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Expansion and Increased Utilization of Biomass Heating at the Energy Farm
Project Description
This project would retrofit drying ovens and associated workspace to utilize renewable energy heat from an existing biomass boiler. The College of ACES is financially supporting the construction of a sample processing room to better utilize the existing drying oven assets at the Energy Farm. The current energy source for drying oven operation is propane. The proximity of the existing biomass boiler to this new workspace would allow an economical means to provide renewable low carbon heat for space heating and oven operation.
The biomass boiler, installed in 2017 and operational now for two heating seasons, has proven its functionality and carbon decreasing benefit. The primary structure heated by the boiler is a greenhouse ( heating season is Oct‐April annually, with the majority of hours at night) that has untapped resource to better utilize the off peak idle time. By expanding both the number of months of operation per year and utilizing excess capacity, an increased value and return on initial investment in the boiler can be realized.
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Team Members:
- Timothy Mies
- Mark Taylor
- Erik Sacks
- Marillia Gomes De Sa Ribeiro