Is the condensing wall mounted boiler not suitable for the local conditions in China? What do you think?

Is China receiving cold treatment for fully premixed condensing furnaces?

Heating stoves are born to meet the demand in China, and there is a large market space in both the south and north. With China's energy conservation and environmental protection policies increasingly approaching, the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region and surrounding provinces have taken measures to promote the policy of coal to clean energy conversion. The vigorous promotion of coal to gas conversion has greatly expanded China's heating market, and the rise of the southern heating market has become a battleground for manufacturers. Beijing issued regulations in 2015, prohibiting the sale of second level energy-efficient wall mounted boilers from May 1st of that year, and only allowing the sale of condensing wall mounted boilers. This policy has made condensing furnaces the mainstream of the Beijing market. In the coal to gas conversion in Tongzhou, Fangshan, Pinggu and other areas, condensing furnaces have been widely used, and low nitrogen condensing wall mounted boilers have become a necessary condition for entering Beijing.

Industry experts believe that the sales of condensing wall mounted boilers have grown rapidly in recent years, but the overall market size has been small and the overall base is relatively small, mainly concentrated in high-end projects and retail users, and the user experience is not satisfactory. It is understood that almost all European brands of condensing furnaces have encountered the problem of 'not adapting to the local conditions' after entering China. Industry insiders believe that this phenomenon is mainly related to China's temperament and water quality. It is understood that the main types of condensing furnaces in the Chinese market are fully premixed condensing furnaces from Europe and Japanese condensing heating furnaces.

Industry insiders have mentioned that China's natural gas comes from different gas sources, including West East Gas Pipeline, Central Asia Gas, Xinjiang Gas, Sichuan Gas, Donghai Gas Field Gas, Australian Gas, and so on. The gas composition is slightly different, and the supply pressure of gas pipelines is often affected by the high and low peaks of gas consumption. The air quality and water quality of the usage environment are also very different from European cities, which makes it easy for fully premixed heating furnaces from Europe to burn insufficiently, causing problems such as carbon deposition and noise.

Domestic manufacturers are testing water condensing furnaces one after another

Although the phenomenon of water and soil incompatibility in fully premixed condensing furnaces is not unique to China, it has also posed certain obstacles to the market promotion of condensing furnaces. In addition, the high price of foreign brand condensing furnaces also makes it difficult for users to balance cost and energy conservation and environmental protection, and they will avoid high-end equipment. However, in the special interaction of China Wall mounted Boiler Network, many industry insiders are still optimistic about the market prospects of condensing furnaces, and many companies are also trying to develop and mass produce condensing furnaces.

A 2016 summary report on Chinese wall mounted boilers released by Baishiyue shows that the leading brands of fully premixed condensing wall mounted boilers in China in 2016 were Fisman, Weineng, Ariston, Bosch, and Piaget. Led by Wanhe and Wanjiale, many domestic manufacturers are testing the market for secondary heat exchange condensing furnaces. At the 2016 China Wall Hanging Boiler Quality Recommendation Event held by China Wall Hanging Boiler Network, nearly 30 domestic condensing boiler products were registered, gathering mainstream condensing products in the industry.

Industry insiders have made four appeals regarding the prospects of condensing wall mounted boilers:

1. Develop condensation products suitable for China's national conditions based on the natural gas and water quality in different regions of China. Believing that condensing furnaces are the trend, but facing severe challenges in the short term.

2. Increase training for dealers. In response to the current situation where most dealers and installers are far less familiar with condensing systems than conventional furnaces, manufacturers need to increase their training efforts to avoid recommending conventional furnaces to users due to their own unfamiliarity.

3. Improve after-sales service and enhance user awareness. At present, many users of condensing furnaces only seek after-sales service when they are unable to use the product, lacking knowledge of daily maintenance. Even when there are problems, they search for fault codes online, resulting in different solutions for different brands of products, which affects the user's use.

4. Call on professional media to strengthen publicity. Consumers believe that the condensing furnace is a product with high technological content, but they are not very familiar with its features and energy efficiency. The training efforts for after-sales and installation need to be strengthened. In the case where users are accustomed to solving problems through online searches, professional media and manufacturers need to work together to promote knowledge about condensing furnaces and their use and maintenance.