Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon Pellet Will Burn Coal

I was in Montana last week, and stopped by a stove shop. They were burning Wyoming bituminous coal in a Quadra-fire pellet stove, Mt. Vernon model. Holds 80 lbs in the hopper. He said they'd been burning coal in it for about a year. They talked Quadrafire into certifying it for coal, and said it would be certified in the next few weeks.

The stoves run about $4000 though. But still interesting.

Steinke

Hello Steinke,, any idea what type of burner this uses?? is it an under feed pot type burner like an EFM has?? Is the coal burning certification going to be for Bituminous coal only or for Anthracite as well??

Greg L.

What a pretty stove!

not sure about what coals they are certifying it for. As far as the burn pot, here is an exploded view. I cannot figure out how they deliver fuel to it.

The fuel is more than likely augered in above the burn pot and allowed to fall into the burn pot. Most and I say most pellet stoves work this way.

That's kind of what I thought. That could be good in that it would have difficulty burning back into the bin. Lots of details that are difficult to see from the diagram. There's an igniter, themocouple, autoclean feature, etc. I'd like to go back to the stove shop and see it actually run.

WOW,, what a 'Rube Goldberg' mechanism.. fittings, linkages, brackets, sensors and more !! No wonder they want $4500 US for it.

I'd like to see a video of all the parts and what they do.

Greg L..

I checked out this unit online and can find nothing saying it could handle coal. Allthough I would imagine most pellet stoker stoves could handle bituminous coal.