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Reliable and cost efficient 900kw biomass boiler
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<blockquote data-quote="Way out West" data-source="post: 3714712" data-attributes="member: 14778"><p>The feed system has been the cause of the tears in this project. We set off feeding with a standard walking floor and auger system obviously designed for virgin woodchip. This has caused no end of problems, many we have managed to overcome and some we have had to learn to live with. The main problem has been wood bridging at auger turns, this we have overcome by chopping and realigning auger troughs. Also rams snapping on the floor is a regular occurrence, this problem we have never managed to solve, we have just got very good and changing and repairing rams. All these problems will hopefully be overcome shortly as we are about to install a new feed system of our own design and manufacture , to put it simply, we have just greatly oversized all augers and components. This is to feed 2 additional 999kw boilers. At the moment we are running all 3 boilers off the original feed system with quite a few tweaks, this has been a challenge to say the least, requiring someone on night shift and a floor that needs refilled every 4hours. Incidentally we process all our own fuel so have been able to get a fairly consistent feedstock through a high speed shredder. Moisture conte doesn't seem to vary too much even when stockpiled outside through winter, in fact the damper material in winter seems to burn just as well with less dust.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Way out West, post: 3714712, member: 14778"] The feed system has been the cause of the tears in this project. We set off feeding with a standard walking floor and auger system obviously designed for virgin woodchip. This has caused no end of problems, many we have managed to overcome and some we have had to learn to live with. The main problem has been wood bridging at auger turns, this we have overcome by chopping and realigning auger troughs. Also rams snapping on the floor is a regular occurrence, this problem we have never managed to solve, we have just got very good and changing and repairing rams. All these problems will hopefully be overcome shortly as we are about to install a new feed system of our own design and manufacture , to put it simply, we have just greatly oversized all augers and components. This is to feed 2 additional 999kw boilers. At the moment we are running all 3 boilers off the original feed system with quite a few tweaks, this has been a challenge to say the least, requiring someone on night shift and a floor that needs refilled every 4hours. Incidentally we process all our own fuel so have been able to get a fairly consistent feedstock through a high speed shredder. Moisture conte doesn't seem to vary too much even when stockpiled outside through winter, in fact the damper material in winter seems to burn just as well with less dust. [/QUOTE]
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