| Catalytic combustor equipped woodstoves may look like any other wood stove. But they are designed to burn in a special way. The catalytic combustor is a ceramic or metal honeycomb coated with a catalyst, such as platinum or palladium. Strategically placed in the smoke path inside a wood stove, the catalytic combustor literally causes smoke to burn as fuel, creating more heat from less wood. That means a wood stove can be burned slowly, transforming most energy stored in a log to the room as heat, instead of to the outside air as pollution. |
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