4.12 Wood chipclassification
according to EN ISO 17225-4 standard
Property class
Unit
A1
A2
B1
Origin, source
Complete trees without roots;
Trunk wood;
Woodland offcuts;
Chemically untreated waste timber
Woodland timber and plan-
tation wood as well as other
natural timber;
Chemically untreated waste
timber
Particle size P
mm
P16S / P31S
P16S / P31S
Water content M
m-%
M10 ≤ 10
M25 ≤ 25
M35 ≤ 35
M35 ≤ 35
Ash content A
m-% water-free
A1.0 ≤ 1.0
A1.5 ≤ 1.5
Bulk density BD
kg/m³
BD150 ≥ 150
BD200 ≥ 200
BD250 ≥ 250
BD150 ≥ 150
BD200 ≥ 200
BD250 ≥ 250
BD300 ≥ 300
BD150 ≥ 150
Nitrogen N
m-% water-free
Not applicable
N1.0 ≤ 1.0
Sulphur S
m-% waterless
Not applicable
S0.1 ≤ 0.1
Chlorine Cl
m-% waterless
Not applicable
Cl0.05 ≤ 0.05
Arsenic As
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 1
Cadmium Cd
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 2.0
Chromium Cr
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 10
Copper Cu
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 10
Lead Pb
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 10
Mercury Hg
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 0.1
Nickel Ni
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 10
Zinc Zn
mg/kg waterless
Not applicable
≤ 100
Property class
The property classes A1 and A2 represent natural wood and chemically untreated waste timber.
A1 denotes fuels with low ash content, which have little or no bark, and fuels with low water content. Class A2 indi-
cates a slightly higher ash content and/or water content.
B1 extends the origin and source of class A and includes other materials, such as e.g. short rotation coppice,
wood from gardens and plantations etc., as well as chemically untreated waste wood from industry.
B2 (not approved for
maxi
mus
L) includes waste wood from industry (also chemically treated wood) and che-
mically untreated used wood.
Particle size
Main portion
[1]
(at least 60 m-%)
Fine material por-
tion
m-% (≤ 3.15 mm)
Coarse material
portion
m-% (length of particle)
Maximum length
of particles [2]
Coarse material
portion
(Maximum cross-section
area[3] of particle)
P16S
3.15 to 16 mm
≤ 15 %
≤ 6 % (> 31,5 mm)
≤ 45 mm
≤ 2 cm²
P31S
3.15 to 31.5 mm
≤ 10 %
≤ 6 % (> 45 mm)
≤ 150 mm
≤ 4 cm²
P45S
3.15 to 45 mm
≤ 10 %
≤ 10 % (> 63 mm)
≤ 200 mm
≤ 6 cm²
[1] The numerical values (P class) of the dimensions relate to the particle sizes that match the specified sieve opening size of a round hole
sieve (ISO 17827-1). The lowest possible property class should be specified. Only one class shall be given for wood shavings.
[2] The length and cross-section area shall only be determined for particles in the coarse material portion. In a sample of about 10 l, no more
than 2 pieces may exceed the maximum length if the cross-section area < 0.5 cm².
[3] For measurement of the cross-section area, it is recommended to use a transparent protractor, arrange the particles orthogonally (at right
angles) behind the protractor and estimate the maximum cross-section area of these particles with the aid of the cm² pattern.
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