NEWS : Artel LS12 Wood Pellet Stove Performance Results and Facts

The Artel LS12 is a stand alone wood pellet stove, with all the usual features such as an in-built thermostat to control the heat output of the stove precisely to make your living space as comfortable as possible. The design of the stove is very clean and contemporary, which should fit well with a room with more modern interior design. It is possible to change the appearance of the stove to fit the decor of your room as the Artel is available in a selection of colours from black, cream or burgundy. The side panels on the stove are interchangeable, so if you redecorate you can always change the sides of the pellet stove to compliment the room. Along with the modern feel, the Artel LS12 also comes with a remote control from which you can set temperature and start the fire. This sort of precise control is where wood pellet heating really has the edge over other forms of solid fuel heating, as the feed rate of pellets can be controlled.

The Other Facts and Specific Features and Artel Performance Results

On average the pellet stove will use 1.6kg's of wood pellet fuel per hour. The weight of the pellet stove is 160kg's, which is important when deciding where is a appropriate place to position the stove. The efficiency rating of the Artel LS12 is 87%, this basically means that the stove can capture 87% of the heat produced for useable heat for the property. This figure is far beyond any wood log stove, however it still lacks behind some of the other pellet stoves which are now up to even 99% efficient. The heat output of the stove ranges from between just under 3Kw's up to 12Kw's. For the respective heat settings the stove will consume just under 1kg and up to 3.5Kg's of pellet fuel per hour. The hopper capacity of the stove is 25kg's. The Artel is a very attractive looking wood pellet stove, however it does have some issues. These issues may currently have little impact, however in the future they will have a huge impact on the abilities of the stove. The Artel has a drop down burn pot, this design of burn pot is not suitable for higher ash wood and biomass pellets which will be more common soon.

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Many wood pellet stoves and boilers today are designed with the drop down burn pot, the reasons for this are simple, its much much cheaper for the manufacture to produce the product this way. However, in terms of what the consumer wants or needs its a different matter. Now currently, the drop down burn pot design will be working more or less without complications with premium grade pellet fuel which is currently the staple of the pellet fuel industry. However in the future to meet market demands, more biomass materials need to be used to produce pellet fuel, and only forced feed burn pots will be able to burn this grade of fuel. Premium grade will still be available in the future, but the price will be more premium than ever before, so you don't want to be trapped into using this grade of fuel. Therefore a forced fed burn pot is the best option

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