[Photo: Courtesy of HeatMasterSS]
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1. Diverse Applications
Due to the flexibility of hot water as a heating source, the B Series can be used for residential, light commercial, and heavy industrial scenarios. “Whether it’s a warehouse, a pool, or a manufacturing facility, you can do it all
with hot water, which is a universal heating application,” Friesen says.
Groening says the team is always finding new ways to utilize this carbon-neutral heat. “Buildings at construction sites are often heated with diesel, which ends up using hundreds of gallons of fuel on a given site. With a wood chip application, you’re heating at a fraction of the cost and bringing down your carbon footprint as well,” he says.
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2. Environmentally Friendly
Traditional biomass furnaces are rather simple machines, designed around a system of wood combustion that’s used to heat water. However, anyone who’s stood near a campfire understands the negative effects of burning wood products. The HeatMasterss team poured resources into developing more efficient technology in which combustion occurs in a controlled environment with very high temperatures.
By optimizing the fuel burn rate and fine-tuning the level of combustion within the furnace, the B Series burns as clean and efficiently as possible. “We’re able to achieve a lot more energy out of the same amount of fuel, with a fraction of the emissions,” Groening says.
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3. Quick Return on Investment
Utilizing alternative fuels for heat isn’t just environmentally friendly. “It has a very logical return on investment from a cost perspective,” Friesen says. For example, Friesen explains burning wood chips costs about one cent per kilowatt of energy, compared to anywhere from 10 to 20 cents per kilowatt with natural gas or other fossil fuels. At this rate of energy savings, the B Series quickly pays for itself and lowers energy bills throughout the life of the furnace.
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4. Energy Independence
Utilizing alternative fuels for heat isn’t just environmentally friendly. “It has a very logical return on investment from a cost perspective,” Friesen says. For example, Friesen explains burning wood chips costs about one cent per kilowatt of energy, compared to anywhere from 10 to 20 cents per kilowatt with natural gas or other fossil fuels. At this rate of energy savings, the B Series quickly pays for itself and lowers energy bills throughout the life of the furnace.
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5. Ease of Use
The fully automated B Series solves one of the major problems that has stifled the widespread use of outdoor furnaces—reducing the intensive labor involved in loading fuel materials into the machine. “With our previous models, some of the responses from
our customers were that the process involved too much work, and many wondered how we could automate the process,” Friesen says.
The fuel is delivered from the truck to the fuel storage bin with conveyors, and from there the fuel is automatically loaded into the furnace and burned based on the customer’s desired temperature setting. The ash is also cleaned from the unit automatically, and advanced safety procedures prevent the fire from burning back into the storage bin.
