Why Try to Burn Water?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A cord of freshly cut hardwood from a northern forest (green firewood) contains about 24,000,000 British Thermal Units (Btus) and weighs about 4,500 pounds. After proper air drying, the same cord weighs only 3,500 pounds. The loss of 1,000 pounds of water at 8.34 pounds per gallon is about 120 gallons. [siteorigin_widget class=”Tribe_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] […]
A “Climate Emergency” Does not Make Heating with Wood Less Sustainable
Using wood for heating is not only smart carbon policy, but should also become an essential component of pro-forestation land management. Some believe the countdown timer on a 10 year planetary climate time bomb has begun. They believe we have ten years to figure out how to clip the carbon “wires” or human-induced carbon emissions […]
Modern Wood Boilers – The Benefits of Batch Burning
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] What is a “Modern Wood Boiler”? Modern wood boilers use sensors, such as oxygen sensors like those found in modern automobile engines, to provide real-time combustion adjustment with separate primary and secondary air controls. Sometimes these boilers are called “lambda controlled wood boilers”. Modern wood boilers almost always use induced draft fans rather […]
Froling PE1 Pellet Boilers are EPA Approved, 30%+ Cleaner than Similar Boilers
Froling has received EPA approvals for PE1 20 and PE1 35 pellet boilers. Results will soon be posted on the EPA Hydronic Heaters List, which can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/residential-wood-heaters/fact-sheet-summary-requirements-wood-fired-hydronic-heaters The PE1 20 has an emission rate of .049 lbs/mmBtu/hr. and an annualized emission rate of .425 grams/hr. Annualized efficiency is 78%. The PE1 35 […]
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Certifies Fröling FHG Wood Boiler
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30,2014 Media Contact: Scott Nichols, scott@tarmusa.com, 603-795-9102 Tarm Biomass, of, Lyme, NH is pleased to announce that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DES) has certified the Fröling FHG Model 20 wood heating boiler for use in New York State. The wood boiler is the first in nation to […]
Fröling FHG Wood Boiler Emission Data Chart
EPA, Biomass Boiler Industry Proposed Emissions Rules Aren’t Flying at the State Level
Article written for Biomass Power & Thermal By Scott Nichols | April 29, 2011 In 2007, responding to a need to reduce emissions from Outdoor Hydronic Heaters, then known as outdoor water stoves, EPA began a Voluntary Hydronic Heater Emission Testing Program. The EPA, states, industry and other parties came together to solve a burgeoning […]
European Union to North American Wood Boiler Efficiency Conversion
Background(for the technical savvy): Thermal Efficiency For an energy conversion device like a boiler the thermal efficiency is: So, for a boiler that produces 30KW (100,000 Btu/h) output for each 40KW (140,000 Btu/h) heat-equivalent input, its thermal efficiency (n) is 30/40=0.75, or 75%. This means that 25% of the energy is lost to the environment. […]
Certificate of Boiler Efficiency
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