On the proper integration of wood stoves in passive houses under cold climates

Abstract

The space-heating (SH) of residential buildings using a wood stove is an attractive solution. The way to properly integrate stoves in passive houses (PH) is still in question: current nominal powers are generally oversized compared to the PH needs (i.e. overheating risk) and it is not well understood how one stove can contribute to the SH of the entire building during a heating season. This question has already been addressed for the temperate climate of Belgium in a previous paper. The present work investigates cold climates also using a larger range of stove parameters. This is done using detailed dynamic simulations (TRNSYS) on a typical Norwegian single-family house typology.Using a large sensitivity analysis, recommendations to prevent overheating are given with a distinction between pellet and log stoves. Results also show that the overheating risk is somehow comparable between cold climates. On * Corresponding author

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