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Heavy-duty cast iron construction, perfect for log cabins, large garages, and shops Accepts logs 23 inches in length Includes solid cooktop surface and a safety handle. Dimensions:Depth: 33in,Width: Condar catalytic combustors are made of high-quality materials; approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Condar Factory Item, Don't settle for less, get the best. Pleasant Hearth 1, Sq. Medium Wood Burning Stove. Measures 7" diameter X 2" thick. See how Regency calculates burn times. Note: The most efficient and environmentally friendly stoves on the market today are EPA certified to produce less than 2. Non-catalytic stoves are well suited to someone looking for a straightforward, traditional wood burning stove.
Thing to consider for non-catalytic stoves are whether you use your wood stove for supplemental heat, do not live in an extremely cold climate, or only use your wood stove occasionally. In addition, these units are better suited to rental or holiday homes as operating them is very straightforward.
To get expert advice about your specific heating needs and how to choose between a catalytic or non-catalytic wood stove for your application contact your local authorized Regency dealer. The difference between a non-catalytic, catalytic, or hybrid catalytic stove has to do with the way that the fuel is burned after initial combustion. Catalytic and non-catalytic stoves burn the fuel twice — either with a catalyst or with air tubes, where hybrid catalytic stoves burn the fuel three times — with both air tube technology and a catalyst.
Wood heating, for all the satisfaction it brings, involves a lot of hard work … and anything that could trim the burden of cutting, splitting, and hauling fuel or reduce the frequency of chimney cleanings would be more than welcome to just about any stove owner.
Of course, most veteran woodburners take pains to see that the wood they cut gets well used, and as a consequence many such folks have toyed with devices that claim to either increase heat transfer efficiency or reduce creosote formation. Of course, over the past few years woodstove manufacturers have devoted a great deal of research effort to improving the performance of their products in the hope of increasing overall heating efficiency, reducing creosote deposits, and limiting the load of pollutants that woodburners release into the atmosphere.
Many of us have eyed them longingly, wishing that we could justify replacing our old metal boxes with state-of-the-art heaters.
Unfortunately, as attractive as those alternatives are, their price tags are usually pretty danged formidable.
The goal was to develop a catalytic converter package that could be added to any of the majority of existing stove types so that efficient, clean burning could be made available to the wood-heating public at an affordable price. And if you read about the stack temperature thermostat , you already know that members of our staff had been working on woodburning-related projects with independent researcher B.
Alvarez for some time. The catalyst project was once again headed by B. Since that issue went to press, B. By the time you read this, Buck will be well on its way to introducing a retrofit package patent pending , similar to the one shown here, for its line of products. As you may know, the goal of most wood heat development is to achieve more complete combustion, which can lead to increased heat output and less creosote buildup.
And one of the major obstacles to accomplishing that goal is the very nature of wood itself. A pile of logs in a stove will always burn unevenly, thus there are almost always areas in the firebox that are left to smolder.
A heavily draft-restricted fire, of course, is almost entirely in that dirty, smoldering state. Now some of the recently released state-of-the-art heaters can achieve excellent combustion efficiency without resorting to catalytic converters, but without exception these units are carefully designed from the legs up. So for those of us who already have woodburning heaters, a retrofit catalyst is for now the only way to significantly improve combustion efficiency.
Chemically, a catalyst is a substance that will facilitate a chemical reaction without being changed by it. So, once the smoke passing through the catalyst reaches that threshold, it will oxidize as long as the combustibles in it are well mixed with a sufficient supply of air. Thus, the amount of material available to stick to stovepipe walls will be less and pollution will be reduced. That bit of background should make the advantages offered by a catalytic converter pretty obvious.
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