Chris Franklin, Chairman at Ranheat Engineering Ltd – a leading UK manufacturer of wood combustion equipment – continues his series of articles exclusively for Furniture and Joinery Production. This month, Chris writes further about spiralling energy costs due to the continued conflict between Iran, the USA and Israel, and why there has never been a better time to invest in a wood-fired boiler or heater.
Most automatically-fed wood-fired systems are located near the dust extraction system for the factory so that the extracted wood-waste can easily be transferred to a storage silo and then automatically fed into a boiler or heater.
Using the ORC method (Organic Rankine Cycle, electricity can be produced.
An Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) generator is a method that converts low-to-medium temperature heat (e.g., waste biomass) into electricity using an organic fluid with a lower boiling point than water. Operating in a closed loop, the fluid vaporises to drive a turbine that generates electricity.
Many Ranheat customers produce large amounts of wood-waste, often from man-made boards such as MDF, MFC plywood etc. These man-made boards, when machined using modern CNC machinery, can often produce a fine dust or “flour”. Disposal of these fine dusts can be difficult and expensive unless used as a fuel in a Ranheat automatically-fed wood-fired system.
With conventional fuel costs rising and increases in landfill tax the case for investing in self-sufficiency has never been stronger.
You don’t need 100 tonnes per week to benefit from a wood-waste burning system. Using a simple bag-loader, single bags of extracted dust can be fed into a warm air heater.
By utilising your wood-waste, you are reducing the country’s dependency on oil and gas. Saving money and the environment at the same time.
Contact Ranheat for further information on all types and sizes of industrial woodburning equipment from 75 kW upwards. Ranheat also make spares and service and repair other makes of woodburning boilers and heaters.
01604 750005
