Environmental protection: use wood-burning fireplaces low in pollutants

Wood fireplaces are popular. They spread a cozy warmth and create a cozy atmosphere. They can also temporarily serve as a substitute heating, if the central heating should ever fail. Because of the pollutant emissions, more and more operators of a fireplace or stove think about environmentally friendly heating methods.

The Fraunhofer IBP has developed the innovative T2O2 technology with several industrial partners. This method makes it possible to operate wood-burning fireplaces in the traditional design safely and environmentally friendly. It ensures heat production in line with demand, safe operation and increased comfort.

Biomass furnaces such as fireplaces are the oldest method of keeping the house comfortably warm. Today, however, they can also help to achieve the political climate protection goals in Germany. Clean and highly efficient combustion technologies are essential for this. In this way, high comfort and error-free operation of the wood fireplace can go hand in hand.

Modern technology makes it possible:

Through the optimal operation of the wood fireplace, the emission of emissions - combustion odors or ultra-fine dust particles - is avoided. The innovation and the main technical advantage of the T2O2 control technology lie in complex algorithms that determine the oxygen coefficient.

With this coefficient and with the help of a detailed process analysis, the combustion air is adjusted as needed. Robust, durable and inexpensive sensors that analyze the combustion process at any time during operation help here - complex sensor systems such as lambda probes are not necessary. The combustion process itself is controlled by a combustion air supply system. The three combustion air streams, grate air, windshield scavenging air and secondary air, are adjusted separately. As a result, significantly lower emissions are shown.

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