Industrial Biomass - Drying Kilns

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INDUSTRIAL BIOMASS - Drying Kilns and workshop heating

SECTOR:	TIMBER FRAME MANUFACTURING
BOILER:	1 X HERZ INDUSTRIAL
BOILER SIZE:	500kW
FUEL TYPE:	SHAVINGS AND SAWDUST WASTE WOOD FROM PRODUCTION PROCESS
FUEL STORE:	EXTERNAL SILO WITH WALKING FLOOR
LOCATION(S):	SUSSEX

Project Solution

Our client has been producing very high end oak frame buildings for over 30 years. They have developed a wide range of timber products and garden features that also includes hardwood cladding, oak and softwood joinery, skirting, sleepers, planters, firepits, statues and timber houses.

They do produce quite a large amount of timber waste each year, approx 600T, in the form of shavimngs and sawdust and Myriad was employed to provide a solution.

Myriad also reviewed the heating system inside the manufacturing areas and part of the project was to install wall mounted heaters which were also fed from the biomass boiler.

Details

Together Myriad and the client developed a holistic solution that included a 500kW Herz industrial biomass boiler to provide heating to both the manufacturing process and also to the drying kilns.

This project involved the build of a brand new steel framed plant room to house the new boiler and also a new steel fuel store with a walking floor and hydraulic opening lid to simplify the fuel delivery. As principle contractor, Myriad was also responsible for keeping the site operational - carefully managing the installation of the district heating pipes around the site as well as the heating fans inside the production areas without distrupting the site operations.

The primary source of fuel for the boilers is sawdust and timber waste generated by the manufacturing plant. Myriad designed a system that would meet the emissions standards and suit the manufacturing plant. The boilers were customised to include a specially designed moving grate combustion chamber, modified to suit dusty fuel.

The project was completed in 2018 and is working very well.

This new system will help the client improve its sustainability credentials as well as utilise a waste source that is costly to dispose of.