Lumber Residuals

A g ric ult ural

B y -p ro duc t s
Recognized as
1 0 0 % C ar b on N eu t r al

Biomass Pellets
P ellet B o iler

P ellet S t o v e
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2005: 120,000 stoves and fireplace inserts were
sold th rou g h ou t th e U nited S tates

1,000,000 appliances now in u se nationwide

A pprox im ately 13 0,000 h om es in th e N orth east
are h eated b y pellet.

23 m anu factu rers and h u ndreds of m odels
availab le in N orth A m erica

L ast y ear- 1. 5 m illion tons u sed to h eat h om es
and b u sinesses. O ffsets 18 7 m illion g allons of
oil and 4 m illion tons C O 2.
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Pellets are compact, easy to transport, store,
and mov e b y h omeow ner.

4 0 lb . b ag s, 5 0 b ag pallet, some b u lk opti ons

A t least ten pellet mi lls serv i ce N orth east
M o re mills bein g built eac h y ear.
A t y p ic al larg e mill w ill p ro duc e en o ug h t o h eat 3 0 , 0 0 0 h o mes

M ost pellets are mad e of w ood . H ard w ood ,

sof tw ood , and b lend s.

L i g ni n b i nd s th e cellu lose- some mi lls u se
soy oi l or corn starch to i ncrease prod u cti on
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High Heat Value- 8 5 0 0 B tu’s p er p o un d
1 b ag p ellets = 2 . 5 gallo n s heatin g o il = 3 . 7 5 gallo n s
p r o p an e

P ellets ar e s tan d ar d iz ed thr o ugho ut N o r th A m er ic a
¼ ” b y 1 ¼ ” len gth m ax

L o w M o is tur e C o n ten t- 4 % - 8 %
C o m p ar e to 2 0 % - 6 0 % f o r r aw b io m as s

P r em ium gr ad e p ellets hav e as h c o n ten t o f les s than 1 % .
L es s er gr ad es up to 6 % .
Higher as h c o n ten t = m o r e m ain ten an c e

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Pellet stov es are a cleaner & more
conv eni ent alternati v e to w ood stov es

M ost h omeow ners u se th ei r stov e or f u rnace
system 2 4 / 7

S tov es are reli ab le and easy to u se

Preci se temperatu re control

O u tstand i ng saf ety record

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 Pellet stove power use
W a tts per h ou r Ki l ow a tts per d a y C ost per m on th
A t1 2 /kw
Lo w
9 6 2 .3 $ 8 .4 0

M edium
1 7 4 4 .2 $ 1 5 .3 2

H ig h
3 4 0 8 .2 $ 2 9 .9 0

M ost h omeow n er s u se a med iu m settin g ( 1 to 2 b ag s p er d ay )

Pellet stov es u se on av er ag e 1 / 5 th e p ow er of a f or c ed h ot air
sy stem

F ig u r es ar e f or c on tin u ou s u se- I g n iter n ot in c lu d ed .
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FC u o elm p ar i s o n P ri c e per u n i t A n n u a l C ost
Biomass
4 to n s $ 2 4 0 p er t o n $ 9 6 0
H ea ti n g O i l
5 0 0 g allo n s $ 3 . 5 5 / g allo n $ 1 7 7 5
P ropa n e
7 5 0 g allo n s $ 2 . 7 0 / g allo n $ 2 0 2 5

N o t e- z o n e h eat in g usin g a p ellet st o v es o f f er subst an t ial sav in g s o f 2 5 % o r mo re

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 C ost of S t ov e R an g e - $ 1 7 0 0 - $ 3 4 0 0
W h ol e H ou se - $ 4 5 0 0 - $ 5 9 0 0

S to v e $ 2 1 9 5

V e nt i ng $ 2 5 0

H e ar t h P ad $ 35 0

L ab o r $ 35 0

T o t al $3145
I f y o u sav ed $ 7 0 6 a y ear in f uel p urc h ases y o ur p ay bac k p erio d w o uld less t h an f iv e y ears!

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C omb u st ion Bl ow e r -
P ulls in c o mbust io n air by
blo w in g o ut ex h aust .

A u g e r / F e e d M ot or -
D eliv ers p ellet s f ro m
h o p p er t o burn p o t .

D ist r ib u t ion Bl ow e r
Blo w s air ac ro ss h eat
ex c h an g ers in t o ro o m.

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 H arman ’s ac c o rdio n sh ap ed
H eat ex c h an g ers.

O t h er bran ds lik e C o un t ry S to v e
U se t ube ex c h an g ers.

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T h erm osta ti c / T h erm i stor
c on trol

M a n u a l m od e or A u tom a ti c
m od e

F u el a d j u stm en t c on trol

Sta tu s c od e f or d i a g n osti c s

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 H ar man ’s p at e n t e d
U n d e r -f ir e F e e d sy st e m.

T h is sy st e m is al so most
c ommon in E u r op e an
sy st e ms.

L e ss f u e l f u ssy .

I n it ial t e c h n ol og y an d
maj or it y of U S mad e p e l l e t
st ov e s.

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E sti mated 9 0 mi lli on ton saw d u st i n U S

N early 1 b i lli on ton raw b i omass av ai lab le

B i omass f u els tested or u sed i nclu d e ch erry

pi ts, corn, w h eat, sw i tch -g rass…

N ew mi lls comi ng on li ne each year

E x pand i ng mark ets

G ov ernment i ncenti v e w ou ld g i v e b oost

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E x t e r i o r v e nt w i t h
th r e e to fiv e fe e t r is e .

N e g at i v e P r e s s ur e i n
s to v e

P o s i t i v e p r e s s ur e i n
v e nt

3” p e lle t v e nt s t and ar d

4” o n i ns e r t and w h o le
h o us e s y s t e m s
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M o s t c o m m o n
i ns t allat i o n

H ar m an o f f e r s t r ue d i r e c t
v e nt g i v i ng 1 8 ” c le ar anc e

I nt ak e ai r p ulle d f r o m
o ut s i d e

D ir e c t e x it o f p ip e

T e r m i nat e 1 f o o t o f f w all
and 1 8 ” ab o v e g r ad e
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L i ne r s h o uld b e us e d i f
m as o nr y c h i m ne y no t t i le
li ne d , o r i f t i le li ne r i s
c r ac k e d o r m i s s i ng
m o r t ar .

L i ne r s h o uld b e 4” o r
lar g e r

Ac c e s s f o r c le ani ng
S to v e es K s eep
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T o p V e nt o p t i o n o n
H ar m an X X V us i ng 6 ”
w o o d s to v e p ip e .

C an b e i ns t alle d i nt o
e x i s t i ng C las s A o r
M as o nr y C h i m ne y

P i p e s e am s m us t b e
s e ale d

W o o d S to v e p ip e
S to v c eleK eep
ar anc
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 I n sta l l a ti on i n to ex i sti n g
m a son ry f i repl a c e
•4” l i n er to ex ten d 1 ’ or m ore
i n to l i n er.
•Sea l d a m per to preven t
m oi stu re a n d c ol d a i r f rom
en teri n g b u i l d i n g en vel ope

I n sta l l a ti on i n to ex i sti n g
C l a ss A
•3”-4” a d a pt f rom stove
•4” a d a pt i n to 6 ” or 8 ” d ou b l e
l i n ed w ood stove pi pe.

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H eat in g req uiremen t s in N o rt h east B t u/ h r.

M a x stove, T i g h t/ N ew A vera g e O l d / L ea k y / P oor

f u rn a c e, or b oi l er C on stru c ti on - i n su l a ti on
ra ti n g 2 0 B tu ’s / sq . f t. 30 B tu ’s / sq . f t. 40 + B tu ’s / sq . f t.
4 0 ,0 0 0 B tu 2 0 0 0 sq . f t . 1 5 0 0 sq . f t . 1 0 0 0 sq . f t .
5 0 ,0 0 0 B tu 2 5 0 0 sq . f t . 1 6 6 5 sq . f t . 1 2 5 0 sq . f t .
6 0 ,0 0 0 B tu 3 0 0 0 sq . f t . 2 0 0 0 sq . f t . 1 5 0 0 sq . f t .
7 0 ,0 0 0 B tu 3 5 0 0 sq . f t . 2 3 3 5 sq . f t . 1 7 5 0 sq . f t .
1 0 0 ,0 0 0 B tu 5 0 0 0 sq . f t . 3 3 3 5 sq . f t . 2 5 0 0 sq . f t .
1 1 5 ,0 0 0 B tu 5 7 5 0 sq . f t . 3 8 3 5 sq . f t . 2 8 7 5 sq . f t .

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 Stove
L oc a ti on
r el a ted to
a i r f l ow .

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