FIREBALL
4.1.
FIRST-AID MEASURES
Should any fire arise in the stack or in the flue:
a) Close the feeding door and the ash drawer door.
b) Close the registers of combustion air
c) Extinguish the fire using carbon dioxide fire-fighting means (CO
Seek immediate intervention of FIRE BRIGADE.
d)
DO NOT EXTINGUISH FIRE USING WATER JETS
When the fire has been extinguished, let the flue check by an expert to find possible cracks and permeable
points.
5.
FLUE
Essential requirements for a correct operation of the device:
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the internal section must be preferably circular;
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be thermally insulated and water-proof and produced
with materials suitable to resist to heat,
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combustion products and possible condensates;
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not be throttled and show a vertical arrangement with
deviations not greater than 45° ;
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if already used, it must be clean;
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observe the technical data of the instructions manual.
Should the flues have a square or rectangular section, internal
edges must be rounded with a radius not lower than 20 mm.
For the rectangular section, the maximum ratio between the
sides must be ≤ 1.5.
A too small section causes a decrease of the draught.
It is suggested a minimum height of 4 m.
The following features are forbidden and therefore they
endanger the good operation of the device:
asbestos cement, galvanized steel, rough and porous internal
surfaces. Picture 4 gives some examples of execution.
The minimum section must be 4 dm
cm) for devices whose duct diameter is lower than 200 mm
or 6.25 dm
(for example 25 x 25 cm) for devices with
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diameter greater than 200 mm.
The draught created by the flue must be sufficient, but not
excessive.
A too big flue section can feature a too big volume to be heated and consequently cause difficulties in the
operation of the device; to avoid this, tube the flue along its whole height. A too small section causes a
decrease of the draught.
The flue must be properly spaced from any flammable materials or fuels through a proper
insulation or an air cavity.
It is forbidden to let plant piping or air feeding channels pass in the same flue. Moreover, it is forbidden to
create movable or fixed openings on the same for the connection of further other devices.
6.
CONNECTION TO THE CHIMNEY
For safety reasons the door of the appliances with constructive system 1, must be opened only for the
loading of the fuel or for removing the ashes, while during the operation and the rest, the door of the hearth
must remain closed.
7196801 Rev.07 – EN
(for example 20 x 20
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dust).
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1) AISI 316 steel flue with double chamber
insulated with material resistant to 400° C.
Efficiency 100% excellent.
(2) Refractory flue with double insulated
chamber and external coating in lightweight
concrete. Efficiency 100% excellent.
(3) Traditional clay flue square section with
cavities. Efficiency 80% excellent.
(4) Avoid flues with rectangular internal
section whose ratio differs from the drawing.
Efficiency 40% poor.
Picture 4
A+1/2A
Max.
A+1/2A
A
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