Kindling a bath
Eurobriquettes are universal fuel, they can heat all types of stoves and boilers. They can be used in outdoor barbecues and home fireplaces. At the same time, the consumption of fuel briquettes is always significantly less than conventional firewood.
Many people are interested in whether it is possible to heat the stove with fuel briquettes if it is made of steel, an ordinary heater? This question is quite logical, since such stoves have limitations on the calorific value of the fuel, it is impossible to heat a steel sauna stove with black coal, which emits 4900 kcal / kg of heat. But in the case of euro briquettes, less heat is released, which means that they can heat the stove in the bath.
For a bath, not only the heat generated is important, but also the duration of the burning of firewood or alternative fuel. The longer the firewood burns out with maximum heat release, the better for the sauna stove and the bath itself.
It is not very easy to kindle fuel briquettes, the fire does not seize immediately, but after they light up, they will burn and smolder for a couple of hours, which is much longer than the combustion of ordinary firewood. Such a long burning time of fuel briquettes is explained by their high density and low humidity.
Note that, according to people's opinions, it is not necessary to completely fill the firebox of a sauna stove with eurowood, so as not to quickly reach the maximum heat transfer values.
An interesting point with eurobriquettes is the residue after their combustion. Possessing increased density characteristics, this fuel burns almost completely, it does not leave a large amount of ash, only a small pile of ash. Ash from fuel blocks smells unpleasant, but is an excellent fertilizer.
During the combustion of eurobriquettes, practically no smoke is emitted, which is very valuable for maintaining the cleanliness of furnaces, boilers, chimneys. According to experts, linden fuel briquettes contain the least amount of resins, therefore, when using such fuel, chimneys and boiler nozzles suffer the least.
Fuel briquettes are a great option for kindling a black sauna. As we have already said, this fuel is environmentally friendly, it does not emit smoke, it gives enough heat, and also phytoncides appear in the heated air, which have a beneficial effect on the human body and improve immunity. Using the same linden eurobriquettes, you will feel how your body heals, inhaling the pleasant aromas of flowers, honey and trees.
Of course, this type of fuel also has a drawback - it cannot quickly generate a lot of heat, it releases it gradually. As we have already said, the burning is uniform, which, unlike quickly flaring up and quickly fading firewood, allows you to easily maintain one temperature.
Furnace for home heating
Eurobriquettes are often used for home heating. One ignition of the stove is enough to maintain the fire for a long time without adding fuel.
To melt a brick oven, you must first kindle the bars. To do this, you need tree bark, wood chips, dry newspapers. Fuel should be placed on top of all this.
At the time of kindling, it is important that there is blowing. When the first part of the briquettes lights up, you can add the next batch
There are two ways to fill the furnace with fuel briquettes:
- Arrange the bars loosely in relation to each other. This contributes to the rapid heating of the house.
- Fold the raw materials tightly. This will cause the fuel to smolder, which is a suitable option for heating the house at night. The consumption of fuel briquettes in this case is much less compared to firewood.
Harvesting and storing firewood is more difficult when compared with storing euro briquettes. The finished compressed raw materials are put into separate packages, which are wrapped in cellophane. This prevents moisture from entering.Fuel is stored in utility rooms, basements, sheds or attics. Products are in the form of tubes or bricks, so it is very convenient to store them. Bars take up much less space than firewood.
House heating
For home heating, fuel briquettes are probably ideal. The ability to light the stove once and keep the fire and heat for a long time without additional tossing, allows us to talk about the good characteristics of eurobriquettes. Consider how to heat a brick stove with fuel briquettes within the house.
What is better to choose ordinary firewood or "euro"?
The main problem associated with biomass gasification as a power generation technology is the purification of the gas resulting from the process of impurities that accompany it. Gasification has a number of advantages. The resulting gas is more versatile and can be used for the same purposes as natural gas.
It can be burned to produce heat and steam and can power internal combustion engines and gas turbines to generate electricity. These processes use the biochemical characteristics of biomass and the metabolic action of microbial organisms to produce gaseous and liquid fuels. They are more suitable for wet biomass conversion than thermochemical processes.
Of course, pressed bricks will not immediately burn, so let's figure out how to ignite fuel briquettes. To do this is quite simple, you should first put wood bark, wood chips, some dry newspapers into the oven, and put alternative firewood on top. During kindling, while the chips are actively lit, we adjust the blowing. As soon as the fire on the first briquettes began to play, you can report the rest.
The digestion of biomass wetted by bacteria in an anoxic environment creates a combustible gas called biogas. In this case, the biomass is placed in a closed container and allowed to ferment; after a few days, depending on the ambient temperature, there will be a gas that is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. The remaining material in the digester is a good organic fertilizer. In China and India, digests have been heavily promoted for internal use when replacing firewood.
So which is better?
Black water and honey can also be used as raw materials, which also serve to purify water. Biomass can produce liquid fuels such as ethanol and methanol. The former is produced by the fermentation of sugars, and the latter by the destructive distillation of wood. This technology has been used for centuries to produce spirits and more recently to replace fossil fuel substitutes for transportation. These fuels can be used in pure form or mixed with others, for transportation or for the movement of cars.
Another option is to heat the stove with fuel briquettes after the first batch of firewood has burned down and decent coals have appeared. In such a firebox, fire is quickly caught on eurobriquettes.
Furnace firewood
Wood burning stoves provide efficient heating of residential and non-residential premises. They are represented by many models that differ in their technical characteristics and device. They use the most ordinary firewood as fuel - they can be purchased by whole trucks. But this fuel cannot be called modern and efficient. And today it has been replaced by fuel briquettes for furnaces.
To be clear, consider the main disadvantages of traditional woodfuel:
Ordinary firewood must first be chopped, and then also laid in neat woodpile. This is a very labor intensive and time consuming process.
- It is inconvenient to stack firewood in neat masonry - if they are of the same size and format, then this is not so bad.But if some logs are thin, while others are thick, and even knotty, then the masonry will be crooked and oblique (although a lot depends on the “curvature” of the hands);
- Firewood needs to be chopped - it is often supplied in the form of round logs that require cutting. Swinging an ax in cold weather is a dubious pleasure (although useful);
- Firewood is often raw - striving for their own benefit, lumberjacks sell wood in a raw state, without prior drying. Compared to almost dry fuel briquettes for furnaces, it will not be easy to light them;
- Low calorific value - a cubic meter of firewood gives less heat than the same wood briquettes of the same volume;
- Firewood gives a large amount of ash - the same wood briquettes practically do not clog the stoves;
- Wood burns with clicks and crackles, burns unevenly, obviously losing to briquettes in this.
Firewood is the most common and cheapest solid fuel for furnaces and boilers. But fuel briquettes win over them due to convenience and high calorific value.
