Englander Pellet Stove and Benefits Of Installing A Wood Pellet Stove

Pellet stoves, for example the Englander pellet stove, have many benefits compared to using a basic log stove for example. A log stove requires frequent manual loading of fuel, frequent ash removal and smoke levels can also be an issue. Importantly to note, log stoves are also not very efficient. The logs for example still contain 20-30% moisture, and that is regarded as a dry 'seasoned' log. Fuel pellets contain less than 10% moisture, and in many cases even less than that at around 6%. Less moisture in the fuel means a higher combustion efficiency, with more heat generated and less smoke and less ash.

Pellet stoves also require much less maintenance than log stoves. Pellet stoves for example have an integral hopper which can hold at least a days worth of fuel. Some pellet stoves can run up to a week without the need to fill the fuel hopper.

How Can Owning A Pellet Stove Help To Support The Local Economy

The advantage with fuel pellets, is they can be made from practically any biomass raw material. Currently the pellet fuel market is dominated by wood pellets, and particularly premium wood pellets. An important fact to remember however is the fact there is only so much available wood residue suitable to produce a premium grade pellet. Therefore in the future more biomass raw materials will have to be used to produce pellet fuel for stoves to meet market demand. A few examples of other biomass fuel pellets are straw pellets made from waste agricultural residues. Grass pellets made from fast growing switchgrass, reed canary grass, miscanthus or even hemp.

These biomass fuel pellets could be produced locally, using locally grown resources and then sold back into the local community. This would generate many local jobs and also save local consumers as fuel transportation costs are kept to an absolute minimum. More money is also kept in the local economy.

Not All Englander Pellet Stoves Can Burn All Fuel Pellets Successfully

Even though for a change in colour, all fuel pellets look the same, the way they burn can be very different. The amount of ash produced from each type of fuel pellet can differ quite a bit. As the simple fact is, some pellet stoves cannot handle any other fuel than specific premium wood pellets. The problem is, even premium wood pellets have slight changes in ash from batch to batch. And the tolerance of some pellet stoves are so narrow, even a small change in ash percentage can cause the wood pellet stove serious complications.

The Pellet Stove and Boiler Guide Can Help You Choose The Best Stove

Picking the right pellet stove can be a tricky business, however your choice of pellet stove can impact on how efficiently the stove operate and which pellet fuel it can use successfully. Buying a fuel flexible pellet stove, which can efficiently run on a wide range of pellet fuels, can save you hundreds if not thousands in fuel costs over the life of the stove. To learn more please click below.

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