Does the cold make you shiver in your poorly heated house? Do you see your savings going up in smoke with your heating? It is high time to choose a better heating system and to choose a wood stove or a pellet stove. You will be won over by their performance and will appreciate […]
Category: Pellets or wood pellets
Wood energy: heating with wood pellets or wood pellets.
All about wood pellets ou Pellets: which prices for pellets, which pellet stove to choose for your home? What is the pellet pollution? What advantages and disadvantages of pellets?
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The pellet stove, the star of heating systems!
Imagine yourself near the stove to enjoy a gentle heat! Eh yes ! This is one of the reasons that the pellet stove was highly acclaimed. It has many undeniable assets which have, over time, conquered homes. We tell you all about this heating system which has revolutionized […]
Stirling cogeneration to wood pellets by Sunmachine
technical sales presentation Stirling co-generator using wood pellets (pellets) of Sunmachine society Read more: stirling wooden motor for home Download the file (a newsletter subscription may be required): Cogeneration Stirling with pellets wood
The production of pellets in Europe
What is the production of wood pellets in Europe and who are the main producers? The Pellets market is booming due to the increasing prices of fossil fuels. A quick overview of the European production of this new energy source, renewable of course, but not inexhaustible! This graphics […]
Heating pellets in Austria: pro-pellets
Pellet heating in Austria: technical data on boilers and the market Austrian document (in German therefore) by ProPellets on wood pellet heating which contains interesting information on the development of this means of heating. As for example, the evolution of the average efficiency of the installations: Find out more: our heating file […]
Pellet combustion, analysis and comparison with other energy sources
Comparative analysis of emissions and pollution of wood pellets in comparison with other energies: oil, natural gas, solar + gas and air-water heat pump. Document in German. Debate on forums: comparison of polluting emissions according to the type of heating. Download the file (newsletter subscription may be required): Combustion […]
wood pellet combustion and agropellets
Combustion analysis: gaseous emissions and solid residues of the pellets according to their nature: wood pellets or agropellets This is an extract from the document: Biofuels: standards and properties of pellets, wood pellets and agropellets Pollution of wood pellets on forums Download the file (Newsletter subscription may be required): Combustion […]
Pellet consumption estimate calculation
What will my future consumption of pellets be and especially its cost compared to fuel oil? Heating with wood pellets (or pellets): questions to ask before choosing this heating method? Your consumption of pellets will obviously depend on your energy needs. If you know them, then it will be easy to estimate your […]
Advantages and disadvantages of pellets compared to wood
What are the advantages and disadvantages of pellets compared to heating with wood logs? Archimedean screw for the automatic feeding of a pellet boiler Advantages of pellets on wood - automation of the feeding for the boilers, - semi-automation for the stoves (loading every 24 hours), - little or no work of preparation […]
Central heating with wood, wood pellets what does it know?
You have probably already heard of wood pellets, also known as pellets. This "new" energy can be a very interesting ecological compromise for your new home or in the event of a change of a boiler. Obviously the investment is quite heavy and we must not be mistaken in view of the sums at stake! However, […]
Properties of wood pellets
Main physical properties of sawdust pellets This article is an appendix to our pellets dossier. A) General Properties - Raw material: sawdust from untreated wood. - Lower Calorific Value, PCI: between 4,5 and 5 kWh / kg. - Density of the pellet alone: 1100 to 1300 kg / m3 (the pellet flows into the water!) - Bulk density: from […]
Biofuel: pellets standards and properties and pellets and agropellets
The quality of solid biofuels. This document concerns pellets: wood pellets and agro pellets: pellets of agricultural origin (cereals, cakes, etc.) Conference support by Michaël Temmerman, CRA-W and Olivier Hecq, CRA-W (Walloon Center for Agronomic Research: http / /cra.wallonie.be). Conference held during the 4th Biomass meeting “What resources for biofuels from […]
hot water ECS and wood boiler or pellet
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? Domestic hot water problem with pellet or wood-fired boilers The preparation of domestic hot water (which we will call DHW hereinafter) is a problem completely (or almost) independent of the problem of the dimensioning of […]
Silo storage and automatic feeding of granules
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? What tonnage of pellets will be needed? See also the pellet consumption calculation? Homemade pellet silo Once you have your annual heat balance, you can deduce the tonnage of pellets required and thus […]
Properly size a pellet boiler
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? How to properly size your future wood boiler? The average power of his boiler must correspond to the average losses of his home when it is coldest. Estimating the losses, ie making a thermal balance, is […]
Problem of sizing a wood-fired boiler
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? The problem of oversizing a wood-fired log or pellet boiler A classic and very common error is the oversizing of the boilers. On an oil or gas boiler, this is not a big deal, although […]
Financial aid and tax credit for pellets?
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? What local grants can I get in addition to the national tax credit? The central heating installations in Pellets are unfortunately expensive (around 10 to 15.000 €). Compared to an oil boiler or […]
Storage of pellets and necessary volume of the silo
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? 1) What are the conditions for good storage of pellets? a) Proximity to the boiler as we have just said. If you do not have an adjacent room: nothing prevents you from building, if possible, an adjoining external annex […]
Wood Energy: choose pellets, help, criteria and questions
Heating with wood pellets: the questions to ask before choosing this heating method? 1) Are there one or more bulk pellet suppliers in my area? This is a fundamental question: if not, you can stop your thinking here. Without bulk pellet distributor who can deliver to […]
Why choose wood pellets?
Heating with wood pellets: why choose this heating method? File produced by C. BAYARD and completed by Christophe MARTZ. The reasons for choosing wood pellet heating 1 - Financial savings Compared to fossil fuels which are (and will be) more and more expensive. Around 210 € per tonne […]