Wood Burning Stoves
December 22, 2009 by Go Green Tips
Pellets and briquettes.
It’s an evident fact that throughout the civilized renewable energy sources such as wood and other plant materials are used for heating. And this renewable stuff can be obtained in the form of briquettes or pellets.
Unlike traditional wood logs another stuff can be considered to be the product of modern technologies based on grinding waste materials into a homogeneous mass and a subsequent extrusion of it at a very high pressure, which results in the formation of so - called wood pellets. In fact it’s a very useful kind of biofuel.
In general this kind of biofuel can be produced not only from wood waste but also from sunflower husk, straw, peat and even algae. The cost effectiveness and impact energy from this technology is supposed to be so good that this fuel can be used almost anywhere such as in boilers, power plants. It’s a pretty good solution for heating homes in a village. Moreover it’s possible to buy your own mini - factory for the production of this biofuel if you wish and have enough money of course. This will bring you a constant income.
Sometimes people wonder why pellets or briquettes keep their strength and retain their shape. I’d like to inform you that any kind of chemical connection for different raw materials can’t be used for the manufacture of briquettes or pellets. The matter is that this typical strength is possible due the process of melting one curious substance which is known as lignin. I’d like to inform you that this substance is the original component any plant on the Earth. When being pressed lignin melts and gives out tiny particles of substance which hold the whole structure tight. As a result of this compression mentioned above wood gets new unique properties for example such a quality as density increases considerably I should say. Fuel briquettes or pellets are so heavy that sink being put in the water. This high density gives undeniable advantages for delivery.
I should say that firewood is usually delivered with a natural humidity of about 40-50%. In fact this means that firewood is supposed to have an extremely large portion of the water about 40-50%. For example, if you take into consideration 6 cubic meters or simply 1000 kg of dry birch wood you’ll find out that you have about 500 kg of water. So as follows from this people have to pay for 500 kg of water in this case to my great regret.
On the contrary if you take 1 cubic meter of fuel briquettes, you’ll obtain almost 1 ton of clean fuel of a much better quality when compared with firewood for example. Moreover it’s considered to be a perfect alternative to coal. By the way you can fertilize your garden with the ash remained after the combustion of this stuff.
In the list of different energy saving alternatives, we seriously recommend you to read more about wood pellets.
This is a short list of advantages of using wood pellets. They are not high-tech; they do not need huge investments into expensive equipment; they come from mother nature. Please invest 5 minutes of your time into reading more about wood pellets - it is really vital now.
