If you are seriously thinking about the question of which fuel is better to choose for heating your home, then you should consider several of its varieties in order to study the positive and negative aspects. If you are the owner of suburban real estate or a house within the city, then a boiler can be installed in your home. Perhaps you have already equipped the boiler room and select equipment for it.
Different models of such devices can use a certain type of fuel. Some of them are more economical, while others are cheaper when buying. Technological progress has stepped far forward, so if you have not yet purchased boiler equipment, you can choose the model that runs on the most profitable type of fuel.
Types of fuel: solar energy
Choosing boiler fuel, you can pay attention to heat pumps and solar energy. Today, this area of alternative energy is the most promising and young. From the point of view of environmental protection, this solution will be the best choice. In addition, solar energy has zero cost. However, equipment operating on the principle of converting solar energy is the most expensive, and the efficiency in this conversion is one of the lowest.
Thus, the share of solar heating in the overall system will not exceed 10% in winter. As for the heat pump, it requires a huge amount of electric energy, and this pleasure is quite expensive. Such devices operate at temperatures up to -15 ° C. If the thermometer column goes down, then the consumer will have to use an electric heater to heat the coolant - this approach cannot be called economical.
Using briquettes
If you choose boiler fuel, you can pay attention to briquettes and residues from lumber. This option is quite profitable, you can use the old wood boiler for it. Briquettes have a rectangular shape, so they are convenient to store and lay. When they burn, less soot and smoke is formed.
Compared to firewood, the price of a kilowatt of heat will be higher. You can purchase such briquettes in any specialized goods store. However, they burn out quite quickly, so they have to be lined up every 4 hours.
The use of firewood
A solid fuel boiler house can use firewood, which at one time was one of the most popular varieties of other fuels. Today, it is quite rare to find houses with wood-fired boiler houses. Yes, and an impressive area to heat in this way is unlikely to succeed. The remaining wood-fired boilers are living their lives and are changing to equipment that operates on a different type of fuel. Over time, the consumer understands that getting dry firewood is not only difficult, but also expensive. As for Europe, the use of firewood is prohibited there.
Coal application
Coal can act as boiler fuel. He, like firewood, is becoming less popular. Among the advantages, low cost and energy intensity can be distinguished, but there are much more minuses. Paving and storing coal is quite difficult, burning residues cannot be left on the territory of the house, and the smell and smoke turn the house into a nodal train sorting station. Coal is quite flammable, it can catch fire on its own. Today it is used only in conditions of state enterprises, factories and factories.
Oil processing
Liquid fuel for boiler rooms can be represented by mining, it is inexpensive, and can even be obtained for free. This fuel is energy-consuming, but there are no branded boilers that would operate on development. The equipment can be redone manually, then it will be able to burn the oil mixture. All you have to do is find a tuning professional.
But the positive features do not compensate for the content of toxic antifreeze in the oil, and the boiler's efficiency is not able to reach a maximum. The equipment will smoke, and the smell will be even worse than the one that is formed when coal is used. It is quite fire hazardous to store the treatment, so it is worth considering the appropriateness of its use.
Diesel fuel
A diesel boiler room is quite common today. The material is quite expensive, but this does not prevent it from being popular. Having familiarized yourself with the range of boiler equipment, you can find many models designed for this type of fuel. Models are large and equipped with a fuel tank. Therefore, to install the device will have to allocate a large boiler room, which must meet certain characteristics.
Among the positive features of such fuel can be identified fire protection and automation units. But such boilers are quite expensive to maintain, and an impressive amount will have to be paid for 1 kW of heating. If you have a house with an area of 250 m 2 , then its annual heating will cost more than 100,000 rubles.
Liquefied or main gas
The gaseous fuel boiler room will operate automatically. It has a high efficiency and minimal emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere. 1 kW of heat in this case is also expensive, but for some consumers, gaseous fuel is one of the best.
A gas fuel boiler room can operate due to main power supply. The cost of such fuel in Russia is the lowest compared to other countries. The equipment has the highest efficiency, it is safe and automated, its work is not accompanied by smoke and odor.
Use of electricity
The fastest and easiest way to heat your home is through electricity. There are no emissions into the atmosphere, there is no need to allocate a place for fuel storage, in addition, electric boilers are compact and inexpensive. But in this case, there are drawbacks that make owners think about changing the boiler or turn their eyes when buying new ones to other types of boiler equipment. The main disadvantage is the rather high cost of electric energy, perhaps this drawback will also be decisive for you.
The use of pellets
Pellets are often used today as boiler fuel. Their popularity has been growing lately. The natural resource in this case are:
- lumber residues;
- wood;
- logging waste.
Over the past decade, the range of pellet boilers has expanded. Their efficiency reaches 93%. The equipment is fireproof and automated, its dimensions usually do not exceed the dimensions of the washing machine.
Installation of the boiler can be carried out directly in the house. By purchasing pellets, you can transport them in bags of 15-20 kg. Fuel can be stored in any dry room. The operation of the boiler is almost not accompanied by the formation of smoke and odor. The only disadvantage of this type of fuel is its high cost. However, many manufacturers today are trying to fix this shortcoming by selling boilers at an affordable cost.
Use of liquefied petroleum gas
As a reserve fuel for the boiler room, liquefied petroleum gas can act. Its use has many advantages, among which it should be noted that there is no need to heat the storage park in winter, this significantly reduces operating costs. Stealing such fuel is much more difficult, for Russian conditions this fact is also not unimportant. And for the consumer, the transition from natural gas to the described mixture will be almost imperceptible, because it is carried out almost instantly.