“Cleanest-Burning Wood Furnace In The World”

“Cleanest-Burning Wood Furnace In The World” ENERGY No wood burner on the market burns cleaner than the Kuuma Vapor-Fire 100 in-house furnace according to the manufacturer The hot air furnace recently tested out at 86 percent heat transfer efficiency 98 percent combustion efficiency and produced less than a gram per hour of particulates At a slow burn it did even better with an overall combustion efficiency of 98 1 percent The smaller Vapor-Fire 200 scored even better than the model 100 at 99 4 percent Daryl Lamppa says the furnace is unique to the industry “Ours is the only non-boiler wood gasification furnace in the industry that we are aware of ” Unlike other true gasification burners logs in the fire chamber of the Kuuma burn at a controlled rate from front to back Controlled release and ignition of the gases liquids and vapors result in near complete combustion Kuuma furnaces are designed to burn on low 3 to 4 lbs of wood per hour medium 5 to 7 lbs /hr or high 8 to 9 lbs /hr depending on outside temperatures Heated air is fed into the furnace plenum for distribution throughout the house Lamppa explains that the fan in the plenum runs at a constant 500 cfm once the furnace is hot enough When the house thermostat calls for more heat it kicks up to 1 500 cfm until the thermostat reaches the desired level Lamppa explains that it’s the 24-volt computer-controlled constant burn that produces a near complete burn with practically no polluting particles It’s when wood smolders that creosote and other pollutants are produced “If you see smoke you have creosote being produced ” says Lamppa “Ours produces practically no visible smoke once the fire starts and no creosote when using seasoned firewood We take our stovepipes apart once a year and just blow the dust out ” Although Lamppa and his father Herb have been making the Kuuma Vapor-Fire 100 for 28 years they only recently sought efficiency certification “We knew it burned clean but in order for it to qualify for the 2009 to 2010 Home Energy-Efficiency Improvement tax credit it needed to be certified We now know this is the cleanest-burning wood furnace in the world ” The Kuuma Vapor-Fire 100 is priced at $4 350 It stands 50 in high 32 in wide and 52 1/2 in deep The slightly smaller Kuuma Vapor-Fire 200 is priced at $3 850 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lamppa Manufacturing P O Box 422 Tower Minn 55790 ph 218 753-2330; toll free 800 358-2049; lampmfg@gmail com; www lamppakuuma com

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