Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 641/2009
• Articles: 12

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

1.   This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products.

2.   This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)

drinking water circulators, except as regards information requirements of Annex I, point 2(4);

(b)

circulators integrated in products and placed on the market not later than 1 January 2020 as replacement for identical circulators integrated in products and placed on the market no later than 1 August 2015. The replacement product or its packaging must clearly indicate the product(s) for which it is intended.

Article 2 Definitions

In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2005/32/EC, the following definitions shall apply:

1.

‘circulator’ means an impeller pump which has the rated hydraulic output power of between 1 W and 2 500 W and is designed for use in heating systems or in secondary circuits of cooling distribution systems;

2.

‘glandless circulator’ means a circulator with the shaft of the motor directly coupled to the impeller and the motor immersed in the pumped medium;

3.

‘standalone circulator’ means a circulator designed to operate independently from the product;

4.

‘product’ means an appliance that generates and/or transfers heat;

5.

‘drinking water circulator’ means a circulator specifically designed to be used in the recirculation of drinking water as defined in Council Directive 98/83/EC  ( 3 ) .

Article 3 Ecodesign requirements

The ecodesign requirements for circulators are set out in Annex I.

Compliance with ecodesign requirements shall be measured in accordance with requirements set out in Annex II, point 1.

The calculation method for the energy efficiency index of circulators is set out in Annex II, point 2.

Article 4 Conformity assessment

The procedure for assessing conformity referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2005/32/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system for assessing conformity set out in Annex V to that Directive.

Article 5 Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes

When performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2005/32/EC, for the requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the verification procedure described in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 6 Benchmarks

The indicative benchmarks for best-performing circulators available on the market at the time of entry into force of this Regulation are set out in Annex IV.

Article 7 Revision

The Commission shall review the methodology for calculating the energy efficiency index, set out in Annex II, point 2 to this Regulation, for glandless circulators integrated in products before 1 January 2012.

It shall review this Regulation before 1 January 2017, in the light of technological progress. The review will include the assessment of design options that can facilitate re-use and recycling.

The results of the reviews shall be presented to the Ecodesign Consultation Forum.

Article 8 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply in accordance with the following timetable:

1.

from 1 January 2013, glandless standalone circulators shall meet the efficiency level defined in Annex I, point 1(1), with the exception of those specifically designed for primary circuits of thermal solar systems and of heat pumps;

2.

from 1 August 2015, glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products shall meet the efficiency level defined in Annex I, point 1(2).

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1.   ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

1.

From 1 January 2013, glandless standalone circulators, with the exception of those specifically designed for primary circuits of thermal solar systems and of heat pumps, shall have an energy efficiency index (EEI) of not more than 0,27, calculated in accordance with Annex II, point 2.

2.

From 1 August 2015, glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products shall have an energy efficiency index (EEI) of not more than 0,23, calculated in accordance with Annex II, point 2.

2.   PRODUCT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

From 1 January 2013:

1.

the energy efficiency index of circulators, calculated in accordance with Annex II, shall be indicated on the name plate and packaging of the product and in the technical documentation as follows: ‘EEI ≤ 0,[ xx ]’;

2.

the following information shall be provided: ‘The benchmark for most efficient circulators is EEI ≤ 0,20.’;

3.

information concerning disassembly, recycling, or disposal at end-of-life of components and materials, shall be made available for treatment facilities;

4.

the following information shall be provided on the packaging and in the technical documentation of drinking water circulators: ‘This circulator is suitable for drinking water only.’.

Manufacturers shall provide information on how to install, use and maintain the circulator in order to minimise its impact on the environment.

The information listed above shall be visibly displayed on freely accessible websites of the circulator manufacturers.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

MEASUREMENT METHODS AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX

1.   MEASUREMENT METHODS

For the purposes of compliance and verification of compliance with the requirements of this Regulation, measurements shall be made using a reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedure that takes into account the generally recognised state of the art measurement methods, including methods set out in documents the reference numbers of which have been published for that purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2.   METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX

The methodology for calculating the energy efficiency index (EEI) for circulators is as follows:

1.

Where a circulator has more than one setting of head and flow, measure the circulator at the maximum setting.

‘Head’ (H) means head (in metres) produced by the circulator at the specified point of operation.

‘Flow’ (Q) means the volume flow rate of water through the circulator (m 3 /h).

2.

Find the point where

Q · H

is maximum and define the flow and head at this point as: Q 100 %

and H 100 %

.

3.

Calculate the hydraulic power P hyd

at this point.

‘Hydraulic power’ means an expression of the arithmetic product of the flow (Q), Head (H) and a conversion factor that aligns the units used in the calculation.

‘P hyd

’ means hydraulic power delivered by the circulator to the fluid being pumped at the specified point of operation (in watts).

4.

Calculate the reference power as:

P ref

= 1,7 · P hyd

+ 17 · (1 – e –0,3 · P hyd

), 1 W ≤ P hyd ≤ 2 500 W

‘Reference power’ means a relation between hydraulic power and power consumption of a circulator, taking into account the dependency between circulator efficiency and size.

‘P ref

’ means the reference power consumption (in watts) of the circulator.

5.

Define the reference control curve as the straight line between the points:

( Q

100 % , H

100 % ) and ( Q

0 % ,

)

6.

Select a setting of the circulator ensuring that the circulator on the selected curve reaches

Q · H

= max point.

7.

Measure P 1

and H at the flows:

Q 100 %

, 0,75 · Q 100 %

, 0,5 · Q 100 %

, 0,25 · Q 100 %

.

‘P 1

’ means the electrical power (in watts) consumed by the circulator at the specified point of operation.

8.

Calculate at these flows

, if H meas ≤ H ref

P L = P 1,meas , if H meas > H ref

where H ref

is the head on the reference control curve at the different flows.

9.

Using P L

and this load profile:

Flow

[%]

Time

[%]

100

6

75

15

50

35

25

44

Calculate the weighted average power P L,avg

as:

P L,avg = 0,06 · P L,100 % + 0,15 · P L,75 % + 0,35 · P L,50 % + 0,44 · P L,25 %

Calculate the energy efficiency index  ( 1 ) as:

, where C 20 %

= 0,49

( 1 )   C XX % means a scaling factor that ensures that at the time of defining the scaling factor only XX % of circulators of a certain type have an EEI ≤ 0,20.

ANNEX III

ANNEX III

VERIFICATION PROCEDURE

For the purposes of checking conformity with the requirements laid down in Annex I, the authorities of the Member States shall use the measurement and calculation procedure set out in Annex II.

Member States authorities shall test a single circulator. If the energy efficiency index exceeds the values declared by the manufacturer by more than 7 %, the measurements shall be made on three more circulators. The model shall be considered to comply if the arithmetical mean of the measured values for the latter three circulators do not exceed the values declared by the manufacturer by more than 7 %.

Otherwise, the model shall be considered not to comply with the requirements of this Regulation.

In addition to the procedure set out in this Annex, Member States authorities shall use reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement methods, which take into account the generally recognised state of the art, including methods set out in documents the reference numbers of which have been published for that purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union .

ANNEX IV

ANNEX IV

INDICATIVE BENCHMARKS

At the time of the adoption of this Regulation, the benchmark for the best available technology on the market for circulators is EEI ≤ 0,20.