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EKO Line Wood Gasification Boilers

Wood Energy Inc. is proud to be the Colorado distributor of the EKO Line of wood gasification boilers from ORLAN. These boilers offer high efficiency (up to 87%) environmentally friendly home and business heating (plus water heating capability) and are the ideal solution for the cost and environmentally conscious consumer.

What is a wood gasification boiler?

A wood gasification boiler offers high efficiency heating from a wood fuel source. Wood is converted into a wood gas through a special process involving high heat and low oxygen in an enclosed chamber. The wood gas is burned and used to heat water (for hot water needs) and air in a home or business.

EKO Product Line

We offer the following wood gasification boilers: EKO Line 25, EKO Line 40, EKO Line 60, EKO Line 80 with power ratings measured in kBtu's of 85, 137, 205, and 275 respectively. Water capacity ranges from 25 to 54 gallons. The sizes range from (EKO Line 25) (Height x Width x Depth) in inches 51.5 x 24.8 x 41.1 to (EKO Line 80) 60.5 x 30.3 x 52.7.

Why Wood Gasification?

• Past trends show natural gas and propane heating will dramatically increase in cost over the next few years.
• Wood boilers based on the pyrolytic wood distillation process offer three times the efficiency of traditional wood boilers.
• Wood gasification boilers offer cost-effective, environmentally friendly, reliable heating from a renewable source: wood. In Colorado, wood is resource that is readily available at low cost.
• ORLAN EKO Line wood gasification boilers require little maintenance to run.

How the boiler works

1. Top Chamber - Wood is inserted into the top chamber. Here, the wood undergoes an initial combustion process where wood gas is produced by breaking down the wood structure, first into charcoal, and then gas.
2. Bottom Chamber - The gas enters a second combustion chamber below where it is mixed with air and burned cleanly at high temperatures, up to 2000 ºF. A hot, clean flame is produced with little or no smoke.
3. Heat Exchanger – The hot gas exits through heat exchanger tubes into chimney.
4. Smoke Stack – Combustion gases exit the boiler.