Corn stoves

Corn stoves,(also spelt as "Corn Stoves", "Corn Fireplaces"), is a home heater or a small business heater that uses local renewable whole kernel shelled corn as fuel. Local renewable whole kernel shelled corn is supplied by two million local farmers in the United States of America, or globally, in maize producing areas. Properly installed corn stoves can reduce home heating costs by 80%. A constant temperature is required to maintain a constant room relative humidity. Each time the thermostat actuates the home heater, the relative humidity is forced to swing 3% for each degree of temperature change. The steady heat output of a corn stove maintains a precise room temperature which allows the relative humidity to be controlled precisely and exactly at the desired per cent RH. The recommended healthy 50% RH is also more economical to maintain because of the excessive heat required to raise high moisture air to room temperatuer. Room air that escapes through a leak or doorway is overly expensive if the room RH is greater than 50%. Low moisture air below 50% RH is relatively inexpensive to heat and the loss thereof through a leak, window, or doorway is relatively inconsequential to the monthly heating or air conditioning bill no matter which type HVAC system is installed.

Overview

A Corn Stove stirs the fuel during combustion. The stir feature differs from a pellet stove which does not stir the fuel during combustion. Corn must be stirred to release the 34% hydrogen contained inside the kernel. A pellet stove does not stir the fuel as required for corn combustion. The corn stove will burn solid biomass fuel like wood, grass, or trash. A corn stove is unique as the only stove that will burn corn, cherry pits, soy beans, orange seeds, lemon seeds, grape seeds, rice, or screened crushed corn cobs. It is also a stove that will burn solid fuels. that require constant stirring or constant vibration to support combustion. Once the stirring or vibration of the burning fuel is eliminated, a corn stove flame will self extinguish within seconds. Using renewable shelled corn, is safe, environmentally friendly, clean, non-volatile, non-explosive, with no VOC. The efficiency corn can be 98.6% efficient releasing less than 5 pounds effluents per home per year. Unique to corn stoves is the ability to preheat the corn for fuel and preheat the corn stove combustion air by safely storing the fuel inside, using inside combustion air, and emitting or venting the corn combustion exhaust outside.

Unlike a wood pellet stove, a corn stove is vented outside but emits zero opacity, zero smoke, and zero particulate matter. Corn has no VOC and is edible. Corn combustion will self-extinguish by only applying the customary three "t's" or "fat" elements required for combustion: temp/time/turbulence or fuel/air/temp. Corn will not burn in a bucket or in a pile but may parch, pop, or cook but will not flame/explode/propagate unless properly stirred. A wood pellet stove will not burn corn but may permit some ratio of corn to be mixed with the wood pellets which inadvertently stir the corn as the wood size is reduced by combustion.

Fuel supply

Local farms in the US raise corn, supply commercial corn demand, and compete for the local and global corn market. Corn yield can be economically controlled from 50 bushel per acre to 300 bushel per acre within two months of harvest. Eighty to 100 million acres of corn are grown annually in the US alone. Over one hundred twenty five million acres of corn were grown annually in the US to feed farm animals and people prior to modern mechanization methods of farming.

tyles

Corn stoves are manufactured in styles not limited to free standing, fireplace insert, HVAC connected home furnace heaters, home cooking corn stove grills, and outside corn burning furnaces.

afety

Although corn stoves have been available for several years, there have been no recorded home fires resultant from a corn stove [http://www.nfpa.org] . Home insurance rates have no adder cost for using corn as a heating fuel.

Environment

Corn has been estimated by the Sierra Club to reduce global warming by annually converting a net positive 284 pounds of carbon dioxide into oxygen.

The US EPA test results for a tennessee corn stove record airborne particulates of 0.001 pounds per million BTU as compared to 0.1 MMBTU for gas and 0.5 MMBYU for coal. A corn stove will produce approximately 5 gallons of solid potash particulate annually.

Availability

Corn stoves and corn place fireplaces are manufactured in Tennessee, Minnesota, and Canada.Corn stoves, corn fireplaces, corn fireplace inserts and corn grills are available in the 48 continental US states.

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