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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