1、April 2012 Translation by DIN-Sprachendienst.English price group 11No part of this translation may be reproduced without prior permission ofDIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany,has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).ICS
2、75.160.10!$9“1882294www.din.deDDIN EN 15234-4Solid biofuels Fuel quality assurance Part 4: Wood chips for non-industrial useEnglish translation of DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04Feste Biobrennstoffe Qualittssicherung von Brennstoffen Teil 4: Holzhackschnitzel fr nichtindustrielle VerwendungEnglische bersetzu
3、ng von DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04Biocombustibles solides Assurance qualit du combustible Partie 4: Plaquettes de bois usage non industrielTraduction anglaise de DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04www.beuth.deDocument comprises pagesIn case of doubt, the German-language original shall be considered authoritative.1703
4、.12 DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 2 A comma is used as the decimal marker. National foreword This standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 335 “Solid biofuels” (Secretariat: SIS, Sweden). The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Materialprfung (Materia
5、ls Testing Standards Committee), Working Committee NA 062-05-82 AA Feste Biobrennstoffe. EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 15234-4 January 2012 ICS 75.160.10 English Version Solid biofuels - Fuel quality assurance - Part 4: Wood chips for non-industrial use Biocombustibles solides
6、 - Assurance qualit du combustible - Partie 4: Plaquettes de bois usage non industriel Feste Biobrennstoffe - Qualittssicherung von Brennstoffen - Teil 4: Holzhackschnitzel fr nichtindustrielle VerwendungThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 November 2011. CEN members are bound to comply
7、with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Ma
8、nagement Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same
9、status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Port
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11、ny means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 15234-4:2012: EEN 15234-4:2012 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3Introduction .41 Scope 52 Normative references 53 Terms and definitions .54 Symbols and abbreviations 65 Quality assurance and quality control measures .65.1 General 65.2 Tr
12、aceability .75.3 Production requirements 75.4 Fuel requirements for the final product (Step 1) 85.5 Process description (Steps 2, 3 and 4) 85.6 Measures to assure the quality of the product (Step 5) 105.6.1 Inspection of incoming raw material and other goods . 105.6.2 Wood chips production 105.6.3 D
13、istribution 105.7 Routines for separate handling of nonconforming raw materials and solid biofuels (Step 6) . 116 Product declaration of fuel quality and labelling 11Annex A (informative) Examples of product declarations 12Annex B (informative) A-deviations 14Bibliography . 15DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04
14、EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 15234-4:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 335 “Solid biofuels”, the secretariat of which is held by SIS. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endo
15、rsement, at the latest by July 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2012. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifyin
16、g any or all such patent rights. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. The European standard series EN 15234, Solid biofuels Fuel quality assurance are provided as a general requirements and additional product
17、 standards. Additional product standards may extend this series over time. EN 15234 consists of the following parts, under the general title Solid biofuels Fuel quality assurance: Part 1: General requirements; Part 2: Wood pellets for non-industrial use; Part 3: Wood briquettes for non-industrial us
18、e; Part 4: Wood chips for non-industrial use; Part 5: Firewood for non-industrial use; Part 6: Non-woody pellets for non-industrial use. Although these product standards may be obtained separately, it should be recognized that they require an understanding of the standards based on and supporting EN
19、 15234-1. It is recommended to obtain and use EN 15234-1 in conjunction with these standards. NOTE In these product standards, non-industrial use means - use in smaller scale appliances, such as in households, in small commercial and public sector buildings. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Reg
20、ulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, M
21、alta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 4 Introduction The overall aim of this European Standard is to guarantee the wood chips quality through the whole supply chain,
22、from the origin and source to the delivery of the solid biofuel and provide adequate confidence that specified quality requirements are fulfilled. The objective of this European Standard is to serve as a tool to enable the efficient trading of wood chips. Thereby: 1) the end-user can find wood chips
23、 that corresponds to its needs; 2) the producer/supplier can produce wood chips with defined and consistent properties and describe the fuel to the customers. Quality assurance measures should establish confidence in the wood chips through systems that are simple to operate and do not cause undue bu
24、reaucracy. Wood chips are specified according to EN 14961-4, Solid biofuels Fuel specifications and classes Part 4: Wood chips for non-industrial use. DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard defines the procedures to fulfil the quality requirements (quality contro
25、l) and describes measures to ensure adequate confidence that the wood chips specification for non-industrial use as described in EN 14961-4 is fulfilled (quality assurance). This European Standard covers the raw material supply, production and delivery chain, from purchasing of raw materials to poin
26、t of delivery to the end-user. This European standard covers only quality assurance for wood chips produced from the woody biomasses stated in EN 14961-1:2010, Table 1 and EN 14961-4. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. Fo
27、r dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 14588:2010, Solid biofuels Terminology, definitions and descriptions EN 14778, Solid biofuels Sampling EN 14961-1:2010, Solid biofuels Fuel
28、 specifications and classes Part 1: General requirements EN 14961-4:2011, Solid biofuels Fuel specifications and classes Part 4: Wood chips for non-industrial use EN 15234-1, Solid biofuels Fuel quality assurance Part 1: General requirements NOTE In EN 14961-1:2010 there are listed Normative referen
29、ces of the European Standards for sampling and sample reduction and in EN 14961-4:2011 for determination of solid biofuel properties. 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 14588:2010 and the following apply. 3.1 wood chips chipped woody biom
30、ass in the form of pieces with a defined particle size produced by mechanical treatment with sharp tools such as knives NOTE 1 Wood chips have a rectangular shape with a typical length 5 to 50 mm and a low thickness compared to other dimensions. NOTE 2 See also cutter chips, forest chips, green chip
31、s, stemwood chips, and whole-tree chips in EN 14588:2010. 3.2 chemical treatment treatment with chemicals other than air, water or heat NOTE Examples of chemical treatment are listed in informative Annex C of EN 14961-1:2010. 3.3 impurities material other than the raw material or fuel itself such as
32、 soil, stones, metal, plastic, glass DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 6 3.4 weather condition temperature, humidity and precipitation, e.g. rain, snow 4 Symbols and abbreviations The symbols and abbreviations used in this European Standard comply with the SI system of units as far as possi
33、ble. d dry (dry basis) ar as received w-% weight-percentage A designation for ash content, Adw-%, dry basis1)BD designation for bulk density as received kg/m31)M designation for moisture content as received on wet basis, Marw-%1)P designation for particle size distribution as received1)Q designation
34、 for net calorific value as received, qp,net,arMJ/kg or kWh/kg or MWh/t at constant pressure1)NOTE 1 MJ/kg equals 0,277 8 kWh/kg (1 kWh/kg equals 1 MWh/t and 1 MWh/t is 3,6 MJ/kg). 1 g/cm3equals 1 kg/dm3. 5 Quality assurance and quality control measures 5.1 General Quality assurance and control aim
35、to provide confidence that a stable quality is continually achieved in accordance with the customer requirements. It means that specified requirements are fulfilled, but it does not necessarily mean a high quality but a steady and continually achieved quality in accordance with the customers require
36、ments. The customer is the next operator in the supply chain. Customer requirements include not only the fuel quality, but also the quality of the companys performance, such as documentation (product declaration, labelling of packaging, system for traceability, etc.), timing and logistics (to provid
37、e biofuels in time and to agreed performances criteria). Fuel quality assurance needs to be applied to the entire supply chain. As the supply chains for solid biofuels in the most cases needs to be kept very simple, the same documents are often used for documentation of quality assurance and quality
38、 control measures. NOTE When the customer is a supplier, a retailer or end user, the customer requirements are usually written in sales contracts. Quality control is fundamentally about controlling the quality of a product or process to enable the delivery of the product or service within agreed par
39、ameters in the most efficient and cost effective way. The consequences of having good quality control will be a cost effective product and process. 1) Designation symbols are used in combination with a number to specify property levels (see for example Table 1, EN 14961-4:2011). For designation of c
40、hemical properties chemical symbols like S (sulphur), Cl (chlorine), N (nitrogen) are used and the value is added at the end of the symbol. DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 7 Quality assurance on the other hand, is about reviewing the products and processes, primarily through data provided
41、 from the quality control records and using this data: a) to provide confidence that products are produced within the required specification and processes are operated as they should be, and b) to assure that over a longer term either consistency is being maintained (stability in process results) or
42、 that quality improvements are making the intended impact. 5.2 Traceability Wood chips for non industrial use shall be specified with EN 14961-4. The origin and source of solid the biofuel is specified by Table 1 in EN 14961-1:2010. There are three parts in the supply chain, illustrated in Figure 1.
43、 Figure 1 Simplified example of wood chips supply chain All operators in the supply chain are responsible for the traceability of the origin and source of the material delivered by them. The first operator is responsible for the documents being prepared the first time. The documents shall be availab
44、le and provided on justified request throughout the entire supply chain according to EN 15234-1. 5.3 Production requirements The methodology described below for quality assurance and quality control of the production shall be used, but shall be adjusted for the production requirements of the specifi
45、c wood chips production chain in question. There are six consecutive steps that have to be followed by every stakeholder in the supply chain. The steps are described below. For examples of documentation, see informative Annex A. Step 1: Define fuel requirements for the final product (see 5.4) Step 2
46、: Document the steps in the raw material supply, production and distribution processes (see 5.5, Figures 2) DIN EN 15234-4:2012-04 EN 15234-4:2012 (E) 8 Step 3: Identify quality influencing factors including company performance (see 5.5, Figure 2) Step 4: Define Critical Control Points for complianc
47、e with the fuel specification (see 5.5, Figure 2) Step 5: Select appropriate measures to assure the quality of the product (see 5.6) Step 6: Establish routines of separate handling of nonconforming raw materials and solid biofuels (see 5.7) The following information will give a general overview abou
48、t documenting the requirements for the production in a wood chips supply chain. 5.4 Fuel requirements for the final product (Step 1) Wood chips for non-industrial use are produced according to EN 14961-4. NOTE The fuel specification is based on EN 14961-1:2010 General part, Table 5 in the case of individually made agreements. 5.5 Process description (Steps 2, 3 and 4) Example of the process description with the correspondi
