The Clean Air Act 1993 And Smoke Control Areas; Permitted Fuels - Fröling S1 Turbo 15-20 (F) Operating Instructions Manual

2.4.1 The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas

2.4.2 Permitted fuels

Firewood
Water content
Note on standards
Tips for
storing wood
B1490623_en | Operating instructions Firewood boiler S1 Turbo 15-20 (F)
operator will then be fully responsible for the declaration of conformity according to the
valid guideline(s) for the product and will need to issue a corresponding declaration for
the device. This person will then assume all of the rights and responsibilities of a
manufacturer.
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of
the authority to be a smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of
a building, from a furnance or from any fixed boiler if located in a designated smoke
control area. It is also an offence to acquire an „unauthorised fuel" for use within a smoke
control area unless it is used in an „exempt" appliance („exempted" from the controls
which generally apply in the smoke control area). The Secretary of State for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs has powers under the Act to authorise smokeless fuels or exempt
appliances for use in smoke control areas in England. In Scotland and Wales this power
rests with Ministers in the devolved administrations for those countries. Separate
legislation, the Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, applies in Northern Ireland.
Therefore it is a requirement that fuels burnt or obtained for use in smoke control areas
have been „authorised" in Regulations and that appliances used to burn solid fuel in
those areas (other than „authorised" fuels) have been exempted by an Order made and
signed by the Secretary of State or Minister in the devolved administrations.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here: http://
smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including
designation and supervision of smoke control areas and you can contact them for details
of Clean Air Act requirements.
The Froling S1 Turbo 15 and S1 Turbo 20 have been recommended as suitable for use in
smoke control areas when burning fuels as listed under "Permitted fuels".
Firewood up to max. 55 cm long.
Water content (w) greater than 15% (equivalent to wood moisture u > 17%)
Water content (w) less than 25% (equivalent to wood moisture u < 33%)
EU: Fuel as per EN ISO 17225 – Part 5: Firewood class A2 / D15 L50
Additional for
Germany: Fuel class 4 (§3 of the First Federal Emissions Protection Ordinance
(BimSchV) in the last amended version)
▪ Use wind-exposed areas where possible for storage (e.g. store at edge of forest instead of in
forest)
▪ Walls of buildings facing the sun are ideal
▪ Create a dry underlay, where possible with air access (line with round timber, pallets, etc.)
▪ stack split wood and store in such a way that it is protected from the elements
▪ If possible, stock fuel for the day in a warm place (e.g. in boiler room) (pre-heats the fuel!)
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