What is Oil-fired heating system
Oil-fired heating systems distribute heat in one of three ways: warm air through vents, hot water through baseboards, or steam through radiators. Your thermostat senses that the room temperature has fallen below your thermostat setting and sends a signal to your heating system to provide heat for your home.
When your oil burner engaged, heating oil travels from the tank to the burner by way of a pump where it becomes a fine mist mixed with air. The fuel/air mixture then injected into the burner where it ignited in the combustion chamber.
How it works:
Every oil-fired heating system distributes heat throughout the home in one of three ways:
- Warm air through vents
- Hot water through baseboards
- Steam through radiators.
If a house’s temperature drops under the temperature set on a thermostat (which senses room temperature), it triggers the heating system to switch on and get the heat back up to the temperature set on the thermostat.
When the oil burner in your heating system comes on, the oil in the system goes from the tank to the burner through a pump. During this process, the oil becomes a fine mist mixed with air, which injected into the burner where it ignited in the combustion chamber.
Types of oil-fired heating systems:
The system works differently to disperse heat throughout your home depending on the type of system you have:
Water-based systems.
These function when water heated in either a cast iron or steel boiler before it dispersed throughout your home and there are two main types of water-based systems:
- Hot water systems – with this system, the heated water circulated through radiators or baseboards
- Steam systems – in this system, the water turns to steam and rises through pipes to the radiators
Warm air systems.
This systems function by the furnace heating air. A blower then sends the heated air through the ducts and out of vents in your floors or walls. The air gets drawn back to the furnace through a return duct and the cycle repeats.
Emissions from the combustion of fuel. And air exit the system through a flue pipe that runs out of your home through the chimney.
