| Most homes across the world have started using | | | | warmth for your home. One advantage of pellets |
| wood pellets on a daily basis for their fuel needs. | | | | stoves instead of the wood stoves is their |
| This has necessitated a need for a bulk storage | | | | efficiency. They produce no smoke and you do |
| system that can effectively store all the pellets in | | | | not need a chimney added because the exhaust |
| large quantities. | | | | rarely gets too hot. Installation is also very easy |
| Why store in bulk? | | | | with these pellets stoves. You can place it inside |
| The cost of wood pellets can work out to be | | | | the roof or outwards from a wall as well. You |
| quite expensive if you buy them in small | | | | could also have separate pellets stoves placed |
| quantities. Instead buying in bulk can save you a | | | | over legs at a corner or place it within chimney |
| lot of money. The overall costs when you buy in | | | | inserts. These stoves are perfect for modernized |
| large quantities go down substantially. Plus there is | | | | cities and urban areas as they emanate very little |
| always the added bonus of having a ready supply | | | | smoke or exhaust. The only possible drawback of |
| of wood pellets whenever you need them! This is | | | | these pellets stoves is that they need electricity |
| why when you buy in bulk quantities you need a | | | | to function. So if the power is out then these will |
| large scale storage system too. | | | | stop working. However you can always have a |
| Pellet boilers | | | | backup solution like batteries or generator. |
| Some of the most popular storage systems | | | | Other solutions |
| today are the hand fed boilers. These can | | | | Another probable solution for bulk storage of |
| accommodate as much as 3 tonnes of wood | | | | wood pellets is the usage of bolted silos. This can |
| pellets in a single filling. That is what bulk storage | | | | also be combined with a driveway for the tanker |
| capacity is all about. On top of the hand fed | | | | to come and deliver the wood pellets. You could |
| boilers you could install a pellet store which has | | | | also employ the usage of flat storage |
| the ability to collect the wood pellets brought in by | | | | mechanisms or even reclaimers which facilitate |
| the tanker. You can construct the pellet store | | | | ease of transportation and use. If you are planning |
| outside your home or inside. If you are keeping | | | | on storage relatively smaller portions of wood |
| the pellet store outside then make sure there is a | | | | pellets then a small bin can be used which is |
| tube or a feeding system that will transport the | | | | welded at the sides. Otherwise you can use the |
| wood pellets into the boiler. | | | | bolted version if you are planning on large scale |
| Pellets stoves | | | | storage. You need to reload the pellet storage |
| The pellets stoves are yet another convenient | | | | system just once every day. This is much less of |
| method of storing large quantities of wood pellets. | | | | an effort as compared with other mechanisms |
| These stoves will not only store the pellets but | | | | like solid fuel mechanisms which not only need |
| also burn them in order to provide heat and | | | | daily cleaning but also refilling. |