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Modern wood burning stoves have catalytic combusters that significantly reduce the emissions coming out of the chimney. They essentially burn the wood, then re-
by grecy 4y ago
Modern wood burning stoves have catalytic combusters that significantly reduce the emissions coming out of the chimney. They essentially burn the wood, then re-burn the smoke from that fire at a very high temperature (and then sometimes a third time). This results in much lower emissions and much more efficient burning where more heat is extracted.
They're mandated by law in many places now.
Anecdotally, friends in the Yukon used to burn ~10 cords of wood a winter. After upgrading to a catalytic combusting wood stove they now burn about 5 cords. Same house, same wood.
- jaclaz 4y ago>Anecdotally, friends in the Yukon used to burn ~10 cords of wood a winter. After upgrading to a catalytic combusting wood stove they now burn about 5 cords. Same house, same wood. Thank you, I just learned a new word/unit of measure (cord) and went down the rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_(unit) has a photo that really helps in visually dimensioning the amount it represents. Maine has the "loose thrown cord", and then there are: >Other non-official terms for firewood volume include standing cord, kitchen cord, running cord, face cord, fencing cord, country cord, long cord, and rick, all subject to local variation.