Non-Electric Pellet fueled greenhouse and water heater. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T11:05:03Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/non-electric-pellet-fueled-greenhouse-and-water-heater?groupUrl=northwestaquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A337249&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A20675&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWe exhibited the Wiseway Pell…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-04:4778851:Comment:3462542012-06-04T21:34:42.851ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>We exhibited the Wiseway Pellet Stove at the Mother Earth News Fair this weekend. We had an incredible response. I talked to over 600 people interested in the stove for AP and many other uses. We have potential dealers in 4 states and Canada. There was a geat deal of aquaponics enthusiasts in attendance from up and down the West Coast.</p>
<p>We exhibited the Wiseway Pellet Stove at the Mother Earth News Fair this weekend. We had an incredible response. I talked to over 600 people interested in the stove for AP and many other uses. We have potential dealers in 4 states and Canada. There was a geat deal of aquaponics enthusiasts in attendance from up and down the West Coast.</p> That number would only be the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-29:4778851:Comment:3430692012-05-29T22:37:26.435ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>That number would only be the BTUs that were exchanged with the water not the entire output of the stove. We are looking at a more efficient exchange of heat to water with a water jacket on the stove. Effectively turning the stove into a pellet butning water heater. I have just been given the ok to begin R&D.</p>
<p>That number would only be the BTUs that were exchanged with the water not the entire output of the stove. We are looking at a more efficient exchange of heat to water with a water jacket on the stove. Effectively turning the stove into a pellet butning water heater. I have just been given the ok to begin R&D.</p> Rick that stove was amazing a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-27:4778851:Comment:3419292012-05-27T01:17:02.259ZDon Starkhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DonStark
<p>Rick that stove was amazing and inspiring and very impressed with the simplicity.</p>
<p>For BTU for the water. a BTU is the amount of energy to raise one pound of water 1 degree. (if memory serves)</p>
<p>so we had 55 gallons of water or 411 pounds of water</p>
<p>and 40 degrees of increased for a total of 16,456 total. so if we divide that by hours (4) we arrive at 4114 BTU/hour. If this is correct is that good....</p>
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<p>Thanks again for the excellent demo…<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></p>
<p>Rick that stove was amazing and inspiring and very impressed with the simplicity.</p>
<p>For BTU for the water. a BTU is the amount of energy to raise one pound of water 1 degree. (if memory serves)</p>
<p>so we had 55 gallons of water or 411 pounds of water</p>
<p>and 40 degrees of increased for a total of 16,456 total. so if we divide that by hours (4) we arrive at 4114 BTU/hour. If this is correct is that good....</p>
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<p>Thanks again for the excellent demo<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></p> This is very interesting. Do…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-26:4778851:Comment:3414962012-05-26T20:14:20.794ZPiceshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/WilliamBarker
<p>This is very interesting. Do you have an estimated BTU for water heating yet?</p>
<p>This is very interesting. Do you have an estimated BTU for water heating yet?</p> That tank is to help keep it…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-26:4778851:Comment:3417092012-05-26T15:00:02.442ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>That tank is to help keep it an "open" system and make it easier to control the temps in the FT. A closed system can build pressure (boiler), there are safeties to deal with that I just havent wanted to go that far with it yet. By using the tank it also makes it so I can continuously run the water through the stove, keeping the water cooler (by adjusting the rate of flow it will raise or lower the temp with more or less exposure to the heat.) Then regulating the flow from the storage tank…</p>
<p>That tank is to help keep it an "open" system and make it easier to control the temps in the FT. A closed system can build pressure (boiler), there are safeties to deal with that I just havent wanted to go that far with it yet. By using the tank it also makes it so I can continuously run the water through the stove, keeping the water cooler (by adjusting the rate of flow it will raise or lower the temp with more or less exposure to the heat.) Then regulating the flow from the storage tank through the pipes that radiate the heat through the FT, sump, and GB by thermostat that controls the pump. There is a bunch I am leaving out to keep it a simple explaination, but it gives you the idea. I want to keep this as simple and low cost to maintain and run as possible. But I also dont want steaming fish soup in my fish tank.</p> Rick, is the 55 gallon barrel…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-25:4778851:Comment:3412912012-05-25T23:24:00.708ZPiceshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/WilliamBarker
<p>Rick, is the 55 gallon barrel equivalent to the tank marked "baffle" in your drawing posted Monday? Did you heat all 55 gallons or was the barrel only partially full? Why do you need the baffle tank? Why not pump directly to the fish tank?<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Rick Stillwagon said:…</cite></p>
<p>Rick, is the 55 gallon barrel equivalent to the tank marked "baffle" in your drawing posted Monday? Did you heat all 55 gallons or was the barrel only partially full? Why do you need the baffle tank? Why not pump directly to the fish tank?<br/> <br/> <cite>Rick Stillwagon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/non-electric-pellet-fueled-greenhouse-and-water-heater?groupUrl=northwestaquaponics&xg_source=activity&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A20675&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A322859&page=2#4778851Comment341161"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>More testing of the Wiseway Pellet stove this morning. We achieved a 40 degree increase in water temperature in a 55 gallon barrel in 4 hours on high. Water circulating through the stove at about 2 gallons per minute increased in temp about 10 degrees. The water was 45 degrees when we started and 85 degrees after the four hour period.</p>
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</blockquote> More testing of the Wiseway P…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-25:4778851:Comment:3411612012-05-25T22:23:04.463ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>More testing of the Wiseway Pellet stove this morning. We achieved a 40 degree increase in water temperature in a 55 gallon barrel in 4 hours on high. Water circulating through the stove at about 2 gallons per minute increased in temp about 10 degrees. The water was 45 degrees when we started and 85 degrees after the four hour period.</p>
<p>More testing of the Wiseway Pellet stove this morning. We achieved a 40 degree increase in water temperature in a 55 gallon barrel in 4 hours on high. Water circulating through the stove at about 2 gallons per minute increased in temp about 10 degrees. The water was 45 degrees when we started and 85 degrees after the four hour period.</p> This is a basic view of the h…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-21:4778851:Comment:3383142012-05-21T19:43:20.201ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730341346?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730341346?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"/></a>This is a basic view of the heating system I will be incorporating with the pellet stove. What do you think?</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730341346?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730341346?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"/></a>This is a basic view of the heating system I will be incorporating with the pellet stove. What do you think?</p>
<p> </p> $900 for the stove (Only 10 w…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-18:4778851:Comment:3372492012-05-18T22:46:01.109ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>$900 for the stove (Only 10 will be sold at this price, then they go to $1,195.00) $300 to add the stainless steel water heating component.<br/> <br/> <cite>Lance Woolen said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/non-electric-pellet-fueled-greenhouse-and-water-heater?groupUrl=northwestaquaponics&#4778851Comment332171"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Really looking forward to seeing the final price on these.</p>
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<p>$900 for the stove (Only 10 will be sold at this price, then they go to $1,195.00) $300 to add the stainless steel water heating component.<br/> <br/> <cite>Lance Woolen said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/non-electric-pellet-fueled-greenhouse-and-water-heater?groupUrl=northwestaquaponics&#4778851Comment332171"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Really looking forward to seeing the final price on these.</p>
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</blockquote> We got our Demo-unit today. …tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-05-18:4778851:Comment:3373262012-05-18T22:17:45.487ZRick Stillwagonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RickStillwagon
<p>We got our Demo-unit today. We fired it up, 700 degrees in ten minutes, water heat exchanger was making steam in 15 minutes. That was with the water only half way filling the heat exchanger. We will now work on a thermostatically controlled system for heating the fish tanks. Awesome unit, this will be very economical to run. Base stove for the first ten units sold will go for $900 plus shipping. The Stainless steel heat exchanger is an additional $300 for heating the water. After that…</p>
<p>We got our Demo-unit today. We fired it up, 700 degrees in ten minutes, water heat exchanger was making steam in 15 minutes. That was with the water only half way filling the heat exchanger. We will now work on a thermostatically controlled system for heating the fish tanks. Awesome unit, this will be very economical to run. Base stove for the first ten units sold will go for $900 plus shipping. The Stainless steel heat exchanger is an additional $300 for heating the water. After that they will go to $1,195.00 for just the base unit. The reason for the great deal is to raise their company enough money to get the EPA testing done for WA state. All other states have approved their stove.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772210983?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2772210983?profile=original" width="322"/></a></p>