Federal Register / Vol. 48, No. 78 / Thursday, April 21, 1983 / Notices

Mail Station GC-33, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, D.C. 20585; (202)

252-9513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy

(Case No. F-008I

Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products; Petition for

Waiver of Furnace Test Procedures

From Duo-Matic/Olsen, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: Today's notices publishes a.

"Petition for Waiver" from Duo-Mhtic/

Olsen, Inc., of Ontario, Canada,

requesting a waiver from the existing

Department of Energy (DOE) test

procedures for furnaces. Duo-Matic/

Olsen manufactures and plans to market

in the U.S. a gas-fired forced air

condensing furnace. The petition

requests DOE to grartt relief from the

test procedure requirements relating to

the annual fuel utilization efficiency

(AFUE) improvement attributable to the

condensing of flue gases. Duo-Matic/

Olsen seeks to use a National Bureau of

Standards (NBS) condensate test

method for AFUE instead of the present

DOE test procedures which base

condensation calculations on the

average flue gas temperature. DuoMatic/Olsen further seeks to modify the

NBS test method in order to calculate

steady state efficiency improvement due

to condensing of flue gases in order to

determine output capacity. DOE is

soliciting comments, data, and

information respecting the petition.

DATE: DOE will accept comments, data,

and information not later than May 23,

1983.

ADDRESS: Written comments and

statements shall be sent to: Department

of Energy, Office of conservation and

Renewable Energy, Case No. F-008, Mail

Stop CE-113.1, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McCabe, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Conservation and

Renewable Energy, Mail Station CE113.1, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585; (202) 252-

9127;or

Eugene Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

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The energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products (other than

automobiles) was established pursuant

to the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (EPCA), Pub. L 94-163, 89 Stat. 917,

as amended by the National Energy

Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), Pub.

L. 95-619, 92 Stat. 3266, which requires

DOE to prescribe standardized test

procedures to masure the energy

consumption of certain consumer

products, including furnaces. The intentof the test procedures is to provide a

comparable measure of energy

consumption that will assist consumers

in making purchasing decisions. These

test procedures appear at 10 CFR Part

430, Subpart B.

DOE has amended the prescribed test

procedures by adding 10 CFR 430.27,

Petitions for Waiver, to allow the

Assistant Secretary for Conservation

and Renewable Energy temporarily to

waive test procedures for a particular

basic model. 45 FR 64108 (September 26,

1980.) Waivers may be granted when

one or more design characteristics of a

basic model either prevent testing of the

basic model according to the prescribed

test procedures or lead to results so

unrepresentative of the model's true

energy consumption as to provide

materially inaccurate comparative data.

The Duo-Matic/Olsen petition seeks a

waiver from the DOE test method basing

condensation calculations on the

average flue gas temperature. Instead,

Duo-Matic/Olsen requestes the use of

the condensate measureing method as

set forth in Appendix C of National

Bureau of Standards Interagency Report

80-2210, "Recommended Testing and

Calculation Procedures for Estimating

the Seasonal Performance of Residential

Condensing Furnaces and Boilers,"

dated April 1980, to determine the AFUE

of its condensing'furnace. The firm also

is requesting to use a similar condensate

measurement method for determining

the steady state efficiency improvement

of its condensing furnace instead of

using the flue loss method in the existing

test procedures.

Pursuant to paragraph (b) of 10 CFR

430.27, DOE is hereby publishing the

"Petition for Waiver" in its entirety

including the additional request. The

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petition contains no confidential

information. DOE solicits comments,

data, and information respecting the

petition.

Issued in Washington, D.C. April 18. 1983.

Howard S. Coleman,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary.

Conservation and Renewable Energy.

Re: Energy Conservation Program for

Consumer Products, Petition for Waiver

of Furnace Test Procedures

Gentlemen: Under the provisions of 10 CFR

430.27 a petition for waiver from the test

procedures in 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B,

Appendix N, dated August 12, 1980, is

requested by Duo-Matic/Olsen Inc., Tilbury,

Ontario.

Duo-Matic/Olsen Inc. manufactures a

complete line of residential heating

equipment. At the present time we are

manufacturing and have available a gas fired

forced air condensing furance in Canada.

Plans to market this gas fired forced air

condensing furnace in the United States

requires testing under the provisions of 10

CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix N.

Duo-Matic/Olsen Inc. requests a waiver

from the existing Department of Energy test

procedure requirements relating to the

measurement of losses due to cycling in

determining the annual fuel utilization

efficiency (AFUE) improvement attributable

to the condensing of flue gases. We ask that

the waiver be granted to permit the optional

use of tests outlined in the National Bureau of

Standards document NBSIR 81-2110, April

1981, entitled, "Recommended Testing and

Calculation Procedures for Estimating the

Seasonal Performance of Residential

Condensing Furnaces and Boilers."

Duo-Matic/Olsen Inc. also seeks to use a

direct measurement method to determine'the

steady state efficiency improvement

attributable to the condensing of flue gases

needed to determine output capacity. The

disclosure of the direct measurement method

is published in the Federal Register Notice of

December 3,1982, "Energy Conservation

Program for Consumer Products, Petition for

Waiver of Furnace; Test Procedures From

Amana Refrigeration, Inc."

If there is any other information required

regarding this petition, please contact us.

Yours truly,

Duo-Matic/Olsen Inc.

Dennis Koestler.

P. Eng., Project Engineer.

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