Wood pellets steam ahead

Byworth Boilers has designed and manufactured an industrial steam boiler that is fired on wood pellets and which is a fully self contained mobile unit available for lease.

Commissioned by CO2 Sense Yorkshire, as part of its woodfuel programme, the boiler plant is enabling organisations to try out the new technology before committing to capital outlay.

The boiler is a Yorkshireman 2.0mW (3189kg/hour), 150 psi, 3 pass steam boiler purely firing on wood pellets fed via a Proctor chain grate stoker. The mobile plant also includes storage silo for the pellets, screws for pellet feed and ash extraction, and a multicyclone grit arrestor along with normal boiler ancillaries such as hotwell feed tank, and blowdown receiver.

Peter Baldwin, Byworth's managing director commented, "This boiler is a compact design compared with other biomass fuelled boilers, without compromising efficiency.

Operation is simple and daily maintenance is minimal due to the low ash content and the consistent nature of wood pellets as a fuel."