Energy storage module wood stove

How many M2 does a wood burning stove heat?

This mostly concerns what your heating needs are for the room your wood burning stove is going to heat. If you will be using the wood burning stove primarily for heating and not just for pleasure, you can apply the general rule of thumb that a wood burning stove heats 10 m2 per kilowatt. A 7 kW wood burning stove can thus heat up to 70 m2.

Can a stove be used for space heating?

If the stove is used for space heating, this heat cannot be considered an energy loss, because it still contributes to its original purpose. Total system efficiency (heat + electricity) is close to 100% – no energy is lost. With appropriate stove design, the heat from electricity conversion can also be re-used for cooking or domestic water heating.

How much power does a thermoelectric module produce?

Stick a thermoelectric module to the surface of a wood stove, and it will produce electricity whenever the stove is used for cooking, space heating, or water heating. In the experiments and prototypes that are described in more detail below, the power output per module varies between 3 and 19 watts.

How much electricity does a wood stove use?

At a burning rate of 2.5 kg soft pine wood per hour, their experiments showed an average power output of 4.2 watts. Operating the wood stove for 10 hours per day (excluding the warm-up phase) thus supplies a rural Lebanese household with 42 watt-hours of electricity, enough to cover basic needs.

Why should you buy a wood stove?

Wood stoves can provide a household with thermal energy for cooking and for space and water heating. Wood stoves equipped with thermoelectric generators also produce electricity, which can be more sustainable, more reliable and less costly than power from solar panels.

Can a thermoelectric generator power a solid-fuel stove?

“A combined heat and power system for solid-fuel stoves using thermoelectric generators.” Energy Procedia 75 (2015): 597-602. In fact, the earliest experiments with thermoelectric heating systems date from the late 1990s and were aimed at the development of self-powered gas boilers.