What is a “Modern Wood Boiler”? Modern wood boilers use sensors, such as oxygen sensors like those found in modern automobile engines, to provide real-time combustion adjustment with separate primary and secondary air controls. Sometimes these boilers are called “lambda controlled wood boilers”. Modern wood boilers almost always use induced draft fans rather than forced… Read More »
Wood burning is carbon neutral. For thousands of years, wood burning has been carbon neutral. Now that we face a climate crisis, some people have concluded that wood burning is no longer carbon neutral. What changed? Here’s what hasn’t changed: People believe the science they want to believe. Some think all forestry is unsustainable. Other’s… Read More »
A Box of Water with Fire Inside Wood boilers control fire. It’s an old story. The ancient people discovered fire. Hairy the caveman rubbed two sticks together and made an ember. Hairy controlled his fire by adding the right size wood at the right time. Modern people didn’t like caves or living outside, so they… Read More »
The house is a two-story 4,800 (total) square foot log structure built by its owners several decades ago. The roof is supported by scissor trusses, which create vaulted ceilings and a small attic space above the ceilings. Originally, there were two boilers providing the heat, a Frank’s Wood Boiler and a separate oil boiler, both… Read More »
Brian Millette is retiring! Tomorrow, Wednesday May 9th, will be Brian’s last day at Tarm Biomass. Brian started working for Nichols Hardware in September of 1988. I was still in high school at the time. Brian was originally a floor clerk in the hardware store, which was owned by my Father Jim Nichols and Uncle… Read More »
Boilers: Fröling T4 150 (500,000 Btu/r) wood pellet/wood chip boiler. Previously installed Garn WH1500 (177,000 Btu/hr) with a water capacity of 1,420 gallons. Thermal Storage: The Garn’s water capacity is used as the thermal buffer tank. Fuel Storage: 20’ shipping container modified for fuel storage Fuel Delivery: Modified P4 cyclone (day hopper) suction device. Sold… Read More »
Update! The correct date and information for the upcoming NYSERDA boiler training. It seems our email subscription feed hiccuped and sent out an old post from 2015.
Update! The correct date and information for the upcoming NYSERDA boiler training. It seems our email subscription feed hiccuped and sent out an old post from 2015.
The first Fröling Turbomat 500 (TM 500) has arrived in the USA! The TM 500 is a 1.7 mm Btu/hr. boiler capable of burning wood chips up to 45% moisture content or wood pellets. The boiler weighs over 18,000 pounds, in large part due to its heavily bricked firebox, which is necessary for wetter wood… Read More »
