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  2. Pellet stove - Wikipedia

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    A pellet stove is a stove that burns compressed wood or biomass pellets to create a source of heat for residential and sometimes industrial spaces. By steadily feeding fuel from a storage container (hopper) into a burn pot area, it produces a constant flame that requires little to no physical adjustments.

  3. Thermostat - Wikipedia

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    The illustration is the interior of a common two wire heat-only household thermostat, used to regulate a gas-fired heater via an electric gas valve. Similar mechanisms may also be used to control oil furnaces, boilers, boiler zone valves , electric attic fans, electric furnaces, electric baseboard heaters, and household appliances such as ...

  4. Fireplace insert - Wikipedia

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    A fireplace insert is a device that can be inserted into an existing masonry or prefabricated wood fireplace. Most fireplace inserts are made from cast iron or steel. Fresh air enters through vents below, circulates around the main chamber (where it heats up), then exits through the chimney. Fireplace inserts have insulated glass doors that ...

  5. Pellet fuel - Wikipedia

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    Pellet fuel. Pellet fuels (or pellets) are a type of solid fuel made from compressed organic material. [ 1 ] Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops, and untreated lumber. [ 2 ]Wood pellets are the most common type of pellet fuel ...

  6. Pellet boiler - Wikipedia

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    A pellet boiler is a heating system that burns wood pellets. Pellet boilers are used in central heating systems for heat requirements (heating load) from 3.9 kW (kilowatt) to 1 MW (megawatt) or more. Pellet central heating systems are used in single family homes, and in larger residential, commercial, or institutional applications.

  7. Thermocouple - Wikipedia

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    Many gas-fed heating appliances such as ovens and water heaters make use of a pilot flame to ignite the main gas burner when required. If the pilot flame goes out, unburned gas may be released, which is an explosion risk and a health hazard. To prevent this, some appliances use a thermocouple in a fail-safe circuit to sense when the pilot light ...

  8. Gas stove - Wikipedia

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    Many stoves use natural gas to provide heat. A gas stove is a stove that is fuelled by combustible gas such as natural gas, propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas, syngas, or other flammable gas. Before the advent of gas, cooking stoves relied on solid fuels such as coal or wood. The first gas stoves were developed in the 1820s and a gas ...

  9. Wood-burning stove - Wikipedia

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    Wood-burning stove. A 19th-century example of a wood-burning stove. A wood-burning stove (or wood burner or log burner in the UK) is a heating or cooking appliance capable of burning wood fuel, often called solid fuel, and wood-derived biomass fuel, such as sawdust bricks. Generally the appliance consists of a solid metal (usually cast iron or ...

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