Furnace

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011945",
  "term": "Furnace",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Solid fuel burning appliance that is designed to be located outside of ordinary living areas and that warms spaces other than the space where the appliance is located, by the distribution of air heated in the appliance through ducts. The appliance must be tested and listed as a furnace under accepted American or Canadian safety testing codes unless exempted from this provision by the Administrator. A manufacturer may request an exemption in writing from the Administrator by stating why the testing and listing requirement is not practicable and by demonstrating that his appliance is otherwise a furnace.\n\n2. Chambers of the combustion train where drying, ignition, and combustion of waste material and evolved gases occur.\n\n3. An enclosed chamber or container used to burn biomass in a controlled manner to produce heat for space or process heating.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.531 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 240.101 (CFR 2013)",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Bioenergy Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/furnace/"
}