Pelletny boiler – quite new heating unit for those who want to save considerably. Its service costs even cheaper, than gas heating of the house of any size.
The Russian Federation – the largest exporter of gas, but about general gasification of the speech does not go yet, and there is question of the choice of alternative and inexpensive sources of heat. One of them – pelletny boiler. It is simple both in respect of the device and in respect of service allows to save considerably on fuel, but it has shortcomings about which it is necessary to know before installation.
What is pelletny boiler
The Pelletny boiler is self-contained unit for ensuring functionality of the heating system of structures of any type. It cardinally differs from solid propellant analogs, first of all in what functions on certain type of fuel – pellets. But the return coefficient at pelletny boiler is much higher, thanks to construction features and characteristics of fuel.
The design of pelletny boiler of heating consists of three main knots:
- the furnace camera with the built-in torch or retort torch and two doors – clearing and control,
- convection zones with the combined, vertical or horizontal heat exchanger,
- ashpit for collecting and removal of products of burning.
Besides, the design is equipped with prefix for the automatic fuel supply consisting of the fan, the bunker and the screw.
It is possible to refer its profitability in respect of fuel usage to advantages of pelletny boiler, high rate of the efficiency (heat emission), completely automated principle of work, lack of emissions of products of burning, long life cycle – of 20 years and more. From shortcomings it is possible to allocate only quite high cost of the unit.
How to choose and how to serve pelletny boiler
The choice of pelletny boiler depends on by what principle the specific building is used - it is the country house or live in it constantly. If there is no experience of use of pelletny boiler of heating, then it is better to entrust the choice to the expert. It is very important to provide exact information:
- number of storeys of the building,
- area size,
- height of ceilings on each floor,
- characteristics of the building – tree, concrete.
Special skills or knowledge for service of pelletny boilers are not necessary. Rules of start, as a rule, are described in the guide to its operation which is surely applied to the device by the producer.
Pellets in prefix for automatic giving are filled up every two days or in two weeks, depending on the power of cat and type of its design. The box for ashes (ashpit) is cleaned in process of filling, as well as channels for conclusion of products of burning.
The companies selling pelletny boilers, as a rule, provide also services in their service. It does not mean that it is necessary to pay constantly for cleaning of the device – enough once to see how it is done by the expert, and then to carry out all operations on service independently.