Wood Boiler Water Storage Tanks

Uses for wood boilers.

Wood boiler water storage tanks.

For owners of wood boilers heat storage allows much more freedom and flexibility of use. For instance during a typical winter day many wood boilers used with heat storage are loaded once in a 24 hour period. We offer a superb technical support for tank sizing and system design. Heat is supplied by the boiler when there is a demand by the house.

A thermal storage tank is a large insulated water tank that stores the heat generated by your wood boiler. Hydroflex systems offers flexible wood boiler hot water storage tanks that have been in the marketplace for over 30 years. Our manufacturing department has accumulated unparalleled experience in the construction crating and shipping of these tanks. A fire burns most efficiently when it is burning very fast and very hot but your home s needs are different and the heat you use must be sustained over many hours.

Heat storage is a condition of some wood boiler warranties and epa approvals. We have tanks from 120 gallons up to 5 000 gallons for large solar heating systems of wood boiler system. Fully automatic wood pellet and wood chip boilers can be installed without thermal buffer tanks in some applications but the use of thermal storage is generally advised for reducing burner starts reducing wear on cycling parts decreasing emissions and the need for. Wood burning storage tanks.

Offers two levels of insulation for every size of wood burning heat storage tank it manufactures. Heavy insulation on heat storage tanks allows for long durations between boiler run cycles. The heat storage acts as a buffer between the boiler output and the house s heat demand. Hydroflex hot water tanks can be used with any wood boiler commercially available tanks are also available with a double insulation kit for greater than 24 r value.

When wood has burned out heat is supplied from the storage.