Pellet Stove Furnace Benefits Compared To Wood Log Furnaces

So you have just looked at your last oil or gas bill and thought "I need to change this as soon as possible". This is a thought home owners around the world are currently thinking, however what are the possible options for change, are are they even cheaper options or not? Well there are a variety of new renewable and alternative heating options available. A few examples are solar water heaters and geothermal options, however while both of these options can generate some useable heat, in many cases they cannot be relied on as a total heating solution. One of the few alternatives that really can generate your full heating requirements is biomass, and in most cases it will be wood. Now, when most people think of heating with wood they automatically think of wood log stoves and boilers, at the same time they think of the work involved in running them. This is definitely true, and why log heating solutions are not really a

modern practical option. The other factor with logs heating systems, is the fuel that most people use in them is not dry wood, and therefore they give back very little heat, and create more work and problems such as creosote build up. Basically logs stoves can be used a decorative feature in the front room, however should never be used as an efficient heating solution for the whole property. This is where the pellet furnace has the take the heating fuel crown from log stoves, as pellet stoves generate more heat and less ash waste.

Wood Pellet Fuel Production Plants and Biomass Drying Solutions

To produce pellets the wood obviously has to be processed and compressed down into the pellet shape. So how are fuel pellets made, well many different pieces of equipment is required, however its the pellet machine where the action is really at. Under immense pressure the wood is forced through holes to form the pellet shape, the pellets are hot and must be cooled before storage.

How To Choose The Best Pellet Stove Furnace For Most Pellet Fuels

Well here is where it gets a little bit tricky. Where all pellet stove furnaces will burn premium grade wood pellets, which produce the least ash however are the most expensive, with most pellet stoves this is the limit of their abilities. Not only are premium wood pellets the most in demand, they are also the most susceptible to supply problems due to the high and changing demand of a constantly growing wood pellet fuel market. So the most practical solution is to purchase a most fuel flexible pellet stove furnace. This way if you only intend to burn premium pellet fuels, you still have the ability to burn other grades of fuel pellets if the price of premium pellets was too high, or availability was an issue.

The PelHeat Wood Pellet Stove and Wood Pellet Boiler Guide

Through our research we have summarized the features a pellet stove or boiler requires to burn different grades of pellets. We have compiled these results in to the pellet stove and boiler guide. Please click the link below to download.

The Pellet Stove and Boiler Guide © PelHeat Ltd - Pellet Stove Furnace