FC2500 Furnace Installation and Operation Manual
13.4 The benefits of low emissions and high efficiency The low smoke emissions produced by the special features inside the furnace firebox mean that your household will release up to 90 percent less smoke into the outside environment than if you used an older conventional wood furnace. But there is more to the emission control technologies than protecting the environment. The smoke released from wood when it is heated contains about half of the energy content of the fuel. By burning the wood completely, your furnace releases all the heat energy from the wood instead of wasting it as smoke up the chimney. Also, the features inside the firebox allow you to reduce the air supply to control heat output, while maintaining clean and efficient flaming combustion, which boosts the efficient delivery of heat to your home. The emission control and advanced combustion features of your furnace can only work properly if your fuel is in the correct moisture content range of 15 to 20 percent. See PART 2 –OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING for suggestions on preparing fuel wood and judging its moisture. 13.5 The Fire Chief commitment to you and the environment The Fire Chief team is committed to protecting the environment, so we do everything we can to use only materials in our products that will have no lasting negative impact on the environment. 13.5.1 What is your new furnace made of? The body of your furnace, which is most of its weight, is carbon steel. Should it ever become necessary many years in the future, almost the entire furnace can be recycled into new products, thus eliminating the need to mine new materials. The paint coat on your furnace is very thin. Its VOC content (Volatile Organic Components) is very low. VOCs can be responsible for smog, so all the paint used during the manufacturing process meets the latest air quality requirements with regards to VOC reduction or elimination. The air tubes are stainless steel, which can also be recycled. The C-Cast baffle is made of an aluminosilicate fibre material that is compressed with a binder to form a rigid board. C-Cast can withstand temperatures above 2,000 °F. It is not considered hazardous waste. Disposal at a landfill is recommended. Lightweight firebrick is made of pumice and cement. Pumice is in fact volcanic rock, a naturally green product found in the Northwest United States. Disposal at a landfill is recommended. The door and glass gaskets are fibreglass which is spun from melted sand. Black gaskets have been dipped into a solvent-free solution. Disposal at a landfill is recommended. The door glass is a 4 mm thick ceramic material that contains no toxic chemicals. It is basically made of raw earth materials such as sand and quartz that are combined in such a way to form a glass at high temperatures. Ceramic glass will not re-melt in the same way as normal glass, so it should not be recycled with your regular household products. Disposal at a landfill is recommended.
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