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Flex Fuel Owner’s Manual
March 2011
2: Terms
Air Ratio
- See air factor
ESC
- Function on display controlled by the operator to move back
Fire Irons
- Metal pokers and scrapers used for ash/wood cleaning & maintenance
Fault
- An error that causes an alarm
Hopper
- Storage container used to hold pellets
Fuel Shut Off
- Metal gate used to isolate fuel storage from high temperatures and/or fire
Call for Heat
- Heat demands from circuits utilized in heating system designs
Release
- A demand set by the operator for the furnace to carry out a function
Blow Down
- The process of removing sediment deposits from the furnace/buffer tank(s) by draining water
from the bottom of the unit(s) until the water runs clean
Lambda
- AKA Oxygen Sensor - A sensor that measures the amount of oxygen in the flue gas