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Central warm-air, forced-air, upflow-type furnace

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A forced-air-type furnace designed with airflow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the top of the furnace.

Forced-air-type central, upflow-type furnace

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A forced-air-type furnace designed with airflow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the top of the furnace.

Day fuel tank

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fuel tank, located inside a structure, that provides fuel to the engine.

Automatically lighted fuel-burning appliance

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fuel-burning appliance in which fuel to the main burner is normally turned on and ignited automatically.

Indirect-fired appliance

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fuel-burning appliance in which products of combustion (flue gases) are not mixed in the appliance with the medium (e.g., air) being heated.

Direct-fired appliance

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fuel-burning appliance in which the products of combustion (flue gases) are mixed with the medium (e.g., air) being heated.

Atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fuel-firing technique using a fluidized bed operating at near-atmospheric pressure on the fire side.

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