GARN® WHS – WOOD HEAT STORAGE
42 YEARS OF INNOVATION WITH MANY FIRSTS:
THE INNOVATIONS:
– EVERY UNIT BUILT SINCE 1978 HAS FULLY INTEGRATED THERMAL STORAGE
– EVERY UNIT BUILT SINCE 1983 USES 2 STAGE GASIFICATION COMBUSTION
– EVERY UNIT BUILT SINCE 1985 INCLUDED AN ANTI-CORROSION CHEMICAL PROGRAM
– EVERY UNIT BUILT SINCE 1985 IS UL & CSA CERTIFIED
– EVERY UNIT BUILT SINCE 1988 CAN BE USED AS THERMAL STORAGE FOR ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS
– MOST UNITS BUILT SINCE 1988 CAN BE FITTED WITH OPTIONAL ELECTRIC BACK UP
THE FIRSTS:
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT WITH BUILT-IN THERMAL STORAGE (1978)
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT WITH DIGITAL CONTROLS (1985)
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT TO OFFER FULLY INTEGRATED ELECTRIC BACK UP (1985)
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT TESTED WITH CORDWOOD PER ASTM E2618-09 APPENDIX X1
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT CERTIFIED TO CANADIAN STANDARD CSA B415.1-2010
– FIRST HYDRONIC WOOD UNIT EMISSIONS CERTIFIED PER ASTM E2618 ANNEX A1
GOOD NEWS: ALL MODELS AVAILABLE IN THE US, ALASKA AND CANADA
MOST UNITS SOLD SINCE 1985 ARE STILL IN OPERATION
THE ORIGINAL 1985 GARN WOOD EMISSIONS TEST LAB: Inventor and Engineer Martin Lunde began researching wood combustion and emissions in 1975. In 1985 (not 1995, not 2005, not 2015) he established a wood emissions test lab in St Paul, MN. To enhance accuracy with automatic data collection, a Hewlett Packard computer-based data acquisition system was coupled with an Ametek Thermox gas analyzer. Fifty-three (53) full tests were run in 1985 and 1986. Multiple temperatures, airflow (CFM) and exhaust gas composition were recorded every 20 seconds. The fuel was market available cordwood and the unit tested was a prototype GARN WHS model 1500 H, virtually identical to current WHS 1500 H model. That testing confirmed GARN WHS to be very efficient & emission clean, 38 years before the present EPA limits. Since 2013 independent labs have confirmed GARN WHS superior emission and efficiency performance.
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY DOESN’T REQUIRE LAMBDA SENSORS: Many believe that burning wood cleanly and efficiently requires the use of sophisticated sensors and computer technology. A majority of EPA certified downdraft gasifiers use lambda sensing technology to continually adjust dampers to achieve optimum combustion efficiency. The belief is that added complication ultimately means better performance, but the truth is that burning wood is harder to control and more variable than burning gasoline in your car. In the real world, lambda sensors can fail (leading to poor combustion) and require replacement (at significant cost by a service person). GARN WHS units use a single-speed blower and a single feedback thermocouple to achieve good combustion. GARN WHS does NOT need variable speed motors, variable position dampers, exotic sensors, etc. This is easily seen when reviewing the GARN WHS emission numbers. As my father used to say “the fewer the parts, the fewer the problems.”
GARN® WHS: SIMPLE & ROBUST = MORE HEAT, LESS WOOD, FEWER EMISSIONS