A bathhouse is not just a place to relax, but also an opportunity to overload your thoughts, relax your body and improve your health. In order to bring all this to life and just enjoy your bathing holiday, it is important to take care of the heating and kindling of the stove. Today, pellets for heating baths are in great demand.
Pellets are special fuel granules that are produced by pressing wood chips after wood processing. The density of granules is 2 times higher than the density of wood, and, accordingly, their heat transfer is higher.
Pellets for baths
Pellets are a modern fuel; they are suitable for use in all types of stoves and boilers. The consumption is much less than when using conventional firewood.
For a bathhouse, not only heat transfer is important, but also the burning time of the fuel used. And here the granules bypass the wood, they can burn and slowly smolder much longer - for several hours. This is achieved due to their high density and low moisture content.
All this speaks of economical fuel consumption when heating a bathhouse. In addition, the ash left over from the combustion process can be used as soil fertilizer. There is no smoke when burning, which is important for the cleanliness of the room, stove, and chimneys.
The use of fuel pellets, especially from linden, is environmentally friendly and has a positive effect on the human body due to the aroma of wood.
The only downside may be the slow burn. The heat is released gradually, but a lot and for a long time, as opposed to firewood that lights up quickly and also burns out quickly. Even burning helps maintain the temperature at the desired level.
Advantages over firewood
There are a number of advantages of using pellets instead of conventional firewood:
- One addition to the stove gives a long burning time - from 6 hours to several days.
- The granules are packed in bags, which makes them easy to store.
- High heat dissipation.
Is it possible to burn a regular stove with pellets?
Of course, using pellets in a conventional stove is possible. You can use granules in any stove, of any design and with any operating principle. However, with this method of use, a number of advantages are lost; pellets will burn like regular firewood.
If you slightly modify the equipment to ensure a stable flame and uniform heat transfer, you can not only save on fuel, but also warm up the sauna much faster. You can install a pellet burner for the stove so that you don’t have to fill the pellets manually, but automate the supply and maintain the set combustion temperature. The burners are mounted in both brick and metal stoves and are divided into electric and gas models.
When choosing a suitable option, you should rely on the desired result and the need for additional material investments.
Firewood still remains the most easily accessible type of fuel for baths throughout almost the entire territory of Russia. In some regions it is difficult to obtain pellets. Therefore, due to the low availability of this type of fuel, the choice is often made in favor of firewood.
