What is a Russian Stove?
Russian Stoves are perhaps the most
efficient wood burning space heaters known to man. The intense heat given
off by the fire is obsorbed by the brick walls that make up the stoves
dense structure. Because of this, there is a slow cooling down period,
which means that the Stove requires fueling only twice a day, and at most
maybe three. At the time it is being fired, one can put his face into the
chimney of a Russian fireplace and feel only a warm moist air escaping,
thus assuring that a minimul amount of pollutants are being sent into the
air. pollutants, or rather unburnt particles, are being burnt off by the
extreme high temperatures in the burning process as they travel through
the Stoves makeup as seen in the above drawing. This is being accomplished
in a natural way without the aid of expensive catalytic converters, which
require constant replacement
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