Pellet Stoves
In simple terms biomass fuels are typically wood products from a sustainable
source that are burnt to produce heat for space heating, water heating and
cooking. Pellet burning stoves are considered carbon neutral because the carbon emitted by
burning is balanced by carbon absorbed when growing.
In general three different wood products are available; logs and wood pellets
may be burnt in stove or room heaters to produce space heating and, with a back
boiler, hot water (and in addition logs may be burnt in an open fire). Wood
chips can only be really used in a wood stove boiler.
Wood chip comes from the likes of recycled wood waste, short rotation coppice,
tree thinning and park waste. In general the energy in wood chip is lower that
either logs or pellets but is readily obtainable and relatively cheap.
Logs are the most commonly available form of wood fuel. High moisture content
reduces heat production therefore well seasoned timber or wood felled during the
winter are preferable.
Pellets are manufactured from waste wood and are able to produce around twice
the heat energy as logs and four times that of wood chip. As a result pellet
burning stoves can be smaller and be used where space is limited.
All biomass systems require some active management, a regular supply of fuel and
the ability to store it on-site. They will, of course, need a chimney or flue
for the exhaust gasses which are all available from SER-enity.Com as your pellet stove dealer.
Biomass fuels reduce carbon emissions overall where they displace fossil fuel
usage, for example where a gas or oil fired room heater is replaced by a wood burner stove.
A typical biomass system only requires a stove or boiler, an appropriate flue,
and somewhere to store the fuel
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