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Wood Stove US Pollution Control Requirements
The United States Clean Air Act mandates that wood-burning cookers and heating appliances be certified by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). These products satisfy a particulate emissions standard of a maximum of 7.5 grams per hour for non-catalytic wood stoves and 4.1 grams per hour for wood stoves with catalytic combustors.
“Wood stoves offered for sale in the state of Washington must meet a particulate emissions limit of 4.5 grams per hour for non-catalytic wood stoves and 2.5 grams per hour for catalytic wood stoves.”*
EPA-certified stove labels.
All certified woodstoves offered for sale will have a permanent and a temporary label. The permanent label is usually on the back or the back of a side panel. The temporary label, usually on the front, also contains smoke, efficiency and heat output.
The temporary label will also indicate if the stove is equipped with a catalytic combustors.
Associated Links:
*U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Washington, DC.
http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/resources/publications/monitoring/caa/woodstoves/certifiedwood.pdf “List of EPA Certified Wood Stoves.” A pdf file needing Adobe Reader. Retrieved 2011-07-04
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Types Of Wood Burning Stoves
Mention wood burning stoves and many people picture a classic potbelly stove usually situated in the living room or kitchen of a farmhouse. Mandatory to completing the image is the family gathered around the stove sharing some conversation, savoring down-home cooking style aromas and enjoying the radiant warmth on a cold winter evening.
The central item in this nostalgic image is the wood burning stove; providing warmth, a place to cook and a central point around which people gather.
The wood burner of our postcard image has changed radically, yet stays true to its basic functions of heating and cooking. In the last 250 years the wood burning stove has specialized yet become more general, improved its efficiency yet wood burners in the U.S. exist under much more stringent regulations and in some models have forsaken that plain appearance for making a fashion statement.
Basic wood burning stoves, think of the classical potbelly stove, so typical in Europe and North America of the mid-18th through mid-19th centuries was primarily a heating appliance with a small top that could be used for cooking. During the same time kitchen based wood-burners were primarily used for cooking with large tops and ovens; occasionally having multiple cooking levels.
The heating or cooking wood-burners of yesteryear have morphed into:
air-tight stoves,
masonry stoves,
bio-mass cook stoves, and
In the U.S. most are mandated to include catalytic converters. Of course, the iconic potbelly stove is still available as an updated replica.
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