A Burner Management System (BMS) is defined by EN298 and NFPA 85 (2001) as: “The control system dedicated to combustion safety and operator assistance in the starting and stopping of fuel preparation and burning equipment and for preventing misoperation of and damage to fuel preparation and burning equipment.”

BMS's range from very small systems on single burner boilers to very large systems on utility boilers.

Programming with CFC:

Siemens as well as several of Siemens Solution Provider partners have developed solutions based on both the QUADLOG, TÜV certified safety system platforms SIMATIC S7-300F and the SIMATIC S7-400FH. These systems fulfill the requirements of the performance-based safety standards ANSI/ISA 84, IEC 61508, and IEC 61511 as well as conforming with the prescriptive NFPA 85 and NFPA 86 codes. Siemens also offers TÜV-certified BMS function block libraries for those who desire to implement their own solution.

Application standards:

	As a Safety Instrumented System (SIS), BM Systems are subject to IEC 61511
	NFPA 85 and EN 298 describe in detail how these systems must be constructed.