CEN/TS 15359:2006

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2007
Trdno alternativno gorivo - Specifikacije in razredi
Solid recovered fuels - Specifications and classes
Feste Sekundärbrennstoffe - Spezifikationen und Klassen
Combustibles solides de récupération - Spécification et classes
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 15359:2006
ICS:
75.160.10 Trda goriva Solid fuels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 15359
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
May 2006
ICS 75.160.10
English Version
Solid recovered fuels - Specifications and classes
Combustibles solides de récupération - Spécification et Feste Sekundärbrennstoffe - Spezifikationen und Klassen
classes
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 21 February 2006 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their
comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
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promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS)
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Introduction.4
1 Scope.5
2 Normative references.5
3 Terms and definitions .6
4 Symbols and abbreviations.8
5 Principles.8
6 Requirements and declaration of conformity.8
7 Classification.9
8 Compliance rules.10
8.1 Compliance rules for classification.10
8.2 Compliance rules for specification.11
9 Specification.12
9.1 General.12
9.2 Properties obligatory to specify.12
9.3 Properties voluntary to specify.13
Annex A (normative) Template for the specification of solid recovered fuels.14
Annex B (informative) Fuel preparation.17
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Annex C (informative) Template for declaration of conformity .18
Bibliography.19

Foreword
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS 15359:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee
CEN/TC 343 “Solid recovered fuels”, the secretariat of which is held by SFS.
The scope for this Technical Specification is based on the mandate M/325 given by the European
Commission to CEN on 2002-08-26.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to announce this CEN Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Introduction
The objective of this Technical Specification is to provide unambiguous and clear classification and
specification principles for Solid Recovered Fuels (SRFs). The Technical Specification aims at serving
as a tool to enable efficient trading of SRFs, promoting their acceptability on the fuel market and
increasing the public trust. The Technical Specification will facilitate a good understanding between
seller and buyer, facilitate purchase, transborder movements, use and supervision as well as a good
communication with equipment manufacturers. It will also facilitate authority permission procedures
and ease the reporting on the use of fuels from renewable energy sources and on other environmental
issues.
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SRFs are produced from non hazardous waste. The input waste can be production specific waste,
municipal solid waste, industrial waste, commercial waste, construction and demolition waste, sewage
sludge etc. It is thus obvious that SRFs are a heterogeneous group of fuels. A well defined system for
classification and specification is therefore of great importance to reach the above mentioned
objectives and intentions.
This Technical Specification covers all types of SRFs and will thus have a wide field of application. It
supports the objectives and implementation of the EU waste hierarchy as defined in article 3.1 of the
waste framework directive 75/442 modified by the directive 91/156.
This Technical Specification describes the compliance rules which a SRF has to meet to be classified
according to the classification system. It also describes how the supplier can establish a declaration of
conformity to the different Technical Specifications for SRFs (see Clause 2).
Figure 1 illustrates a simplified flow chain for SRFs, from input of waste to end use of SRFs. This
Technical Specification has an interface to all the stages in the chain, but SRF classification and
specification are applicable at the point of delivery as shown in the figure. Requirements for how the
input waste is collected and how to use the fuel are not part of this Technical Specification.

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Hazardous waste is defined in the Directive on hazardous waste (91/689/EEC) and its amendments, and are
elucidated and exemplified in the waste list ((Commission decision 2000/532) and its amendments, in particular
2001/118/EC).
Figure 1 — Solid recovered fuels chain — The Technical Specification on specification and
classes is applicable at the point of delivery
1 Scope
This Technical Specification specifies a classification system for SRFs and a template for the
specification of their properties.
SRFs are produced from non-hazardous waste.
NOTE 1 Solid bio-fuels excluded from the Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) are not included in the
scope of this Technical Specification. These are dealt with in CEN/TC 335 “Solid biofuels”. Waste wood from
demolition of buildings and civil engineering installations is, however, included in the scope.
NOTE 2 Untreated municipal solid waste is not included in the scope of this Technical Specification.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this Technical
Specification. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest
edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TS 15357:2006, Solid recovered fuels — Terminology, definitions and descriptions
prCEN/TS 15442, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for sampling
prCEN/TS 15443, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for laboratory sample preparation
prCEN/TS 15400, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for the determination of calorific values
prCEN/TS 15414-1, Solid recovered fuels —Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method — Part 1: Determination of total moisture by a reference method
prCEN/TS 15414-2, Solid recovered fuels —Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method — Part 2: Determination of total moisture by a simplified method
prCEN/TS 15414-3, Solid recovered fuels —Determination of moisture content using the oven dry
method — Part 3: Moisture in general analysis sample
prCEN/TS 15403, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for the determination of ash content
prCEN/TS 15415, Solid recovered fuels —Determination of particle size and particle size distribution
by screen method
prCEN/TS 15408, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for the determination of sulphur (S), chlorine (Cl),
fluorine (F) and bromine (Br) content
prCEN/TS 15411, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for the determination of the content of trace
elements (As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Tl, V and Zn)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purpose of this Technical Specification, the terms and definitions given in
CEN/TS 15357:2006 and the following apply.
NOTE The terms and definitions 3.1 to 3.9 are identical with the ones given in
CEN/TS 15357:2006.
3.1
classification of solid recovered fuel
grouping of solid recovered fuels into classes
NOTE The classes are defined by boundary values for chosen fuel characteristics to be used for trading as
well as for information of permitting authorities and other interested parties.
3.2
composition of solid recovered fuel
break down of solid recovered fuels by types of contained materials, e.g. wood, paper, board, textiles,
plastics, rubber
3.3
delivery agreement
contract for solid recovered fuels trade, which specifies e.g. origin, quality and quantity of the fuel, as
well as delivery terms
3.4
lot
defined quantity of solid recovered fuel for which the quality is to be determined
NOTE Adapted from CEN/TS 14588:2003 [8].
3.5
net calorific value
calculated value of the energy of combustion for unit mass of a solid recovered fuel burned in oxygen
in calorimetric bomb under such conditions that all the water remains as water vapour at 0,1 MPa
NOTE Old term is lower heating value.
3.6
point of delivery
location specified in the delivery agreement, at which the proprietary rights of and responsibility for a
solid recovered fuel are transferred from one organisation to an other
3.7
solid recovered fuel
solid fuel prepared from non-hazardous waste to be utilised for energy recovery in incineration or co-
incineration plants, and meeting the classification and specification requirements laid down in CEN/TS
NOTE "Prepared" here means processed, homogenised and up-graded to a quality that can be traded
amongst producers and users.
3.8
specification
document stating requirements
[EN ISO 9000:2005] [9]
3.9
specification of solid recovered fuels
specification for the properties characterising a solid recovered fuel
NOTE A template for such specification is given in Annex A of CEN/TS 15359.
3.10
supplier
organisation or person that provides a product
4 Symbols and abbreviations
The symbols and abbreviations used in this Technical Specification comply with the SI system of units
as far as possible.
Item Symbol Abbreviation
net calorific value q NCV
p,net
gross calorific value q GCV
V,gr
as received ar
dry basis d
particle diameter  d
5 Principles
The classification system is based on three important parameters, referred to the main SRFs
properties: an economical parameter (net calorific value), a technical parameter (chlorine content) and
an environmental parameter (mercury content). The parameters are chosen to give a stakeholder an
immediate but simplified picture of the fuel in question.
Only fuels derived from non hazardous waste that meet the SRFs standards can be classified as
SRFs.
The classification itself is not enough for an intending user. A user has to have a more detailed
description of the fuel. Relevant fuel properties are thus to be further specified. Some of the fuel
properties are so important that they are obligatory to specify whereas others can be recorded
voluntarily, e.g. upon request of the user.
It is important that SRFs meet specified quality requirements which are to be determined on a defined
lot size by a minimum number of measurements.
6 Requirements and declaration of conformity
In conformity with this Technical Specification, SRFs shall comply with the following requirements:
a) SRF shall be classified a
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