Continuing the series, started with Problem #1: How Much Does Heat
Cost?,
Problem # 8 How Much Wood Do I Need? Gives further information for
calculating How much wood is needed to heat a dwelling. Stay tuned
for
Problem #9, which will deal with heat exchangers.
The purpose of this exercise is
Steve,
For the type of stove that is mentioned, the average efficiency is more
like 35 to 40%. For combination burners, I often say that you need 4 times
the volume in wood as for oil. This thumb rule come quite close to reality.
If you have an efficient 3 stage wood burner, you can get
