We implement heating of a private house using an automatic pellet boiler

Modern heating of a private house also requires new approaches to its organization. First of all, all Ukrainians are aware of the problem with the cost of energy resources. Using gas is not a rational decision and makes the family budget dependent on government decisions. But you can get rid of unpleasant moments by cutting costs by at least 2 times. Such savings can be achieved by purchasing an automatic pellet boiler.

The fact is that the cost of a kilowatt of heat when using agricultural pellets is much lower, namely less by 50%. We provide a comparison table, the figures show that investing in pellet heating equipment is a long-term strategy for each individual family.

Fuel	Calorific value according to standard	Required amount, 1 kW * h	Estimated fuel price	Fuel cost per kW
Main gas	8.6 kWh / m3	0.116 m3	8.07 UAH / m3	0.936 UAH
Liquefied gas	12.8 kWh / l	0.0782 l	11.60 UAH / l	UAH 0.907
Wood pellets	4.96 kWh / kg	0.202 kg	2,3 UAH / kg	0,464 UAH
Diesel fuel	11.1 kWh / l	0.91 l	15.80 UAH / l	UAH 14.37
Electricity	—	1 kWh	1.68 kWh	1.68 UAH

 

Usually an automatic pellet boiler is purchased for these purposes. It is a universal heating equipment. Most of the models are designed for hot water heating, but versions for air or even combined heat supply can also be purchased. If you want to save money, our company, of course, recommends FOCUS pellet burners, the minimum power of which is 17 kW, just designed for heating a private house.

What is pellet boiler?

The pellet boiler is designed for heating with pellets. It can be compressed waste pellets agriculture, wood chips, peat, lignin or even animal excrement. Pellets offered on the market differ slightly in cost, but this depends on a number of characteristics. Firstly, from the heat capacity (in some cases it is comparable to coal, for example, in the case of peat, lignin and sunflower seed husks), and secondly, the ash content.

That is, more "ash" pellets are cheaper, require attention to the boiler cleaning system and cannot be exported to the EU. But these requirements do not apply to Ukraine yet.

A pellet boiler is a combustion chamber into which a pellet conveyor is fed, which is burned with a pellet burner. This module can be either external or embedded.

Pellet burner + heat exchanger = boiler cost

For example, the FOCUS pellet burner allows you to convert any solid fuel boiler into a pellet boiler. In addition to the combustion chamber, the pellet boiler has a heat exchange circuit, the surface area of which determines the heating capacity of the boiler. It is this structural detail that often determines the high cost of boiler equipment.

Pellet hopper

The pellet boiler can have a built-in pellet hopper. Most often it is installed as a separate module. But an automatic pellet boiler has such an option, which is implemented in conjunction with a pellet conveyor to the combustion zone. The cubic capacity of the bunker often determines the dimensions of the pellet boiler. Automatic equipment is offered in a closed case and assumes the presence of a cleaning and cooling system for industrial models, a microcontroller for program control, including with built-in Wi-Fi.

With large dimensions and automatic operation of the equipment, it is customary to talk about mini-boiler rooms on pellet fuel. The cost of such boilers exceeds 5 thousand dollars. But, using heating equipment of the FOCUS brand, which is not inferior in function and quality, the boiler room can be assembled cheaper from separate modules.

Automatic pellet boiler and its advantages

Having implemented heating of a private house on the basis of an automatic pellet boiler room, private property owners can take advantage of the following advantages:

• full autonomy from urban communal systems;
• comfortable heating with climate control of objects remote from the city limits;
• savings in receiving a kilowatt of heat 50%;
• the possibility of practically unlimited use of cheap heat, which allows heating the house, greenhouses, swimming pools, open and closed terraces without restrictions;
• wide availability of fuel pellets, and for farmers the possibility of self-sufficiency in this energy resource.

Pellet boiler rooms can be installed in homes, offices and factories. They can be used to heat individual objects and a whole complex of residential and backyard buildings. An automatic pellet boiler is a healthy and good purchase in the long run.