subject: Upgrade To A Wood Pellet Stove Instead Of Oil Or Gas [print this page] The home heating market has been dominated by oil and gas heating systems, however wood heating is on a revival with wood pellet stoves and wood pellet boilers. Wood pellets make it possible to use wood in a much more efficient manor to heat your home.
Wood has been used for heating for thousands of years, burning logs on open fires and then moving towards closed burners. However beyond this wood burning technology did not really develop any further until the progress made with wood pellets and wood pellet stoves.
Lets be honest, who would choose to use logs to heat their home if they can afford to use gas or oil. Logs are messy, and create a lot of ash and in many cases due to their high moisture content not a great deal of heat. In some cases wood logs are still used to heat a living room, however its more for an atmosphere and the look of the fire.
As burning wood logs does generate quite a lot of work its not a practical option for most people, therefore this is where wood pellets can be that practical option. Wood pellets can be used automatically in wood pellet stoves and boilers to generate all the heat you need.
One of the key advantages with pellet stoves and boilers is that they feed themselves. All pellet stoves and boiler have a hopper designed to run for 12 hours constantly. External silos can also be purchased and connected to feed the burner pretty much all year with pellets.
The way a pellet stove generates heat is through hot and radiating heat into the room. A fan blows air over the hot heat exchanger to get heat into the room. Some pellet stoves also come complete with a back boiler, which usually produces a heat output of the stove to 40% hot air and 60% through hot water. For larger properties a dedicated wood pellet boiler is more suitable.
