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Biomass Heating PRODUCTION SITES = suitable = not recomended = also suitable for wet Germany working conditions (W), Jeremias GmbH with soot fire resistance (G) Opfenrieder Str. 11-14 D-91717 Wassertrüdingen phone: +49 (0) 9832 6868-50 e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias.de JEREMIAS SYSTEM BIOMASS SOLUTIONS Poland CHIMNEY SYSTEMS Jeremias Sp. z o.o. ul. Kokoszki 6 PL-62200 Gniezno phone: +48 61 428 46 20 e-mail: [email protected] Jeremias Chimney systems fuel compatibility* www.jeremias.pl DW DW DW DW DW EW EW EW EW EW Spain Fuel type FERRO FU VISION ECO MAMMUT SILVER PELLETS FU FLEX MAMMUT SILVER Jeremias España S. A. P.I. Zubieta 3 ES-48340 Amorebieta / Bizkaia – España Woodchips phone: +34 946301010 e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias.com.es Logs Russia Pellets OOO Jeremias Rus 141076 Moskauer Area, City Korolew Street Kaliningradskaja, House 12, Building A126 Cereals phone: +7 (495) 664 2378 e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias.ru Corn Czech Republic Jeremias CZ s.r.o Elephant grass Školni 22/6 CZ-434 01 Most Rudolice phone: +420 476 701238 Coal e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias.cz Please take this information as general reference. There are country specific installation rules for Biomass appliances. USA Please contact your Jeremias technical department for exact documentation and advise on installing rules in your country. Jeremias Inc. 983 Industrial Park Drive *Some of the appliances may work in overpressure, in that case a silicone joint in the inner liner may be necessary. Marietta, GA 30062, USA phone: +1 678 388 2740 e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremiasinc.com All the Jeremias Products are tested for the use of Bio- Jeremias highly recommend to rely on specialised com- mass as main fuel and certified with the very specific V2 panies in planning and installation of biomass Heating Jeremias is represented in the following countries: and V3 corrosion classes for solid fuel including coal or systems specially with Biomass Boilers and CHPs. SALES OFFICES Austria I Belarus I Belgium I Denmark I Estonia I Finland I Ireland I Italy I Kazakhstan I Latvia I Lithuania I Luxemburg I peat. In Addition the Jeremias chimney systems are soot Netherlands I Norway I Portugal I Romania I Serbia I Saudi fire resistant (G). Jeremias gives an standard guarantee of 10 years for its United Kingdom Hungary Arabia I Slovenia I Sweden I Switzerland I United Arab Emirates Jeremias UK Ltd. Jeremias Hungaria Kft. BIOMASS HEATING products using officially approved fuel types. Neverthe- Unit 2-4 Long Stoop Way Bártfai utca 54. Sovereign Court, Crown Farm Industrial Estate H - 1115 Budapest Jeremias provides also solutions for biomass applica- less with the proper maintenance the life expectancy of Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0FQ phone: +36 1 2053234 Jeremias Chimney Systems for Biomass applications www.jeremias.de/int United Kingdom e-mail: [email protected] tions working in wet conditions, as ceramic inner liner the systems can be longer. phone: +44 1623 889219 www.jeremias.hu in the Mammut range or special stainless steel alloys e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias-fluesystems.co.uk AISI 904 in the silver range. Specially with biomass appliances it is recommended to check the chimney system once a year, either at the end CHIMNEY SYSTEMS Besides the CE CertificationJeremias also has a wide of the current heating season or shortly before the start Slovakia Croatia Jeremias Slovakia Jeremias Croatia d.o.o. range of specific certifications and approvals to enforce of the next season. Please contact your local chimney Terézie Vansovej 18D Zagrebačka ulica 221 SK - 960 01 Zvolen 10370 Dugo Selo www.jeremias.de/int national specific regulations. sweeper for advise. phone: +421 45 5326016 phone: +385 1 2754 713 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias.sk www.jeremias.hr CORN / MAIZE Finland Switzerland Jeremias Finland Oy. Jeremias Abgassysteme GmbH „Feed maize“ is being used increasingly for heating, Kivikonkierto 2 Dörflistr. 8 specialized corn stoves are available and use either feed FIN - 05460 Hyvinkää 8874 Mühlehorn maize or wood pellets to generate heat. Maize cobs are phone: +358 50 439 6111 phone: +41 055 614 50 53 also used as a biomass fuel source. Maize is relatively e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] cheap and home-heating furnaces have been developed www.jeremias.fi www.jeremias-schweiz.ch Corn which use maize kernels as a fuel. Jeremias high quality products are only installed by chosen experts. Corn The experts at your area: France UAE Jeremias France Jeremias Middle East Sarl Oliva Inox, B. P. 121 Unit 1807, Tiffany Tower, Plot No. W2, ELEPHANT GRASS / MISCANTHUS FR - 59303 Valenciennes Cedex Jumeirah Lakes Towers, PO Box 75873 phone: +32 (0) 466 902 415 Dubai United Arab Emirates Miscanthus (commonly known as Elephant Grass) is a high e-mail: [email protected] phone: +971 (0)4 447 0151 yielding energy crop that grows over 3 metres tall, resem- www.jeremias.fr e-mail: [email protected] www.jeremias-me.com bles bamboo and produces a crop every year without the need for replanting. The rapid growth, low mineral content, and high biomass yield of Miscanthus increasingly make it a favourite choice as a biofuel. Ukraine Elephant grass Jeremias UA Syretska Ave. 9 Elephant grass UA - 04073 Kiev, Ukraine phone: +37 257320382 mobile: +38 (067) 4089331 e-mail: [email protected] Woodchips Wood pellets Elephant grass Cereal Corn Logs Woodchips Wood pellets Cereal Corn Logs www.jeremias.org.ua Elephant grass > WOOD BURNING STOVE > OPEN FIREPLACE Woof burning Stove Fireplace + FERRO – LUX + DW FU Typical installation of a wood burning is to install the jeremias Fire resistant shaft connection and Open fireplaces or in the waintegrated + Prefabricated stove is connecting the jeremias stove FUMO-LUX or FURADO (classified L90) in FUMO-LUX fireplaces give an incredible comfortable Chimney Stack pipe FERRO-LUX to a double wall satin- combination with EW FU or EW SILVER. chimney system atmosphere in every house. Normally the less steel system. The 2 mm Stove pipe This solution is sold as a package including draft requirements for these applications Ferrolux is available in Black or Grey and a 25 mm thick rockwool insulation. are bigger than with morden stoves. The matching your stove and is coated with a right sizing of the systems is essential to NEUTRAL HEATING matt, high quality heat ressitant seno- *Modern, high efficiency stove appliances guarantee the right combustion. CO therm paint. may required a direct supply of fresh 2 combustion air (close combustion cham- Jeremias Technical department offers FERRO-LUX is the solution for these peo- ber) Jeremias has developed an direct chimnney sizing calculations (to EN- *Please note that to burn coal and peat ple who want to see the connection pipe air intake „AIR SYSTEM“ that is sold as a 18160) for all kind of appliances and has we recommend the use of our stove pipe as an integrated part of the stove packet. Jeremias provides two different a deep knowledge on systems for wood FERROLUX in combination with DW or What Is Biomass? In conclusion, the difference between BIOMASS and solutions; EW: single wall flexible or fireplaces. EW MAMMUT system with ceramic liner If we have an existing chimney, we can re- DW: double wall insulated. that can resist the eventually high sulphur > Biomass is biological material originating from living, FOSSIL FUELS is that biomass is carbon that has recently lineit with a rigid single wall system as EW Specially for systems installed on content of this fuel type. or recently living organisms. Biomass for energy is gene- been taken from the atmosphere, and uses a waste pro- FU or EW SILVER (recomended specially individual houses Jeremias can offer with coal) or Flexible liner EW FLEX. pre-fabricated chimney stacks in diferent rally from plant material, but biomass can also be from duct such as windblown timber and brash from trees. finishings. this chimnney housing is simple animal waste. I we need to install a completely new chimn- to fit and save time and money by the ney we have multiple solutions one of them installation. Solid biomass is an attractive fuel for addressing the con- What is the difference between Biomass cerns of the energy crisis and climate change, since the fuel and fossil fuels? is affordable, widely available, and is carbon neutral and > Biomass is the matter from plants that have taken sustainable as long as the crops are allowed to re-grow. > PELLET STOVE > BIOMASS BOILER carbon out of the air as carbon dioxide in recent times. Pellet Stove Biomass Boiler + EW PELLET + DW FU This is then burnt and displaced back into the atmos- The use of biomass in heating systems is beneficial As an alternative to burning firewood or The best combination for a EW PELLETS + LUX-FIX/LUX-VARIO The critical difference between stoves Modern Biomass Bolilers could also work chimney system phere, as it was before. By burning the fuel we are dis- because it uses agricultural, forest, urban and industrial logs in a stove, fully automatic stoves connecting pipe is the Jeremias DW + DW ECO and boilers is that stoves provide radiant in wet conditions therefore Jeremias re- designed to burn pellets are also available. ECO 2.0 with an insulation of 25 mm and room heating while boilers only produce comends the use of DW SILVER with the placing less carbon than if the wood were to rot on the residues and waste to produce heat and electricity with These are much more sophisticated de- also available in the same colours is the hot water, either for heating or domestic special alloy AISI 904 that guarantees the floor.
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