alder/ seriously under valued

[peatff]

Ha ha forgot that one , yeah the futures in gin not fire wood

 

How many BTU in gin though ? Who cares, hic

[felixthelogchopper]

How many BTU in gin though ? Who cares, hic

 

No idea, but it always keeps me warm.

[spandit]

Does juniper grow well in the UK?

 

A high proportion of my newly planted woodland is alder, mainly because the site is so wet but also after reading on here in different threads how good it is to burn

[HertsWood]

Morning, we're coppicing a lot of Alder - both mature and semi-mature & processing into firewood. Seasons & burns well.

 

 

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[Chris Sheppard]

All the Alder we've got seems to have grown very tall and straight with most of the branches at the top. Makes it quick and easy to sned and knock up into lengths compared to most other hardwood

 

I'd agree with that. I'd rather have a block of nice straight alder to go into than a tangly mess of heavily branched "proper" hardwoods.

[djbobbins]

Yep that I understand as I said . Tree boys referred to BTU ( British Thermal Unit ) I thought that was to do with gas . Just wondered how you determin what BTU wood has .

 

 

BTU, therms, Gigajoules, kWh are all units of energy and effectively interchangeable.

 

The calorific value of solid fuels tends to be set out in GJ per tonne, i.e. the quoted market API#2 coal price is based on a standardised CV of 25.121 GJ/ton net cv.

 

The net cv is how much useful heat comes out of the fuel (after the water content has been 'boiled off' to go up the chimney). Net cv therefore varies with moisture content as well as chemical structure of the fuel.

 

There are tables of published cv for fuels (including woods) and whatever the result of the particular fuel is can be converted into all manner of other units using an online calculator at http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk - go to the specialist calculators on line section, then the energy link.

 

 

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[ArthurBottlesworth]

"NET CV"

Sounds like a measure that should be printed on a net of logs