Matningssystem för pellets
In today's society, the availability of energy plays an integral part in our everyday lives. Unfortunately, the price of energy in Sweden has increased in recent decades. A large part of our energy consumption goes to heating modules for houses, where heating methods that depend on energy sources such as electricity, district heating, fuel oil, gas and biofuels are the most common ones. During the winter period, the increase in energy costs becomes significantly evident, especially for small property owners. This increase in energy cost is most noticeable for home owners with electric heating.This thesis is written at the Halmstad University, in cooperation with a company, which makes parts of this thesis confidential. The aim of this report, which is a part of a product development project, was to find a technically satisfactory solution of transporting of the pellets. The new system is designed to be inserted into existing product models with minimal design changes required to the original module.In connection with the development of the prototype, there has also been a cost- and layout evaluation of production processes in order to ascertain the cost of manufacturing of the system. Also, a brief analysis of the current market for the product and pellets has been made to create a picture of the desirability of the product. In combination with this, the customer's perspective has been analyzed by making an investment calculation to see how long it would take for an investment into the new system to pay for itself.