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what is biomass heat

Biomass heating units are devices which use biomass to  generate heat. Although they are similar to wood-burning stoves, they have been designed to burn a dry granular fuel, such as wood pellets.

Biomass heating units are very versatile and can be used to heat a single room, an entire house, an outdoor building like a shed or a barn, a greenhouse, a factory, or even an entire school system or college campus.

Types of pellet, biomass  Heating Units

A number of different manufacturers make pellet heating units. They are available in several different sizes and styles:

• fireplace insert
• space or room heater
• stove
• hot air furnace
• hot water boiler

Pellet heating units differ from wood stoves in many ways. Most importantly, pellet  heating units burn 20 percent hotter and burn much cleaner than  cord wood. The use of a biomass heating unit eliminates the smoky smell of burning wood and also eliminates the messy clean-up. Pellet heating units have a combustion air fan and a fuel stoker, both of which are not common on standard wood stoves. Biomass heating units do not require a traditional chimney system, but instead require an exhaust vent. Some vents can exit the side of the building, much like a vent for a clothes dryer.

Fuel Source
 Wood pellets,corn,nutshells small woodchips and grains such as rye wheat corn and barley.