NEWS : Kozi Previa Wood Pellet Stove Facts and Performance Results

The design of the Kozi Previa is very traditional, with a cast iron appearance. The stove can fit well into most rooms, with a standard and conventional appearance. Anyone with more modern styling my choose to look else where. Some basic features of the stove are a 10 tube heat exchanger system. This will enable the stove to capture heat from the exhaust gases, and then with help of the convection fan, distribute this heat into the room. The Kozi Previa also features a large ash draw, this means the stove will have the cleaned less often than some competitors. One of the safety features the Kozi Previa also features is the fuel hopper is kept completely separately from the burn chamber, which reduces fire risk. As the burn chamber on the stove maintains a negative air pressure, this stop any smoke potentially entering the living space. The draft of the stove can be manually controlled, for control of combustion and fuel results.

What Are The Other Specific Features Of The Kozi Previa Pellet Stove

One of the key advantages of wood pellet stoves compared to log stoves for example, is the ability to precisely control and maintain temperature. Part of this ability is the means to precisely control the feed rate of the pellets. With the Kozi Previa you can control the pellet feed rate from between just under 500g's up to 2kg's per hour. The stove can also adjust the air flow rate, to match the pellet feed rate to make combustion as efficient as possible. Another variable feature of the stove is the convection blow, which carries heat from the heat exchanger tubes into the room. As many other manufactures also do, the Previa has an air wash system installed to keep the glass clean from a build up of ash. This makes it much easier to see how combustion is going and also lets far more light into the room. The maximum capacity of the pellet fuel hopper is 27kg's. This will enable the stove to operate for between 13-60 hours and produce a maximum heat output of 40,000Btu's. In general the Kozi Previa is a well made stove, however is does lack the ability to be able to deal with higher ash fuels.

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Why Would You Want To Be Able To Use Higher Ash Content Fuels?

In the summary of the Kozi Previa, it's been stated the stove will not be able to use higher ash content fuels. However what are higher ash content fuels, and why would you even want to use them? Well lets start with the most common pellet stove fuel, and also the lowest ash content pellet stove fuel, premium wood pellets. Premium wood pellets generate around 0.5% ash, due to fact is only made from specific wood species with practically all bark removed to produce an ash content so low. However, in the future, due to demand the price of premium grade fuel will increase, and for many people be an unattractive heating option due to the cost. There will be another option to choose lower grade and cheaper fuel pellets, however they will produce more ash, and your pellet stove may not be capable of using the pellets without complications.

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