drying wood

[markus]

just started and wanted to move them,can store 150ish bags inside unit plus 18 in container plus a big yard outside so any advice would be welcome

[Stereo]

What about keeping the fan but installing a cheap wood stove in there which you can burn arb waste / pallet wood etc in? Would massively increase the temp in the container.

 

I've thought about this myself.

[nick channer]

we're in process of fitting a large outdoor wood boiler to heat the houses on our farm... we're supposed to get a very good incentive from gov for doing this and the more heat we produce the more money we earn... obviously in summer it will only be running on tick over so i thought i'd put a feed into a nearby shed... partition the shed off and install a drying fan [my mate has exactly same thing to dry bricks at his brick yard] which is only £400, and fill crates with logs [shed should hold at least 30].. means i can dry my logs for free as all wood we will use will be softwood otherwise destined for fire in yard and get paid by the gov for privillege...

[openspaceman]

for the boffins out there

i am drying wood in a 20foot container with an industrial fan running ( cheap enough 50p a day ) and a de- humidifier ( not so cheap 3 quid a day )

 

So the fan is just recirculating the air within the container? The dehumidifier then cooling the recirculated air to below its dew point and you are collecting the water? How much water are you collecting? The industrial drier we built removed 8 tonne of water from 18 tonne of fresh (60%mc wwb) 50mm boards/day

the container holds 18 bulk bags

 

What size and weight, what species? I reckon on as much as 300kg of fresh oak in a 0.7m3 builder's bag so in round figures that would be about 5.5 tonnes of wood with fresh oak or beech, will contain a bit under 2.5 tonnes of water and you need to dry it to 4.25 to average 30% mc wwb, i.e. your dehumidifier needs to dump just under 1250 litres of water.

[face cord]

What one you got?

 

This one:

 

 

Digital Moisture Meter Wood Timber Damp Tester Detector | eBay

[Stereo]

Isn't it better just to get the whole shebang really hot and then have a fan blowing the damp air out?

[Spruce]

we're in process of fitting a large outdoor wood boiler to heat the houses on our farm... we're supposed to get a very good incentive from gov for doing this and the more heat we produce the more money we earn... obviously in summer it will only be running on tick over so i thought i'd put a feed into a nearby shed... partition the shed off and install a drying fan [my mate has exactly same thing to dry bricks at his brick yard] which is only £400, and fill crates with logs [shed should hold at least 30].. means i can dry my logs for free as all wood we will use will be softwood otherwise destined for fire in yard and get paid by the gov for privillege...

 

You're not being paid by the gov, you're being paid by the rest of us through our electricity bills. I find it ridiculous that I'm paying for you to pointlessly put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when the idea (supposedly) behind the subsidy is to reduce the amount.

 

I'm sorry if that was a bit direct, but we are becoming more and more fed up with these crazy subsidies and the idea that somehow the government is paying rather than us.

[Stereo]

Surely buring wood is largely carbon neutral? You may argue otherwise but if there is an industry created to supply people like Nick (not that he needs supply I guess) then that is a good thing. Better than digging coal out of the ground and lighting it up isn't it?

 

The only way to move these things is subsidy or tax on the whole. People won't just do what's right.

[treedom]

i am using the stihl also when its to high it goes into o/l above 45% but it gives varying readings on different logs ,think you got a bad one mate.

 

Cheers

[likeitorlumpit]

You're not being paid by the gov, you're being paid by the rest of us through our electricity bills. I find it ridiculous that I'm paying for you to pointlessly put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when the idea (supposedly) behind the subsidy is to reduce the amount.

 

I'm sorry if that was a bit direct, but we are becoming more and more fed up with these crazy subsidies and the idea that somehow the government is paying rather than us.

 

Yes but Nick would have burnt the wood outside as a waste product otherwise.

It's true that we are paying him the subisdy but farmers have often benefitted from subsidies so whats new.

Also remember we are only jealous- we looked into pv solar but didn't have the right aspect so had to leave it.

Look at other subisidies- child benefit/housing benefit/free bus travel for elderly/etc etc. It's called government control of the population and has been going on for hundreds of years