Good Reading
A statement from one of our North American
Pellet Manufacturers says it all:
Whether you burn hardwood or softwood in your pellet stove, you should feel
good knowing you are lessening our nation’s reliance on imported fuels which
contributes to global warning.
SOFTWOOD: THE MISUNDERSTOOD PELLET
Softwood pellets have been getting a bad rap because of incorrect
information given to the customers. Many people think because it is
a softwood that it will burn faster. This is not true. It does burn
hotter so you would need to regulate your settings and then sit back
and enjoy the warmth the pellets put out. . Wood pellets, whether
hard or soft have almost the same density therefore will have similar
burn times and will produce a much lighter and fluffier ash.
Softwood pellets also have the added benefit of clean burning
resins that ignite for the higher BTU value.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT PELLET
When choosing a pellet you may notice several differences including,
color, length and density. The lighter pellet is normally softwoods
while the darker ones are hardwood. This however, may not be true to
all pellets due to different circumstances, so don’t base you choice
on just color alone.
Pellets vary in size and each stove handles this
differently. Longer pellets will feed less fuel than the shorter pellet.
You need to reduce the feed rate or increase air flow through the firepot
to maintain the correct fuel to air ratio. If you don’t this could
cause you to have incomplete combustion, more ash, a lazy fire, heat
transfer efficiency and smut on your glass. Density is where pellet
manufacturers compress the wood fiber to a consistent density of
at least 40lbs per cubic foot. If you fill a cubic foot container
with pellets, it should weigh at least 40lbs, but it is difficult
to compress to that exact density so most pellet mills compress
41lbs to 42lbs. It would not be uncommon that the pellet could
be as dense as 44lbs or more.
If one bag is denser than the other,
it will deliver more fuel to the firepot with each rotation of the
augur than the less dense pellet. If you choose to switch from a less
dense pellet to a more dense pellet, you will need to reduce your feed
rate or increase airflow through the firepot to maintain the correct
fuel to air ratio.
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What is Pellet Fuel?
Pellet fuel is a renewable, clean-burning and cost stable home
heating alternative currently used throughout North America. It is
a biomass product made of renewable substances - generally recycled
wood waste. There are currently more than 600,000 homes in
North American using wood pellets for heat, in freestanding stoves,
fireplace inserts and even furnaces.
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Anthracite Coal
Quality, Convenient, Economical, Environmentally Sound
Anthracite's low sulfur and high carbon content makes it an
extremely clean-burning fuel. It produces virtually no smoke or
polluting emissions, and is a good alternative to wood stoves where wood burning is
restricted due to air pollution problems.
Find out more! >>
Softwood: The Misunderstood Pellet
Softwood pellets have been getting a bad rap because of
incorrect information given to the customers. Many people
think because it is a softwood that it will burn faster.
This is not true. It does burn hotter so you would need to
regulate your settings then sit back and enjoy the warmth the
pellets put out. Wood pellets, whether hard or soft have almost
the same density therefore will have similar burn times and
will produce a much lighter and fluffier ash. Softwood pellets
also have the added benefit of clean burning resins that
ignite for the higher BTU value.
Find out more >>
Pressed Brick Fuel
Your environmentally conscious, economical solution to winter heating
Did you know that
a typical New England house burning fuel oil generates 5 tons of
new green house gas per year?
One ton of our Heat Smart bricks brings as much heat into your house as
one cord of wood! Like Wood Pellets,
Heat Smart is cheaper than fuel oil, less polluting and greenhouse
gas neutral, recycling the C02 that the tree absorbed in its life.
Learn more about Pressed Brick Fuel >>
Note: BT Enterprises does not recommend one brand over another. As much as we would like to help our customers
in the decision process of choosing a pellet each brand may perform differently from one stove to another
and each pellet user has there own opinion and preference.
We strongly recommend that you try different
brands before buying bulk. Pellets are backed by their manufacturer therefore BT Enterprises will only
replace pellets when verified by manufacturer that there an issue with that product. They will not be
replaced until the manufacturer has authorized this.
