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Home » Keywords: » wood-fired heating

Items Tagged with 'wood-fired heating'

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Hydronics Workshop | John Siegenthaler

Combining a wood-fired boiler with a hydronic distribution system

Doing wood right
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 27, 2024

I’ve written many PM columns discussing how air-to-water and geothermal water-to-water heat pumps can be combined with hydronic delivery systems to deliver efficiency AND superior comfort. This combination is a great solution for many consumers.


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The Glitch: Can you identify, describe, and propose a fix for several problems that are likely to develop with this system

Level-headed

John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 24, 2017

An unpressurized outdoor wood-fired heater is installed to supply heat to fin-tube baseboard install in a two-story home.


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The Glitch: Can you identify, describe, and propose a fix for several problems that are likely to develop with this system

Level-headed

John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 24, 2017

An unpressurized outdoor wood-fired heater is installed to supply heat to fin-tube baseboard install in a two-story home.


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Heating with wood chips

Heating with locally produced wood chips

High-value chips in Update New York.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
August 15, 2014

How an Upstate NY school now heats with locally produced wood chips.


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John Siegenthaler Hydrolics Workshop

Modern approaches to wood-fired hydronic heating

Don’t overlook the trees.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
July 29, 2014

Just as the solar thermal industry had its ups and downs over the last four decades, the American public’s interest in wood-based heating has fluctuated with the price of conventional fuel.


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tjerlund feat

Wood stove blower increases energy efficiency of heating system

Tjernlund Products’ HotShot Universal Blower captures air on top of a wood stove and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height.
August 15, 2013

Tjernlund Products’ HotShot Universal Blower captures air on top of a wood stove and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height.


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John Siegenthaler Hydrolics Workshop

Biomass heating systems can use both big and little tanks

How they can work together in a wood-fired heating system.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
May 29, 2013

 

Interest in biomass heating systems continues to rise, especially in rural areas of the United States and Canada. Although plenty of devices are available that burn wood to heat water, the state-of-the-art device is a wood-gasification boiler.


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John Siegenthaler Hydrolics Workshop

Smoke Gets in your Eyes

It’s time to do wood-fired heating right.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
April 19, 2013
Every August, I make a short trip to a local event call the Woodsmen’s Field Days. This gathering is all about cutting down trees and then slicing them up into either firewood or lumber.
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RI town debates wood-fired hydronic heaters

June 29, 2012
Public health and safety concerns prompted a moratorium on the heaters after several residents installed them at their homes.
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