Corn Furances Offer Ease of Use and Good Value

Corn Furances Offer Ease of Use and Good Value

With the increase of heating fuel prices in recent years many homeowners are searching for an alternative to the more common natural gas and oil burning furnace to reduce their utility costs. Corn or Bio-Fuel furnaces have gained a great deal of noteriety for not only reducing heating costs but for doing so using a renewable energy source that pays dividends to the enviornment.

Corn furnaces burn corn or other bio-fuels such as soybeans. Bio-Fuels burn very cleanly without leaving the chimney build-up common to wood burning stoves which is a potential fire hazard. The furnaces burn dry shelled corn that is free of debris like cobs and stalks.

In many respects corn furnaces are similar to wood pellet stoves. Both burn a granular dry fuel that is fed to the furnace from a hopper. The rate of the fuel being fed can be regulated to control the amount of heat being produced.