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Guntamatic

February 6th, 2008

The Guntamatic boilers offer the latest technology and high efficiency (95%). Combining space saving designs and maintenance saving features. With a large fuel store and ash draw, time taken in maintaining the units are dramatically reduced.

Heat Output:

The Guntamatic range begins with a 12KW unit, up to a 50KW unit.

Biomass Choice:

The Guntamatic Biocom Flex can use most fuel pellets, however other Guntamatic units are more limited, utilizing only wood pellets.

Maintenance Features:

The Guntamatic range does have some impressive features including:

1. Self Cleaning
2. Large Ash Box
3. Automatic Ash Removal
4. Remote Control Through a Mobile Phone

Price Range:

£7,800 up to £17,000

TRECO Green Heat

Contact TRECO for more information on the Guntamatic range.

www.treco.co.uk

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Biomass in Europe

February 6th, 2008

The video mentions the green aspirations of using biomass, but it also states the other key advantage of the fuel in reduced heating costs. Through producing your own biomass pellets you are not only providing your self with a cheap fuel source, but also as the video also states you are fuel independent.

The energy cabins are another good idea that can make installations of biomass heating systems a lot simpler. TRECO Green Heat also supply cabins such as these, contact them at www.treco.co.uk

Diversifying rural economies is also an important factor of biomass development. With the PelHeat Mobile Pelletizer we view the unit providing the landowner with their own biomass pellets, for their own use and for a few other parties within the local community, with regards to friends and family. The unit can also be an introduction to the biomass market, as a testing ground for the user to see if they wish to move into the larger biomass market.

Thank you for your interest

www.pelheat.com

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20% Renewable Energy by 2020

February 5th, 2008

The EU has set the target of achieving 20% of energy used coming from renewable energy sources. Here are a few of the key points from the video below:

1. Encourages the use of local renewable energy sources to provide little or no CO2 emissions.

2. It refers to Biomass as ‘ the sleeping giant ’, and probably the most important energy source of the future.

Thank you for your interest

www.pelheat.com

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Tatano Boilers

February 4th, 2008

The Tatano pellet boilers take a universal approach to biomass heating, as they will burn any pelleted material. Their efficiency is not the highest on the market at 86%, but this is due mainly to the fact the units will also burn logs.

Heat Output:

The Tatano range begins with a 25KW unit (Home use), up to 581KW unit (Commercial use).

Biomass Choice

To compliment the fact that the units can use a wide variety of fuels, they are heavily engineered, helping them to withstand corrosion.

Maintenance Features:

The Tatano units do require higher user maintenance than other units. However the units do have easy access to the burner chamber and heat exchanger tubes, making cleaning and maintenance a relatively easy and quick process.

Price Range:

£4000 (25KW) up to £31,000 (581KW)

Treco Green Heat

Contact Treco for more information on the Tatano range.

www.treco.co.uk

Thank you for your interest

www.pelheat.com

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Mixed Biomass Pellets

February 4th, 2008

As stated in previous posts some biomass is more corrosive than others, which will put off some users, and some pellet burners are not manufactured to withstand the levels of corrosion some biomass can create.

Mixing different biomass products together can have the following benefits:

1. By mixing wood with say Miscanthus can create a pellet that is not as corrosive as a pure Miscanthus pellet, however still takes advantage of the high heat value contained within Miscanthus.

2. By mixing wood with Miscanthus can also reduce the ash content created by purely burning Miscanthus pellets alone, making it possible to burn the pellets in a wider selection of pellet burners.

3. Miscanthus alone sometimes requires a binder (vegetable oil) to create pellets. By mixing the Miscanthus with wood will reduce the need for an extra binder, as wood contains a lot of lignin that would be sufficient to create a quality pellet.

4.Creating mixed biomass pellets can make more efficient use of available resources within the local area.

Creating mixed biomass pellets can mean mixing the biomass together within the pellet mill, or it can mean mixing two batches of pellets together. Depending on what quality of fuel you are trying to produce, and what you have available, the fuel can mix in a variety of percentages. For example perhaps a mix of 40% Wood pellets, to 60% Miscanthus pellets.

Of course mixed biomass pellets does not only include Wood and Miscanthus so the with the variety of biomass available, the mixtures are infinitely variable.

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Posted in Biomass, Burning Pellets, Making Pellets

Pellet Burner Profiles

February 4th, 2008

Soon I will start to produce buyer’s guides to the different pellet stoves and boilers available in the market. These guides will summarise just the key features of the burners, so users can narrow down their search of which burners suit their requirements.

The profiles will contain information on:

1. Maximum Heat Output (KW)
2. Corrosive Resistance (Which Biomass is acceptable)
3. Maintenance Features (Features for reducing maintenance and burner access)
4. Price Range (All prices stated as British Pounds, £)

These profiles will not recommend one burner over another; they will simply state the products key features so users can research the products that meet their requirements.