who has tried burning woodchip

[predator]

I,ve been trying it when my fires up to speed over some logs and it loves it i just use a shovel full and shut the doors and it works very very well!!! am i missing the reasons why its not used as a fuel at home

[Paul Smith]

There is a German company doing wood chip burners that will take arb arisings!

[shendy]

Have you got anymore info on this? It could be very usefull.

[Big J]

There are lots of companies that do woodchip boilers and stoves. There is no reason to think that they aren't very good - the only issue I can see is moisture control. It's quite hard to dry chips unless the timber is dried first and then chipped. Given that most arboricultural waste is chipping straight away, that's not a possibility. I would be interested to see how it's done on a domestic scale!

 

Jonathan

[Paul Smith]

They have dual chambers, one for burning and one for pre burning. Think they also have a vent system for steam? I will try and find the link.

[Big J]

They have dual chambers, one for burning and one for pre burning. Think they also have a vent system for steam? I will try and find the link.

 

Sounds cunning!

[predator]

I first tried it after cleaning up my waste leftovers etc out the bottom of my trailer dead treewood bits etc and it got me thinking so tried some chip it burns great dry of course

[likeitorlumpit]

I,ve been trying it when my fires up to speed over some logs and it loves it i just use a shovel full and shut the doors and it works very very well!!! am i missing the reasons why its not used as a fuel at home

 

I guess the water content is the issue but we find a bag of woodchips on a fire works well. Bit of a pain though. I think if it's all I had then I would definately burn it

[Stubby]

My mate up the road ,Mark Oden Forestry , recons a bag of saw dust will make his hot water for the evening >

[Goaty]

We did it in our top load indutrial type burner. Get fire hot stick afew logs in half fill with chip. It burned all night. If moist it needs a tube of airflow arranging to heat the burn. either a metal tube through the pile or something.