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What You Need to Know About Outdoor Wood Burners Outdoor wood burners are an affordable way to heat homes and businesses. They also reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are not renewable and help to create a more resilient energy strategy. To ensure efficient burning, it is important to use well-seasoned wood. Unseasoned or green wood has higher moisture content and can cause creosote that can reduce performance. Efficient Outdoor wood burners have been in use for a long time. They are an energy-efficient and eco-friendly method of heating your home. The design of OWBs favors the slowing of the fire, making it cooler which leads to less efficient combustion and a higher amount of smoke and creosote. Unburned fuels can lead to health problems as well as fire hazards and deteriorate the surrounding environment. Moreover the visible smoke plume OWBs produce can make neighbors complain. This may result in DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) taking enforcement action. This type of public relations issue can cause serious damage to the value of your property, and could result in your OWB being shut down. Crown Royal Stoves has a range of outdoor wood furnaces that are EPA Certified. The Pristine Gasification Series uses technology to maximize combustion efficiency and provide smokeless, clean burning. This is accomplished by using a negative-pressure air system which pulls fresh dry, heated, filtered air from the bottom and pushes it through the chimney faster than traditional outdoor wood boilers. This is achieved through the unique design of a multi-pass, water-filled heat exchanger made from 409 Titanium Enhanced Stainless Steel. When properly used when properly used, when used correctly, the Pristine Gasification Series OWB can reach a 99% combustion efficiency for a cleaner, smokeless fire that consumes less wood and generates significantly less carbon dioxide than traditional OWBs. To enhance your OWB's performance, it is important to burn only clean, seasoned, dry wood. It is recommended that you prepare your wood for a period of six months or a year before burning it. This will ensure the most efficient and clean burn. You can improve the efficiency of your wood-burning stove by performing each week a “dry burn”. This method reduces creosote which increases the efficiency of boilers and extends the lifespan of your boiler. By affixing a creosote-removing stick to your stove every time you fill it, you can dramatically reduce the amount of creosote you need to use. This product is available through Wisconsin Wood Furnace. Clean A wood burning stove can be extremely dirty due to burned soot particles. They are extremely difficult to remove, so if you see any spots of buildup on the glass of your stove, clean them immediately. In the event that the soot is not removed, it will harden and be even more difficult to remove. It is essential to use the right cleaners, but you should also avoid damaging the glass surface by using anything that can scratch it. This could leave a weak spot that will shatter the glass when it's exposed to high temperatures. Before you begin cleaning your wood stove, you must ensure that it's not lit and completely cool. Make sure that you cover the area surrounding it with newspaper. This will prevent the ash from spreading and staining surfaces. Depending on the quality of the wood that you use, it can take up to one year for your stove to get properly seasoned. Wood that is properly seasoned will not only burn better and last longer, but it will also produce less creosote. This is the substance that builds up on your chimney, which reduces efficiency and posing an hazard for fire. If you are using unseasoned wood or just starting a new fire in your outdoor wood burner, the best thing to do is to open the lower back door and scoop the ashes into a non-combustible bin every week. You should also perform an annual sediment flush on your boiler at a minimum every four years. This is a quick five-second flush from the bottom drain valve on your boiler. This will remove any sediments that have built up in the system and will ensure that your boiler runs well. Once you have done the sediment flush, it's time to clean the exterior of your outdoor wood burner. Before beginning, it is essential to cover the floor around the stove with newspaper. Wearing gloves and eye protection is also a good idea. Also, you should have an shovel, a metal ash container and an instrument for scraping. To protect the refractory you need to lay a cloth on it to shield it as you scrape away ash and coal deposits. Simple to Operate Despite their popularity (they were one of the 1990s' “it” trends, along with mullet haircuts) outdoor wood boilers, also referred to as outdoor furnaces or outdoor wood hydronic heaters are often misunderstood. They're not the same as the well-known EPA wood stoves, which are built to burn at low temperatures and continuously. They use more fire and produce more smoke. Some local governments limit or prohibit their use. OWBs are best used for heating homes with a high insulation level. Smoke that is thick and smoldering may be a nuisance to neighbors, resulting in many OWBs to be shut down or even sued. For OWBs dry wood that has a lower moisture content is required to perform properly. Using green or unseasoned wood decreases efficiency, causes creosote build up and can reduce the lifespan of the burner. A moisture gauge will allow you to determine how long it takes for wood to dry. Dual-stage wood gasification (OWGB) boilers, on the other hand, use a three-step process that makes use of more energy contained in the wood. This results in less smoke. These furnaces are more efficient than conventional OWBs and can be used to fuel many different fuels. Wood gasification boilers require dry and seasoned wood. The majority of wood can be seasoned in a year. Oak and other hardy trees may take as long as two years. This is because they have a lower amount of water and a higher density. This allows them to hold heat for longer, increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. The EPA “Burn Wise” website and Cornell Cooperative Extension are great sources for homeowners to learn how to efficiently burn wood to minimize pollution to the air. Low Maintenance Modern outdoor wood furnaces are designed with the environment in mind. Modern outdoor wood furnaces do not generate excessive heat or CO2. They also burn cleaner than indoor wood stoves. They also use less wood to generate the same amount of heat as traditional stoves. Outdoor wood burners require less maintenance and are more forgiving of moisture content in wood than wood burning stoves for indoor use. However outdoor wood burners should only be used with properly seasoned or “cured” wood. Some types of wood can last for up to a year. It is essential to make use of a moisture meter to determine the amount of water of your wood prior to loading. When operating, it is essential to examine the system on a regular basis to check for accumulation of creosote. wood burning fireplace is a by-product of combustion, may build up in the flue and chimney if they are not cleaned regularly. It can be removed with a creosote removal solution that is poured into the flame. Regularly cleaning the flue and chimney will eliminate dangerous creosote accumulations and improve efficiency. To achieve 99% combustion efficiency, Crown Royal Stoves designed a new air flow technology called Negative Pressure Gasification. This technology is utilized in our EPA certified Pristine Series Outdoor Wood Furnaces to draw air upwards from the bottom and force all the gases through an insulated secondary combustion chamber which is surrounded by water, with easy-to-clean Turbulators. The result is a smokeless, pollutant-free burning.