Climatic conditions in Russia do not allow enjoying warmth all year round. Therefore, it becomes necessary to organize heating of your home. In apartments, this role is played by ordinary water or gas heating, which is gaining in fashion.
But in private homes, such systems do not justify themselves. This is due to large payments for utilities, which are caused by the large area of the heated room.
Solid fuel boilers for heating come to the rescue. The owner using such a unit pays only the cost of fuel and maintenance, which are much less than if they buy ready-made heat from housing and communal services.
Principle of operation
Many do not understand the benefits of using solid fuel boilers. By purchasing cheap solid fuel, you can provide your home with hot water and heat. Some do not use the installation rationally, limiting themselves only to heating the room. Their excess heat evaporates into the atmosphere.
To increase the efficiency of such a boiler, you need to install a special container with a coolant, which is usually ordinary water.
A circuit of metal pipes must also be installed, through which the heated liquid will move. Thus, the whole house warms up and the owner receives additional warm water.
The following can be used as fuel in such boilers:
- Coal.
- Wood.
- Coke.
- Sawdust and wood chips.
Such a boiler is an excellent option for enterprises that generate excess combustible materials that are usually disposed of.
Advantages and disadvantages
Of course, the prices for solid fuel boilers, their ease of operation and safety have made them the most common throughout the territory of the former USSR. But it is worth noting that, having some disadvantages, such installations have a number of advantages.
Pros:
- Simplicity and low cost appears in almost all reviews of solid fuel boilers.
- Lack of a strictly defined type of fuel. If desired, any solid materials can be burned in it.
- Relatively cheap fuel.
- No additional load on the electrical network.
- Lack of complexity in use.
- Unpretentious installation.
- A lot of heat.
- No need for additional documentation in the supervisory authorities.
- No possible leakage.
- Wide range of models on the market.
- More than 80 percent of the heat is used for its intended purpose.
Minuses:
The need for cleaning the chimney. Over time, especially if the pipe is made of bricks without a sleeve, a large amount of ash and soot settles on the surface. This can render the boiler unusable, which will discharge combustion products into the living area. In addition, overheating of individual structural elements may begin.
Difficulty in installing automation in such boilers. In them, a person must regularly add fuel to the combustion chamber. But there are settings that make this process easier.
Instead of loading firewood into the stove every 3 hours, you can fill a special container with them, which, under the influence of gravity, will gradually add fuel to the fire.
The organization of additional space for fuel is required. This area must be dry and protected from fire.
Pellet boilers
Another type of wood fuel - pellets - began to be produced back in 1947 from peat, forestry and agricultural waste.These industrially produced pellets are gradually replacing both firewood and coal. The pellet-fired boiler is the same construction as the long-burning one.
But it has a drawback: it is equipped with electronics, therefore it is volatile, and the screw feed of granules does not painfully fit into the home interior. The presence of such a boiler in the heating system of a house requires a guaranteed purchase of pellets, otherwise you can freeze in the middle of winter.
Fuel for boilers
The great advantage of solid fuel boilers is their simplicity. So, any solid materials can be used that burn well, and the soot after them does not stick to the surface of the furnace.
What can be burned:
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- Coal. An excellent option when you need a long burning fuel boiler.
- Firewood.
- Pellets. Specially compressed fuel pellets.
- Peat fuel.
Depending on the region of residence, you can choose the cheapest fuel. You can find out about this in the same place where you can buy a solid fuel boiler. The specialists selling such equipment know the suppliers of cheap fuel.
Gas boilers
The best types of boilers for heating. There are floor-standing or wall-mounted. Economical and easy to operate.
Most effective when connected to the main fuel supply. When using cylinders or gas tanks, they are less economical, but still more profitable than other types.
- low price of energy carrier;
- does not need specific maintenance;
- full automation of work.
Disadvantages:
- dependence on electricity to automate gas control;
- installation of automation that controls leakage;
- sensitivity to pressure surges;
- the need to obtain permission to install equipment.
Popular manufacturers and models
Solid fuel boiler, unit, rather complicated and self-made. Especially when it comes to a fluid circulation system, which may simply not work due to several errors in the calculations.
Therefore, you can not worry about contacting reliable suppliers of such equipment, who will provide their products, plus they can offer a discount on installation and maintenance. The most popular are the following manufacturers:
- Zota.
- Pereko.
- Buran.
- Wiesseman.
- Stropuva.
- Hazetechnik.
Photos of solid fuel boilers from these companies can be found below.
Photo of boilers for heating
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