Water Heating Systems, Valves, Fuel Systems for Vehicles & Energy Management Systems. These notifications were published on December 11, 2023.
The revised standards are as follows:
- Guide for Selection, Installation and Maintenance of Air Compressor Plants with Operating Pressures up to 10 Bars (Second Revision)
- Graphical Symbols for Pipelines and Instrumentation Diagrams (First Revision)
- Locations of By-Pass and Drain Connections for Valves (First Revision)
It has also revised the following standards on Solar Water Heating Systems:
- Solar Water Heating Systems — Code of Practice (First Revision) and
- Solar Heating — Domestic Water Heating Systems Part 1 Performance Rating Procedure Using Indoor Test Methods (First Revision)
Furthermore, it has revised/ introduced the following standards on valves:
- Spring Loaded Safety Relief Valves — Specification Part 2 Testing (First Revision) and
- Tubeless Tyres — Valves and Components Part 2 Clamp-In Tubeless Tyre valve Test Method
Additionally, the BIS has also introduced 15 standards of ‘Road Vehicles — Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Fuel System Components’.
It has modified/ introduced the following standards of Energy Management Systems:
- Energy Management Systems — Evaluating Energy Performance using Energy Performance Indicators and Energy Baselines (First Revision)
- Energy Management and Energy Savings — Guidance for Net Zero Energy in Operations Using an ISO 50001 Energy Management System
- Energy Management Systems — Assessing Energy Management Using ISO 50001 : 2018
All of the above standards stand established on November 22, 2023. However, the previous version of the standards, if any, stand withdrawn from December 22, 2023.
