CAT-Fire

Important results from the project

Catator´s part in the project was to develop a catalyst for emission reduction from a wood stove, while BIOS and RIKA developed and optimized the function of the wood stove. The main goal of the project, to develop a groundbreaking wood stove technology for the power range up to 10 kW with almost zero harmful emissions, low heating costs, minimal maintenance, maximum user comfort and a competitive price, was achieved.

Expected long term effects

Emissions from wood burning is a major health risk. There are therefore increasingly increasing eligibility requirements for the reduction of emissions from wood burning. In this project, we have demonstrated that emissions can be significantly reduced by optimizing the function of a wood burning boiler and by integrating a purification catalyst into the wood burning boiler. If all wood burning boilers used the developed technology, the health effects from wood burning would be greatly reduced.

Approach and implementation

In principle, the first part of the project was carried out through 2 parallel activities. One activity was the development of the wood-fired boiler, while the second part of the project was the development of a suitable emission catalyst through laboratory tests (small-scale tests). In the second half of the project, full-scale tests were carried out in the developed wood-fired boiler.