What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners

Outdoor wood burners are an economical solution to heat homes and businesses. They also help to reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and help to create a more resilient energy strategy.

For efficient combustion, it is important to use well-seasoned wood. Green or unseasoned wood may contain more moisture which can cause creosote to accumulate and reduce performance.

Efficient

Outdoor wood burners (OWBs) have been around for a long time and are an extremely eco-friendly and energy efficient way to heat your home. However, the design of OWBs, which promotes an unsteady, cooler fire, results in less combustion and a higher amount of smoke, creosote and particulates. Unburned fuels can cause health issues, fire hazards and degrade the environment.

Additionally the visible smoke plume that OWBs create could cause neighbors to voice their concerns. This could result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation), taking enforcement action. This type of public relations issue can have a serious impact on the value of your property and may even lead to your OWB being shut down.

Crown Royal Stoves offers a line of EPA Certified outdoor wood furnaces called the Pristine Gasification Series that utilizes technology to increase the efficiency of combustion to ensure a smokeless, clean combustion. This is achieved by using a negative-pressure air system that draws fresh, dry heated, filtered, and heated air from the bottom and then pushes it up the chimney at a much faster rate than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is achieved through an innovative design that makes use of a multi-pass, water-filled heat exchanger constructed from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel.

When properly utilized properly, the Pristine Series OWB can achieve a 99% combustion rate for a smoke-free and cleaner fire. It uses less wood and produces significantly less emissions than traditional OWBs. It is important to burn dry, clean and seasoned wood in order to maximize the performance of your OWB. It is recommended to season your wood for a minimum of six months or one year before burning it. This will ensure an efficient and clean burn.

In addition to increasing the efficiency of your wood stove and enhancing the efficiency of your wood burner by performing an "dry burn" every week. This method lowers the amount of creosote in your home which increases the efficiency of boilers and Indoor Wood Burner extends the lifespan of your boiler. By affixing a creosote-removing stick to your stove each time you fill it, you can dramatically reduce the amount of creosote that you need to use. The product is availd the stove with newspaper. Wearing protective gloves and eyewear is also a good idea. You should also have an shovel, a metal ash container and a scraping tool. To protect the refractory you need to lay a cloth on it to protect it while you scrape away coal and ash deposits.

Easy to Operate

Despite their popularity (they were one of the 1990s' "it" trends, together with mullet hairstyles) outdoor wood boilers, also referred to as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters are still often misunderstood. Unlike their cousin the EPA's popular wood stoves, which are designed to burn at low, constant temperatures, these units use a higher fire rate and emit more smoke when operating. This is why some local governments regulate or ban their use.

OWBs are best used for heating homes with high insulation levels. The smoldering, Indoor Wood burner visible smoke is also a source of complaints from neighbors and has led to numerous OWBs being shut down or being sued in the past. For OWBs, dry wood with lower moisture content is needed to work effectively. Wood that is not seasoned or green will reduce efficiency, causing creosote to accumulate and reduce the life of the burner. Drying wood can take time and an instrument to measure moisture is a must for the homeowner.

In contrast, dual-stage wood gasification boilers (OWGB) make use of a three step process that makes use of more available energy in the wood, resulting in much less smoke. These kinds of furnaces are far more efficient than traditional OWBs and can be used with a wider range of fuel. Wood gasification boilers require dry and seasoned wood. Most contemporary wood burners will season within a year, but oak and other hardy species may take two years or more to fully mature. They are less water-based and have a denser mass. This lets them store heat for longer, thereby increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA "Burn Wise' website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great resources for homeowners to learn how to efficiently burn wood to reduce air pollution.

Low Maintenance

Modern outdoor wood furnaces have been designed with the environment in mind. Unlike indoor wood burners that produce significant smoke, modern wood burning stove outdoor furnaces burn cleanly and without the release of excessive heat or carbon monoxide. They also require less wood to generate the same amount of heat as traditional stoves.

Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance than Indoor Wood Burner wood burners, and are more tolerant when it comes to the moisture content of the wood. Outdoor wood burners are suitable for wood that has been properly "cured" or dried or. This can take a year or more for some types of wood. It is important to utilize a moisture gauge to determine the amount of water of your wood before loading.

When the system is in operation, it is important to periodically inspect the system for the accumulation of creosote. Creosote, a by-product of combustion, can build up in the chimney and flue if they aren't cleaned regularly. It can be removed with a creosote removal solution that is poured into the flame. Regular cleaning of the chimney and flue can remove harmful creosote and improve efficiency.

Crown Royal Stoves developed a new airflow technology called Negative Pressure Gasification to achieve 99% combustion efficiency. This technology is utilized in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to pull air up from the bottom and push all gases through an sealed secondary combustion chamber, which is surrounded by water, with easy-to-clean turbines. The result is a smokeless & pollutant free burn.