The cost effectiveness of wood-fired heating plants is further improved through several federal subsidiaries in order to promote renewable energies.
Pellets – A Fuel of the Future with High Efficiency
Wood pellets are made from dried, organic leftover wood (e.g. sawdust, wood
shavings) that accumulates during wood processing. The pellets are produced
under high pressure and with the help of natural wood resins as a binding
agent. Pellets have a diameter of 6 to 8 mm and a length of 10 to 30 mm. The
water content is between 8 and 10%, the heating value adds up to 5 kWh per
kg. That means that 1 kg of pellets have the same heating value as half a
liter of oil.
Compared to other wooden fuels pellets have decisive advantages. The low
water content and the fine graininess offer the best conditions for an
optimal combustion that is characterized by its low CO2-emission and the
production of minimal amounts of ash.
Due to their standardized dimensions in connection to their flowability
pellets can be used in automatic feeding devices.
Bagged cargo pellets are being sold in bags of 15 to 25 kg. Bagged cargo is
especially suitable for the use of pellet heaters.
For the operation of an automatically fed pellet central heating boiler the
use of loose pellets, usually delivered in silo trucks, is the most
effective method. The pellets are blown through a tube from the truck
directly into the fuel storage room.
Pellet Storage – Adaptable and Combinable
Pellet heaters require a fuel storage room. The room should be large enough
to hold approximately 1.5 times of the annual demand of pellets. If an oil
or gas heating system is replaced through a pellet heater the required space
of the storage area can be determined by the prior consumption. 2 kg of
pellets correspond to 1 liter of oil or 1 m³ of gas. The mean density of
pellets is 650 kg per cubic meter.
Apart from a storage room in the cellar there is also the possibility to
store the pellets outside, e.g. in a bag silo or an underground tank. This
storage area is protected against humidity and dust.
A Few Good Reasons to Buy a Pellet Heating System
Financially
- Subsidiaries from the state
- Low annual fuel costs
- Complete independence from fossil energies
Functionally
- System safety through perfectly tuned complete solutions
- Efficient boiler technology
- Fully automatic operation
Environmentally
- Valuable contribution to environment protection
- Conservation of resources through renewable energy sources
- CO2-neutral fuel
Low energy heater
The one-family home pellet heating solution with the
decisive advantages:
• fully automatic, modulating low energy central heating boiler
• space-saving and most elegant boiler of its class
• 100 mm all around full insulation
• improved safety (serial air lock)
• improved efficiency (efficiency rate of up to 94 %)
• improved comfort (patented self-cleaning stainless steel comb grate)
• integrated, large pellet hopper (35 kg holding capacity)
• energy-saving, stable glow ignition (only 270 watt)
• fully automatic, flexible fuel feed (optional, retrofit)
• lowest emissions (up to 95 % under the limit values)
• optional ash box