The house is heated
primarily with a wood gasification boiler. The wood gasification boiler is connected in
parallel with the backup oil furnace. We load wood once a day and the
wood gasification boiler heats up water that is stored in two large tanks for later use.
This allows the wood gasification boiler to burn the wood fuel very efficient, since
it will burn it all at one time. The wood gasification boiler currently has multiple
controllers that allow all the home's heating needs to be met
automatically. On very cold days the oil furnace will act as a backup
automatically if required. The wood gasification boiler is used from December to end of
March for all heating and hot water needs. The benefit of burning wood
efficiently is that it is renewable and CO2 neutral. The wood is
supplied from local arborists who receive the wood from trees that have
fallen or need to be removed before they fall. Unlike outdoor
wood boilers that are inefficient, this model uses wood gasification
technology to completely burn the wood and the exhaust gases at very high
temperatures up to 1800 deg F. This produces very low exhaust emissions
comparable to burning oil.
Wood Gasification Boiler
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Wood Gasification Boiler Controls
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