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Fuels
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Solid Mineral fuels
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section should be read in conjunction with Part 1, Appliances Burning
Solid Mineral Fuels and Wood. To ensure satisfactory performance of
domestic solid fuel appliances it is important to use fuels that are of
a suitable type and size. Guidance on the selection of fuels giving
good performance for the different types of appliances from the lists
of tested and approved fuels shown below is given at the head of each
section, with any special notes made in the "Manufacturer's Remarks"
column against the individual appliance.
The solid mineral fuels listed below have been tested and approved by
HETAS LTD on behalf of the fuel producer. The testing and approval
combined with a quality assurance scheme enables the fuel to carry a
HETAS approval logo for which the customer should look. Petroleum coke
is not recommended by HETAS for use on solid fuel burning appliances
because its use can result in serious damage to grates and other
appliance components in the fuel bed area. However, a number of
products which contain petroleum coke or are blends of petroleum coke
with other fuels have been tested and approved. For these fuels
approval is conditional on the manufacturer applying and maintaining
stringent product control. Some appliance manufacturers restrict the
use of these fuels to appliances with high chrome or chrome steel
bottom grates, which may be supplied as an optional extra. This
appliance manufacturer's restriction is noted in the "Remarks Column"
against the appliance name in Part 1 Appliances Burning Solid Mineral
Fuels and Wood. See Introductory Note 4.6.
Many of the appliances listed burn wood logs which if from a renewable
source are an environmentally friendly fuel that receives favorable
treatment in Building Regulations ADL and its companion SAP 2005. See
“Selecting Wood for Burning”, page 85 of this Part. For this advantage
to be gained in smoke control areas the appliance must be Exempted by
DEFRA. Such appliances have the symbol † beside their name. To meet
these statutory clean air requirements these wood log burning
appliances should be fired with dry wood which has been stored over an
extended period of time to condition it – often the Statutory
Instrument (SI) requires “firewood which has been split, stacked and
air dried”. Appliances burning wood briquettes, wood chips and
wood pellets, again from renewable sources are also now coming on the
market. These, together with the wood log burners referred to
above, are considered to be low net CO2 emitters. It is essential
that all appliances (boilers, cookers and roomheaters) are fired with
the qualities of fuel specified by the manufacturer and if installed in
Smoke Control Areas are qualities meeting the requirements of the SI
exempting them from the provisions of the Clean Air Act and permitting
their use in those Areas.
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B. MANUFACTURED SMOKELESS FUELS
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Fuels
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Producers/Distributors
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Approved
for use on:
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Open
Fire
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Closed
Appliances
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Gravity
Feed
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Ecobrite
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Arigna
Fuels Ltd
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Homefire
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Homefire
Ovals
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Phurnacite
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Ancit
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Taybrite
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Supertherm
II
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Multiheat
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Briteheat
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Stoveheat Premium
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Industries Ltd
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Ecoal
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CPL
Industries Ltd
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Maxibrite
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Newflame
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Newflame Plus
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Maxibrite Ltd
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Supacite
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Coalite
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Therma
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Cosycoke
Briquette
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Maxibrite
Ltd
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Extracite
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Sunbrite
Doubles
Note: more than usual firelighters may be needed to
ignite this product.
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Monkton
Coke & Chemical Co Ltd
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Cosycoke
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Monkton
Coke & Chemical Co Ltd
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Pureheat
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Oxbow Coal Ltd
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Excel
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Oxbow Coal Ltd
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Newheat
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| C. NATURAL SMOKELESS FUELS
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following named natural smokeless fuels have achieved a high standard
in performance tests for closed appliance fuels conducted by HETAS LTD,
and are generally approved as closed appliance fuels. To ensure safe
operation when using Anthracite Small Nuts on closed appliances, such
as roomheaters, it is necessary to make sure that high proportions of
undersize fuel and fines are not fed onto the firebed. The user should
also consult the Appliance Manufacturer's operating instructions
regarding the use of this size of fuel for his specific appliance.
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Fuels
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Producers/Distributors
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Approved
for use on:
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Open
Fire
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Closed
Appliances
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Gravity
Feed
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Black Diamond Beans
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Celtic Energy Ltd.
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Black Diamond Grains
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Celtic Energy Ltd.
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Onllwyn Gp 1 Large Nuts
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Celtic Energy Ltd.
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Onllwyn Gp 1 Small Nuts
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Celtic Energy Ltd.
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| D. BITUMINOUS COAL
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has undertaken to supervise a voluntary Coal Quality Assessment System
for high volatile Domestic Housecoal. Under this Scheme representative
samples of Housecoals are tested on an open fire. The fuel supplier
undertakes to maintain the coal quality at the standard of the sample
submitted for test.
To be eligible for testing the coals must have a free moisture content
not greater than 5%, an ash content as received of not more than 10%
with a total inert material content (total moisture and ash) of not
more than 15%. The sulphur content should not be more than 2%
calculated to a dry basis. The coals are assessed according to their
average radiant heat output as measured in kW during the test. To be
approved they must maintain an output of at least 2.5kW with 1.5 hour
refuel periods. As a secondary factor account is taken of the volume of
undergrate ash and the weight of overgrate residues left after the fuel
has burned.
It should be noted that
the bituminous coals listed are not by law permitted to be burned on
appliances in Smoke Control Areas, except where the appliance has been
exempted under Section 21 of the Clean Air Act, 1993, and is specially
designed to burn selected bituminous coals. These exempted appliances
were designated thus † in earlier lists, for easy recognition.
Details of the method of test and pass criteria are available from HETAS Ltd.
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| D.1 HOUSECOALS APPROVED FOR USE ON OPEN FIRES
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Coal Name
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Daw Mill Trebles
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UK Coal
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| E. OTHER MANUFACTURED FUELS - NOT AUTHORISED BY DEFRA FOR USE IN SMOKE CONTROL AREAS
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fuels are manufactured briquettes and have been tested by HETAS Ltd as
open fire or closed appliance fuels. They have been assessed for
approval in terms of their heat output and overgrate and undergrate
residues and have reached a satisfactory level but have not been
authorized by DEFRA as smokeless fuels able to be burned in Smoke
Control Areas.
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Fuels
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Producers/Distributors
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Approved
for use on:
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Open
Fire
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Closed
Appliances
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Gravity
Feed
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Uni-Log
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DJ Davies Fuels Ltd.
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Firelite Briketts
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DJ Davies Fuels Ltd.
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INDEX TO MINERAL FUEL PRODUCERS/DISTRIBUTORS
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Smokeless Fuels
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Arigna Fuels Ltd
Arigna
Carrick on Shannon
Co. Roscommon
Ireland
Tel: 353 (0) 71 9646002
Fax: 353 (0) 71 9646016
Email: dave@arignafuels.ie
Web: www.arignafuels.ie
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Celtic Energy Ltd
9 Beddau Way
Castlegate Business Park
Caerphilly
CF83 2AX
Tel: 02920 760990
Fax: 02920 760996
Email: info@coal.com
Web: www.coal.com
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CPL Industries Ltd
Mill Lane
Wingerworth
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S42 6NG
Tel: 01246 277001
Fax: 01246 212212
Web: www.coals2u.co.uk
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Maxibrite Ltd
Mwyndy Cross Industrial Estate
Llantrisant
Mid Glamorgan
CF72 8PN
Tel: 01443 224283
Fax: 01443 227085
Email: sales@maxibrite.co.uk
Web: www.maxibrite.co.uk
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Monckton Coke & Chemical Co. Ltd
P.O. Box 25
Royston
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 4BE
Tel: 01226 722601
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Oxbow Coal Ltd
Southern Way
Immingham Dock
Immingham
DN40 2NX
Tel: 01469 577635
Fax:01469 572819
Email: mike.cusick@oxbow.com
Web: www.oxbow.com
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Bituminous Coal
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UK Coal Mining Ltd
Harworth Park
Blyth Road
Harworth
Doncaster
DN11 8DB
Tel: 01977 622751
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Lignite (Brown Coal) Briquettes
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DJ Davies Fuels Ltd
Blaenau Fuel Depot
Pantyblodau Road
Blaenau
Ammanford
Carmarthenshire
SA18 3BX
Tel: 01269 850224
Fax: 01269 851463
Email: info@djdaviesfuels.co.uk
Web: www.djdaviesfuels.co.uk
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| INDEX TO BIOMASS FUEL PRODUCERS/DISTRIBUTORS
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