Wood-Fuelled Heating Thermal Stores In Cumbria Thermal stores are very important
for the efficiency of biomass heating systems, particularly log
boilers, which are designed to burn batches of logs at high levels of
efficiency rather than in small quantities throughout the day. A log boiler
linked to a large thermal store can be used in this way. A thermal store can
also reduce the time lag (which could be at least an hour) between lighting the
boiler or stove and the demand for hot water by storing water from the last
time the stove or boiler was last lit.
Find out more details about wood-fuelled heating thermal stores in South Lakes and Cumbria by calling 07968024114 /01539 263424 /01524 413124 .
About Wood-Fuelled Heating Systems As thermal stores used with
wood-fuelled heating systems are usually designed to provide hot water for
space heating as well as domestic hot water, they tend to be fairly large.
Thermal stores linked to wood fuel heating systems are commonly referred to as
accumulators or buffer tanks. Typically they will hold between 500 to 5000
litres of water and can store hot water for days if properly insulated.
Smaller thermal stores
(300litres) can also work well with boiler stoves and stoves with back boilers.
These stoves tend to be in living spaces and are fed with fuel throughout the
day. Boiler stoves and stoves with back boilers differ in the proportion of heat
they put into the room or water. Boiler stoves will put around 65 per cent of
their output into water, whereas stoves with back boilers may only put 20 per
cent into water.
The sizing of a thermal store for
a wood-fuelled heating system will depend on many factors, in particular the
type of wood fuel being used. A pellet boiler will need a relatively small
thermal store as it can cope quite quickly with changes in heat demand. A log
boiler designed to burn logs in batches will on the other hand need a large
thermal store to take all the heat from the batch of logs in one go.
A thermal store working in
conjunction with a log burning batch boiler will need to be fairly large,
probably no less than 25 litres/kWth and preferably 50 litres/kWth. The sizing
of the thermal store connected to a wood fuel boiler is something for the
installer to ascertain as part of the total system design.
Contact Us If you would like to purchase thermal stores to contain wood-fuelled heating, the MCC Heating Services Ltd team will always provide a swift delivery and installation of these thermal stores. Contact us today to find out more information by calling 01539 263424 or 07968024114 .
