[Stoves] New York State, U.S.A. list of what you cannot burn in outdoor wood boilers.

Tue Jan 4 18:29:13 CST 2011

Dear Friends

Great to see the EPA specifying the particulate emissions in terms of heat
yield:

Section 247.5 Residential-Size New Outdoor Wood Boilers.

(a) Emission limits. In order for a residential-size new outdoor wood boiler
to be certified pursuant to Section 247.8 of this Part, it must not emit
particulate emissions at a rate greater than a weighted average of 0.32
pounds per million British thermal units heat output using the year-round
weighting factors in Test Method 28-OWHH (see Table 1, Section 200.9 of this
Title).

See:  http://www.epa.gov/ttn/emc/prelim/otm15.pdf 

I calculate that to be 138 milligrammes per MegaJoule. Hope that's correct.

In case someone is having trouble meeting that limit, I suggest the
emissions during ignition be investigated because it may be possible to
greatly reduce the year-round rating simply by not lighting it as often. The
emissions during ignition certainly dominate anything we are measuring
except in cases involving highly volatile fuel going into a hot stove 

In my book that 138 is a pretty high number. Should be easy to meet.

Regards

Crispin

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 <http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/69348.html>
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/69348.html

JohnO

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