Pellet stove back ground

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About back ground of pellet stove

Where operating pellet stoves is concerned, low energy costs instead of efficiency has often been the goal.

Using alternating current, most pellet stoves demand 100 watts or more of power for operation. Advances in pellet stove technology by the Thelin Company, located in Grass Valley, California have led to the development of the “Pellex” brand of stoves that are able to be operated on either standard A.C. current, or in an emergency situation, a 12 volt lead-acid battery. When run on a battery, the “Pellex” stove can provide up to four hours of heat. By being designed to operate efficiently with wither alternating or direct current, the “Pellex: stove is much more energy efficient than standard pellet stoves, using 28 watts as opposed to 100.
                                                                                                                                  The “Pellex” stove employs two separate air circuits. Air enters the combustion area of the stove through a pipe entering the rear of the stove, below the combustion chamber. The air flows through the burn pot where the pellets are, up through the combustion chamber, and back down through two rectangle shaped passages to a forced air fan. The waste gas is forced through an exhaust pipe at the rear of the stove. On the bottom of the stove is a propeller fan that pulls air from the outside room into the stove.

A small amount of this room air is used to cool the electronics area of the stove, while the remainder of the air passes up into either two pairs of inch diameter tubes, or through a space located between the pellet bin and the combustion chamber.

At this stage, the air flows over the top of the combustion chamber and out of the front of the stove.








 

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