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AS/NZS 4012:1999
[Available Superseded]Domestic solid fuel burning appliances — Method for determination of power output and efficiency
Specifies a method for the determination of the average efficiency and average thermal power output from batch feed domestic solid fuel burning appliances.
Published: 05/07/1999
Pages: 19
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Header
About this publication
PREFACE
1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 APPLICATION
1.2.1 General
1.2.2 Included appliances
1.2.3 Excluded appliances
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.4 DEFINITIONS
1.5 PRINCIPLE
2 APPARATUS
2.1 AMBIENT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
2.2 APPLIANCE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
2.3 WEIGHT DETERMINATION EQUIPMENT
2.4 MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
2.5 AMBIENT AIR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
2.6 ANEMOMETER
3 TEST ENCLOSURE AND FLUE
3.1 GENERAL
3.2 ROOM INSULATION
3.3 LENGTH OF FLUE
3.4 EXPOSED FLUE WITHIN CALORIMETER ROOM
3.4.1 Freestanding appliances
3.4.2 Fireplace-insert appliances
3.5 AIR TEMPERATURES
3.6 AIR PRESSURE
3.7 WALL TEMPERATURES
3.8 AIR FLOW
3.9 CALIBRATION
3.9.1 General
3.9.2 Calorimeter room
3.9.3 Barometer
3.9.4 Anemometer
3.9.5 Weighing instruments
4 MEASUREMENT ACCURACY
4.1 TEMPERATURE AND MASS FLOW
4.2 CALORIMETER ROOM SCALES
5 TEST FUEL
5.1 GENERAL
5.2 FUEL CHAMBER USABLE VOLUME
5.3 TEST FUEL LOAD
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Firewood test fuel load mass
5.3.3 Coal test fuel load mass
5.3.4 Combination firewood and coal fuels
5.4 FIREWOOD PIECE DIMENSIONS
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Length range
5.4.3 Cross-section
5.4.4 Calculation of number of fuel pieces in a test fuel load
5.4.5 Firewood piece length
6 TEST PROCEDURE
6.1 PREPARATION BEFORE TESTING
6.1.1 Appliance air flow test
6.1.2 Conditioning burn
6.1.3 Post-conditioning adjustment
6.1.4 Ash
6.1.5 Fire lighting
6.1.6 Pretest burn cycle
6.2 FUEL LOADING
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Firewood loading geometry
6.2.3 Coal fuel-loading geometry
6.2.4 Mixed firewood and coal fuel-loading geometry
6.3 BURN RATES
6.4 BURN CYCLE
6.5 NUMBER OF BURN CYCLES
6.6 DATA-RECORDING INTERVAL
6.7 OPERATION OF THE APPLIANCE
6.7.1 Baffle bypass damper
6.7.2 Burn-rate control
6.7.3 Fans
6.7.4 Other controls
6.7.5 Automatic controls
6.8 APPLIANCES WITH A WATER-HEATING FACILITY
6.9 DUCTED APPLIANCES
6.10 POST-BURN APPLIANCE AIR-FLOW TEST
7 CALCULATION AND REPORTING OF RESULTS
7.1 CALCULATIONS
7.1.1 Average power
7.1.2 Heat output
7.1.3 Energy input
7.1.4 Efficiency
7.1.5 Fuel consumption rate
7.2 REPORT
8 MARKING
8.1 GENERAL
8.2 COMPULSORY PERMANENT MARKING
8.3 FUEL TYPES
8.4 ADDITIONAL MARKING
8.5 RETESTING EXEMPTION
APPENDIX A
A1 SCOPE
A2 WORKED EXAMPLE — FIREWOOD DETERMINATION
Cited references in this standard
AS/NZS 4014
Domestic solid fuel burning appliances — Test fuels (series)
[Pending Revision]
Domestic solid fuel burning appliances - Method for determination of flue gas emission
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