Smoke pipe

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A smoke pipe is a pipe that is used to discharge smoke from a furnace . It enables the chimney effect of the combustion and the discharge of harmful combustion products into a chimney and also serves as a heat exchanger .

A smoke pipe as a connection piece for connecting fireplaces to a chimney is also called a stovepipe or drag stove . Flue pipes are straight and, if they are horizontal, run with a slight incline to the chimney connection. Such a smoke pipe is often equipped with a throttle valve . The pipe cross-sections depend on the outlet connection of the fireplace, the wall thickness on the heat output and the type of fuel.

Flue pipes in tubular heating surfaces , steam boilers , bath stoves and shell boilers are part of heat exchangers .

literature

  • Karl Volger, Erhard Laasch: House technology. Basics, planning, execution, Teubner, Stuttgart 1989, pp. 519-520. ISBN 978-3-322-92814-6