Wood Pellet Boilers and Pellet Furnaces

Using wood pellets as the main heating source for many properties will rely on the abilities and heat output of wood pellet boilers over wood pellet stoves. Wood pellet boilers have a greater heat output than most pellet stoves. The pellet boiler will be connected up to your existing central heating system to distribute heat throughout the whole property with radiators. Some consumers can also choose multi-fuel wood pellet boilers. For example, the Tatano biomass pellet boiler we use at PelHeat is also a log boiler is desired. However, I can tell you from personal experience that burning logs requires a lot more maintaince than burning pellets. Even when the burn chamber is full with logs, it still requires a refill every couple of hours. Even when we are burning straw pellets which require the clinker removing, the boiler will operate for over 6 hours without any maintenance. The Tatano boiler, and some other wood pellet boilers on the market, also has the option to fit an additional gas or oil burner to the back of the boiler. The advantage with this feature is some consumers are not certain on the reliability of pellet fuel and also the supply of pellet fuel. Therefore the burner from your existing oil or gas boiler can be separated and fitting into your new wood pellet boiler.

From personal experience, we can say we are more than happy with our wood pellet boiler, and the advantages using a wood pellet boiler has brought. First off on running costs, we have seen a huge reduction in heating costs compared to using oil. In terms of maintenance and up keep, our work load is more than most due to the type of fuel pellets we use. Using wood pellet fuel, we would only have the service the boiler every couple of days, maybe once a week. However, we experiment with a variety of pellet fuels. We currently burn mainly wheat straw pellets. Wheat straw pellet produce a higher ash content than wood pellets and also sometimes generate a hard clinker formation from melting ash. Due to this we generally service the boiler once a day, however the benefits are than running costs are below half that of using wood pellet fuels. We also support the fact of using a local waste from food crop production for pellet fuel.

Wood Pellet Fuel and Biomass Pellets

Wood pellet fuel currently dominates the pellet fuel market, however in the future the pellet fuel market cannot solely depend on wood pellets, and other forms of biomass fuel pellets will be required. One of the main areas where additional waste biomass is abundant is agriculture. In producing food crops, there is a lot of biomass growth which is still seen as waste, with no use. However, most of this biomass can be upgraded into fuel pellets for pellet stoves and boilers. As mentioned above, wheat straw is one of these, also barley straw, corn cobs and corn stalks to name but a few. This way food is solely used for food, and the waste is used for fuel. This could help develop the food industry and make growing food more profitable, without increasing food prices. Therefore it could address the two main issues facing the world simultaneously. We also encourages completing the cycle from raw materials to finished fuel pellets all locally. This has two main benefits, it generates more local jobs while at the same time reduces transportation reducing cost and carbon emissions.

PelHeat Wood Pellet Production Guide

At PelHeat we have many years of experience in pellet production, and we provide a pellet production consultation service. The PelHeat guide download will show you how to make wood and other fuel pellets.

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