It occurred to me after publishing my last post (corn or pellet stoves?) that I’ve never talked much about pellet stoves on here, and some people may be interested in information on them.
According to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association web site, pellet stoves are relatively clean-burning fuel and a renewable energy source. Though they’re made from wood, pellets are essentially compressed sawdust–a byproduct from the timber industry–that would otherwise end up in landfills since the sawdust is too small to be used for anything else. Pellet fuel generally comes in 40-pound bags, and they’re consistent in size. You don’t need to monitor a pellet stove like you do a wood-burning fireplace; instead, you pour the pellets into the stove’s hopper. From there, they are automatically fed in. A single load can burn 24 hours.
If you want more information on how pellet stoves work or more specific details, here are a few related links:
http://hearth.com/what/pelletstoves.html (a basic article from one of the best fireplace sources on the web)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/wood_pellet_sto.php (a short blog article, but there’s a lot of information to be gleaned from all the reader comments)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051018/lf_nm/bizfeature_woodstoves_dc (I’m not sure if this link will work indefinitely, but it’s a Yahoo news story on how pellet stoves are in fashion this year due to rising heating prices)
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