Uppvärmning med spannmål och trädbränslen
This examination work brings up opportunities to invest in a construction for heating with grain
or pellets on farm level.
As example we have chosen Fröberga Gård which is a farm located in Östergötland outside of
Söderköping.
The farm`s residential buildings is to day heated with oil and electricity.
The result of our investigation shows that heating with grain is the best alternative, partly because
of economical issues but also because you can grow the grain on your own farm and by that you
can get better economy in your seed cultivation.
To grow 16 tonne of grain as is needed demand gives a insignificant increase of work.
Further an advantage is that no investment in machines is needed because all the machines witch
is needed already is in use on the farm.
In a situation where a new investment is needed as in the case we studied, is it often profitable to
invest in a integrated furnace. Because all the components are well adapted to each other, and
because that gives a high efficiency.
If you already own a well working furnace is it often most profitable to connect a burner to it.
It is important to know that heating with grain need more work than heating with pellets, because
the high contents of ash in grain.
Even if you choose pellets instead of grain the calculation shows good results.
Because peat is an excellent but fairly untested raw material for pelletsproduction we have
chosen to watch little more on its quality and conductions.
We discovered that peat has a high heating value which makes it possible to raise the heat value
in pellets through mix up peat and wood. Or you can make pellets with only peat and get a pellet
with high heating value. Even the calculation with peatheating shows good results.