| Oil fired condensing boilers are just starting to be | | | | and therefore use less fuel to produce the same |
| used in the United States. There are some | | | | amount of BTU's. A typical conventional boiler |
| obstacles to over come and some great | | | | burns fuel in a combustion chamber that is |
| advantages to condensing oil technology. | | | | surrounded by a water jacket. Condensing boilers |
| One of the main reasons that they have not | | | | also extract the heat from the products of |
| been used more is because of the lack of | | | | combustion using a secondary heat exchanger. |
| low-sulphur heating oil being readily available. A | | | | A condensing combi boiler is a boiler that will heat |
| condensing oil boiler must burn the low-sulphur | | | | your home and provide you with instantaneous |
| heating oil for it to work properly. As more and | | | | hot water, without adding a hot water tank. Most |
| more of these units are sold in different areas of | | | | of these boilers use a coil that is immersed in the |
| the US the right fuels will become more readily | | | | hot water inside the boiler. The cold water is run |
| available. | | | | through the coil and the heat is transferred from |
| Modern oil condensing boilers can save you as | | | | the boiler water to the domestic water. These |
| much as 30% more energy than many | | | | boilers make the production of your hot water |
| conventional boilers. A modern oil condensing boiler | | | | very efficient also. |
| will not only heat more efficiently, but because of | | | | Condensing oil boilers basically are not that much |
| this it will reduce your heating oil consumption. | | | | different than conventional boilers. They just are |
| When low-sulphur heating oil or heating oil with | | | | designed so that they reduce the flue gases |
| biogenic additives are used in an oil condensing | | | | temperature to the point where the water vapor |
| boiler, it then becomes almost as environmentally | | | | in the exhaust is cooled to the point where it |
| friendly as using natural gas. | | | | condenses. This condensing feature also releases |
| If your boiler is more than 15 years old, replacing | | | | the latent heat in the flue gases. This heat is also |
| it with a new condensing boiler, of the right heat | | | | collected and used to heat you home. |
| output for your property size, should save you | | | | Condensing boilers are not only a great deal for |
| around a third on your heating oil bills. If you plan | | | | new construction, but they can also be used to |
| to install a new boiler or to replace an existing | | | | upgrade many old heating systems. They are |
| one, in some cases you will need to install a | | | | nearly the same size as older boilers and in some |
| condensing boiler to meet today's higher | | | | cases they are smaller. The piping may have to |
| standards for energy efficiency required under | | | | be reconfigured a bit, but a good contractor can |
| many building codes. Today's new boilers are not | | | | fit an oil fired condensing boiler easily into any |
| only smaller, neater, they also take up less space, | | | | system. You gain will be a highly efficient and |
| Therefore they are much more energy efficient | | | | comfortable heating system. |