Domestic Fuels revision notes
Fuel types and characteristics, low-carbon heat sources, choosing a fuel, safe storage and the competent-person bodies.
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Fuel Types & Characteristics
Domestic fuels and heat sources at a glance
How natural gas, LPG, heating oil, solid fuel and electricity compare on supply, storage, combustion and energy content.
Oil-fired heating — the essentials
How a domestic oil heating system works: tank, supply, fire valve, burner and flue.
Why gas density matters: natural gas versus LPG
How the relative density of natural gas and LPG changes leak behaviour, detector placement and ventilation.
Low-Carbon & Sustainable Options
Decarbonising heat and the Future Homes direction
How a cleaner electricity grid, hydrogen-readiness and the Future Homes Standard point heating away from fossil fuels.
Heat pumps: air source and ground source
How ASHP and GSHP move low-grade heat, why flow temperatures are low, and what good design depends on.
Solar thermal and biomass as low-carbon heat
How solar thermal panels pre-heat hot water and how biomass boilers burn wood fuel as renewable options.
Choosing a Fuel
Fuel Storage & Safe Siting
LPG storage: cylinder and bulk tank siting
Siting LPG cylinders and bulk tanks safely, allowing for a gas that is heavier than air.
Oil storage: tanks, bunding and the fire valve
Safe siting of domestic oil tanks, integrally-bunded construction, separation and the fire valve that cuts the supply.
Storing solid fuel and biomass
Why solid fuel and biomass need dry, well-sized storage, and how moisture affects performance.
Regulatory & Competent-Person Bodies
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