Emissions, heat output and efficiency
Turboheat is regulated so that the active flue outer surface temp does not drop below 120 degrees Celsius. The flue stays hotter to allow secondary combustion of pm10 causing a reduction on emissions, increasing power output and efficiency.
The standard solid fuel wood burner with the Turboheat Exchanger on the High burn rate produced a 28% increase in power output, a 32% increase in the Maximum Power output, 14% increase in efficiency and a 70% reduction in Particulate emissions.
On the Medium burn rate setting, the generic solid fuel wood burner with the Turboheat Exchanger produced a 13% increase in power output, 7% increase in efficiency and a 70% reduction in Particulate emissions.
On the Low burn rate setting, the standard solid fuel burner with the Turboheat Exchanger produced the same power output, 3% increase in efficiency and a 20% increase in Particulate emissions.
Overall, the standard solid fuel wood burner with the Turboheat Exchanger produced a 15% increase in power output, 8% increase in efficiency and a 54% reduction in Particulate emissions. The Turboheat Exchanger uses the excess heat from the active flue pipe to distribute hot air to the whole home. This is why we see a much higher increase in power output and efficiency on the high burn setting when the flue temperature is much higher.