[TheForge] Wood Stove for Shop heat

[Rick Korinek]

Bob, 
I may have some solar heating options.  I am not sure what the insolation
patterns are for my specific location but the house is oriented with the
roof ridge almost straight east-west and the large back yard to the south is
clear of trees/obstructions.  We will be exploring this option before we
replace the roof with the thought of modifying the top of the southern plane
for solar gains.

I recall doing a search on "high efficiency outdoor wood boilers" 2 years
ago.  One of the hits was petition by the EPAs of 10 eastern states asking
the US DOE/EPA to inact minimum standards for these burners to minimize
pollution problems while still allowing their use.

Rick Korinek
Island City Forge
Minocqua, WI
islandcityforge.com
 
715/358-5060 shop/studio
715-892-7425 cell
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On Jan 24, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Rick Korinek wrote:

> Jerry,
> I'm in an area where there are a lot of outside wood burners.  Most are
> constantly spewing out a think, acrid smoke that seems a long way from 
> clean
> or efficient.  I assume that this is due to 2 factors--first the 
> combustion
> chamber is surrounded by the water jacket, keeping the combustion temp 
> down
> and second, the stove is dampered down for much of the time.
>
> If you know of cleaner burning outdoor boilers, please provide some
> manufacture's names as I would like to consider heating my shop with an
> outdoor unit, but want to be a good neighbor.  Thanks,
>
> Rick Korinek
> Island City Forge
> Minocqua, WI
>

Rich,

There is some reading about outside wood furnaces here.

http://www.woodheat.org/technology/outboiler.htm

There are small towns near me that are considering passing ordinances 
against these burners. A few of these in a small town can really ruin 
the air. Do you have any solar heat options?

Bob

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