Masonry heater/boiler, a step closer

[mitchell]

Thank you all for your input! Very informative. Alex Chernov seems to be the masonry heater expert. He designed an experimental heater/boiler for a shop in Perth Ontario. Look at Lopez Labs Masonry Hydronic Heating, great series of photos and some early resuts. This system seems like what I envisioned, although I would want a water/heat storage tank. I thought a well insulated 200 gal tank would do, but the plumbing, need guidance. I need a basic, safe system. Heater/boiler to tank, safety valve location/s, circulatory pump, size of lines, heat dump to garage from tank…

 

[maurice]

mitchell, Is this continuted from something? Do you have links to what you mentioned? Thanks!

 

[cguida]

See the thread on the Kuznetsov boilers. The Perth Boiler is nr3.
Link to the lopez site for the full exposition
http://heatkit.com/html/lopezs.htm
Kuznetsov website
www.stove.ru