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

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 theaverage 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 andRenewable 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, r

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 consumerproducts, 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.

IFR Doc. 83-10638 Filed 4-20-83 ; 8:45 am]

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