For the purposes of primary heating fuel biomass is wood in the form of logs, pellets or wood chips - although there are existing boilers that burn a variety of cereals. The entire range of biomass fuels also includes animals, food and industrial waste and high energy crops such as miscanthus, willow, rape and maize
1) Here are some tips on what to check before installing a biomass boiler:
* Wood supplier - it's much easier to run a biomass boiler, if you are a sawmill or carpenter's shop on the site may provide a reliable source for sawdust, wood chips or wood pallets.
* Space account - as opposed to gas boilers and modern oil, a biomass boiler is larger and requires a large area near to store wood. It is desirable to plan for this period in advance.
* Area-specific considerations - if your house is placed in a smoke free environment, you need to always be a unit, "exempt" under the "Clean Air Act" is to focus. In all cases, it is recommended to check with your local authority.
* - Consideration fireplace a biomass boiler requires a fireplace, especially a flue, which is designed for firewood. However, in most cases such a coating can be retro-fitted to transport smoke.
* Space account - as opposed to gas boilers and modern oil, a biomass boiler is larger and requires a larger area near to store wood. It is advisable to plan for this period in development.
* Further information - it is advisable to display with the planning department of the local authority for the installation of a flue in the object. This is in cases where the property is a listed building or in a conservation area of Great importance.
2) And some tips of maintenance:
Boilers and biomass stoves must be kept clean and swept regularly to remove the ash. Ash quantities are usually very low (less than one percent of the volume of fuel), but still have to empty the ash bins of a wood stove or boiler. This is likely to be weekly and never more than once per day. A wood fire requires the removal of ashes before each use.
Some devices, such as boilers, have self-cleaning systems that collect the ashes of the combustion grate tubes and the heat exchanger. If an automatic cleaning mechanism in place of ash of the boiler to be stopped periodically so that this can be done by hand is required. If the ash is not cleaned regularly, it will build and negatively affect the combustion conditions, which can lead to failure of the boiler and nearby. Some boilers have an ash compression mechanism that reduces the number of times that the ash pan is to be emptied.
With the elimination of automatic ash and cleaning the heat exchanger, the only other maintenance condition will be the removal of ash and occasional review of annual maintenance. If you have a pipe and chimney fireplace wood stove or boiler should be swept regularly to remove any soot and avoid blockage. that this "should be done at least twice a year, preferably before the heating season to ensure that the combustion is not blocked by breeding birds, for example, and also at the end of the heating season to prevent stand soot in the chimney during the rest period. "
Burn wet wood increases the amount of soot in the chimney and with it the possibility of a fire. Records should always be seasoned before (air drying) for at least one year of being burned.
Unlike most renewable energy technologies where there is an initial investment, the element that supplies power (i.e., wind or sun) is free, it is not current fuel costs heated biomass.
