Catalytic Wood Stove
Midwest Hearth Wood Stove Catalytic Combustor Replacement Catalyst Dutchwest Englander 6 x 2 Round Ceramic 46 out of 5 stars 277.
Catalytic wood stove. A wood stove catalytic combustor is comparable to a catalytic converter in a car. These gasses pass through the catalytic combustor which operates at very high temperatures and combust providing increased efficiency fewer emissions and longer burn times. The catalytic combustor or catalytic converter in a catalytic stove resembles a honeycombThe converter greatly reduces the required temperature for burning smoke.
A catalytic wood stove uses a catalytic combustor to re-burn the gasses and particulates that are released from the burning wood. The device is chemically coated with a metal that reacts with smoke and other combustion byproducts. The catalytic wood stove is a leader in producing a clean and efficient burn with a secondary burn unit which is catalytic Catalytic stoves started appearing on the scene in the mid 1970s as a resource to meet the requirements for clean air introduced by the EPA Environmental Protection Agency.
Steel Catalytic Combustor for DutchWest Wood Stoves CS-001. Smoke usually catches fire at about 1100 degrees. Used as a masonry fireplace insert or freestanding this unit easily accepts 21 logs and heats up to 3200 square feet with an astonishing 10400-62745 BTUs per hour.
Only 3 left in stock - order soon. Inside the stove the smoky exhaust passes through a coated honeycomb the catalyst. The catalyst in your stove similar to the catalytic converter in your car burns the unburned fuel smoke from the fire before it exits through the flue.
Catalytic stoves were introduced to comply with a 1988 EPA regulation that set mandatory smoke. It uses a catalytic combustion device to heat ignite and burn off the smoke generated by the fire. For families who buy 2 cords of wood a season that could be 150 saved every year.
Enjoy longer up to 8 hours longer overnight burns without having to refuel your stove. This results in maximum use of the fuel wood even steady heat and very minimal smoke and pollutant output. Just like the catalytic converter in your car the catalytic combustor in a wood stove traps the smoke and other byproducts of combustion and has a chemical coating generally platinum andor palladium which interacts with the smoke and ignites it at around 500 degrees rather than the 1100 degrees normally required.