Stoves & Lower Emissions – Do They Go Hand-in-Hand?
We think they do. In recent years there has been a growing awareness towards lower emissions and a pressure for companies and private individuals to become more environmentally aware.
As a business, we have been manufacturing highly efficient stoves, which are now more environmentally friendly and efficient than ever before. However, there is still a slight misconception that stoves are somehow a little “stuck in the past” when it comes to contributing towards a greener environment. This could not be further from the truth with our range of stoves.
Wood as a Greener Fuel:
In previous news articles we have outlined how the rise in CO2 is apparently helping grow trees at an accelerated rate. Although the threat of CO2 is a very real issue, it does to some degree place wood as an ever more sustainable fuel for the future, in comparison to fossil fuels. Firewood gathered from sustainable woodlands, if correctly managed could grow at a faster rate than it is being used.
Woods & Stoves – Working Together for a Greener Environment:
Although our stoves are designed to be highly efficient, it is important to ensure you are burning the correct type of wood in the right way. Below is a guide to help you ensure the wood you are burning is as environmentally friendly as the stove it’s being burnt in. If the wood is not being burnt in an environmentally friendly way, you are not maximising the efficient design of the stove.
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- Avoid wet wood – moisture should be below 20%. You can measure wood moisture with a moisture meter
- If you have a choice, use hardwood rather than softwood. Learn more about the different woods to burn
- If you can see mould on logs, it could be an indication the wood is too wet
- Over dried logs can be less efficient. The dryer the better, is not always right. Ensure a log is no lower than 8% moisture
- Split logs work better than round logs
- Small logs are useful for lighting a fire but not ideal and not efficient for recharging a fire
How Our Stoves Contribute to a Greener Environment:
Our stoves are designed to have the highest efficiency as possible. Our Purevision stoves boast an efficiency of up to 82.2% which, in comparison to an open fire, which has an efficiency of only around 25% is a huge leap. Stove efficiency is all down to maximising the heat provided from a given amount of wood, so less needs to be used to heat a room. The stoves in our range achieve this by:
Multi-Fuel Grates
All our stoves are multi-fuel stoves, and incorporate a grate, which has spaces in for air to move round. In the past many people thought you could only burn wood on a flat surface. This is no longer the case. Multi-fuel grates also allow for a more freer, controllable airflow in the fire, which adds to the overall efficiency.
Managing Room Air
One key element, which helps increase stove efficiency is that they use a great deal less room air. Lesser stoves, which were common in days gone-by would take a large amount of room air, air that you have paid to heat, to feed a fire. Most of which would then disappear up the chimney. This was incredibly inefficient. Our stoves draw much less air from the room to ensure increased efficiency.
Tertiary Air Combustion System
All of our fires are fitted with a patented tertiary air combustion system that burns otherwise uncombusted gasses in the products of combustion, thereby improving efficiency, increasing heat output and decreasing unwanted emissions. The Tertiary air supply to the stove is controlled automatically by the draught in the flue and firebox and the single air control.
Air Wash
All our Fireline stoves have a sophisticated “air wash” system to assist in keeping the fire as visible as possible and reducing cleaning intervals. The air wash system also helps the fire adopt more of a cleaner burn as there is less tar present in the firebox. Fires without such a system will accumulate much more tar, which can be detrimental to overall efficiency.
These key parts of our stoves all work together. In the past stoves were designed firstly with a window, and then an airwash and so on. With our stoves however, they are designed with all these in mind, to ensure they work together for maximum efficiency.
To view our range of stoves please visit our gallery, or request or download a brochure online.
