The solid fuel boiler is characterized in that the fuel supply to it is not automated. For this reason, this type of device relates to batch devices. The coolant in them is heated only during the combustion of each new portion of fuel. In order to somehow smooth out temperature fluctuations, it is necessary to constantly load firewood or coal.
At the moment, a solid fuel boiler allows you to use it much longer due to the presence of a variety of systems that prolong combustion and make it more uniform. Pyrolysis devices with an increased duration of fuel combustion are used, which is quite convenient. Each system for regulating home heating through such devices has certain advantages and disadvantages, however, none can fundamentally solve the problem.
If a
solid fuel heating boiler is installed in the house
, it would be nice to have a
heat accumulator
that accumulates energy during the operation of the device, and then gives off heat during breaks in operation. The presence of such a device optimizes and stabilizes the heating mode of the home. In this case, temperature fluctuations slow down, and the frequency of fuel loading increases.
The higher the density and mass of building materials, the greater their heat capacity. Everyone noticed that in buildings with thick stone walls, it’s fresh in summer and warm in winter. Modern technologies in construction go in the opposite direction. Designs are becoming easier, the use of materials with low density is increasing. For example, a house built using frame-panel or frame technology is able to provide thermal comfort only if the heating and air conditioning systems work continuously. In such a structure, the heat capacity is minimal.
If a solid fuel boiler is used in the house, then to increase comfort, you can use a concrete screed of the warm floor as a battery. This is due to the following reasons. The design of the floor with water heating contains a fairly impressive layer of concrete. Such a floor can be called a kind of analogue of the Russian stove in modern construction. As a result, the warm floor becomes an accumulative heater, slowing down temperature fluctuations and increasing the comfort of the entire system, which is based on a solid fuel boiler.
In a room equipped with a warm floor, it is possible to provide thermal comfort at a temperature a couple of degrees lower than with traditional heating radiators, which saves fuel.
In a house where a solid fuel boiler is used as the main heat source, reviews of which are mostly positive, it is recommended to arrange a warm floor in all rooms. If you turn on radiators in separate rooms, then low thermal inertia will cause the rooms to heat up and cool down faster. Temperature fluctuations in rooms with warm floors between the furnaces will be minimal.