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11 Approved Fuels
According to the 1
st
Emission Control Ordinance (1. BImSchV) only natural wood pellets are
allowed to be used. Firewood or other fuels or waste materials must not be used on any
account.
Only pellets approved according to DIN-PLUS, DIN 51731 or Austrian standards may be
used in wodtke pellet stoves. It is not permissible to use wood pellets with an ash
content > 0,5%, since this would entail an unreasonable amount of cleaning and
maintenance. Be sure to observe the definition of standard pellets and pellet qualities in
Chapter 0 and Chapter 9 as well as the information on the amount of servicing required
for different pellet qualities!
According to DIN 51731 you are only allowed to use pellets produced from natural wood and
without binding agent, that is from forest wood residues or untreated wood chips. Other fuels
would cause damage to the pellet stove and burden the environment.
Operating the stove with an unapproved fuel voids all guarantee and warranty claims and
can give rise to hazardous operating states. Refrain from experiments. After all, you
wouldn’t fill up your car with kerosene, would you?.
The permissible pellet diameter range is 5 to 8 mm. Also, pellets should not be longer than
30 mm on average. Nor should pellets with an excessive dust content (> 5%) be used.
11.1 Storing pellets
Wood pellets are delivered absolutely dry and can be used for heating in a pellet stove without
any further preparation. Store pellets in a dry and clean place to maintain their quality.
11.2 Heating with wood pellets is good for the environment
Combustion of wood produces carbon dioxide. All trees and other plants depend on carbon
dioxide for their growth, which they filter out of the air. Trees use carbon dioxide together with
minerals dissolved in the soil and sunlight to produce new wood which can be used again as
fuel as well as oxygen, which we depend on for our life. In this way a full cycle is completed.
By the way, dead wood always produces the same amount of carbon dioxide, no matter
whether you leave it to rot or burn it!
The carbon dioxide
cycle
