2.3
CHIMNEY
Chimney has a main importance for the correct
working of a wood fired thermal cooker. Wood
fired thermal cookers are built to insure the max-
imum efficiency, anyway the performances of the
thermal cooker are deeply influenced by the chim-
ney. If the chimney has defects or does not match
the building laws, it is not insured the correct
Picture 4 – Components of the chimney. A= Cooker B= Conjunction or fume conduct C= Chimney hood D=
Chimney pot E= Reflow zone
2.4
DIMENSIONS AND CORRECT FORMS OF CHIMNEY
NO
Picture 5 - Samples of correct and incorrect chimney connection.
Chimney must be dimensioned in a correct way
according to the type of thermal cooker it is con-
nected with, minding the environmental and gen-
eral conditions of the place in which it is placed.
E
C
A
E
C
A
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working of the thermal cooker. To build the chim-
ney you must use suitable materials, made to work
with high temperatures and according to fireproof
laws: it is not important the kind of material, on
condition that it is right and that the chimney is
isolated.
D
B
D
B
YES
The section of the chimney must permit the flow
of the fumes produced by the
thermal cooker without difficulties, but it must not
be too big otherwise the chimney will experience