renewablejohn
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When there empty I can stack 5 high but normally stick to 4 due to the high winds we get. As for selling are you on about the empty IBC or how much we sell for with split logs or woodchip in them.
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Bottles are bolted through the floor of the IBC so that when rotated they do not fall out. By retaining the frame you can store 4 high.
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Dry the woodchip below 20% MC then put woodchip into IBC bottle with top chopped off. Then either tip out with pallet rotator or suck out with vacuum hose.
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Not all the containers are split logs. I also store woodchip, wood pellets and billets in IBC containers.
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Only if a competitor starts selling at stupid low prices.
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How much do you want to pay with and without bottle. Mesh is like hens teeth although I do have a standing order for any that turn up.
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What sort are you after. With or without bottle. Wooden plastic or metal base. Square, bar or mesh sides. With or without taps.
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Total internal IBC capacity is 1724 made up of 24 in solar container 200 in solar kilns and 1500 in agri building. Further 400 pre drying external storage under pointed lids.
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Thats the thing with solar rhi the initial cost is affordable and you have a guaranteed income for 20 years which is only dependent on the amount of sunshine not on the volume of kiln dried timber produced. As for dry timber in the winter I have changed my processing so that processor size timber is cut and split during the summer and put in the solar kilns for winter sales. The over processor size just split during the summer into billets and put into the solar kilns ready for processing in winter when the split logs run out.
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I used this as my guide for adopting a high temperature kiln http://www.firewoodkiln.com/pdf/fplrn254.pdf
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10-14 days to bring the moisture down from 50-60 to 20-25 is easy to achieve but your design needs to follow commercial kiln technology of high temperature making the most of the 6 bar capability of solar tubes rather than the low temperature of the typical biomass boiler kiln discussed previously on the forum. Also there is no point in having a high temperature kiln if you then just vent that heat to the atmosphere so a heat recovery system is vital.
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Cant answer that as it will depend on the amount of insulation and your heat recovery system. Certainly on my system 12 x 30 tube panels would be more than adequate.
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Thats like comparing the energy requirements of a stewpot on an open fire to that of a slow cooker. What you must remember is the kilns you referred to are not designed to kiln dry wood efficiently only to screw the current RHI system with the most inefficient kiln they can get away with, I am very surprised ofgem have allowed such kilns when on the domestic tariff you have to have a minimum insulation requirement.
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Only thing I have heard is unapproved meters being rejected.
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Left it to them as there used to dealing with ofgem. I just get frustrated when dealing with ofgem.
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Depends on size see here https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/non-domestic-renewable-heat-incentive-rhi/eligibility-non-domestic-rhi To me size was irrelevant as the reason why I was using the MCS guy was he new how to design the system to get the maximum out of the heat meter.
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Pretty straightforward so long as you use a MCS approved installer and an ofgem approved heat meter. As for tubes you really need as high a temperature as possible although your MCS installer will be able to advise and have deals available as nobody wants thermal solar at the moment as PV is so cheap.
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No problem with that. I calculated the size of my container on the basis that I process 5 IBC containers per day ie 6 m3 per day or 24 IBC's per week (knock off early on friday). I could do more but getting old and thats quite sufficient for a days work. Therefore 20 ft high cube container is sufficient for a weekly cycle. Aim is to quick dry in the kiln and finish off if need be in our conventional solar kilns.
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Sorry but its not going to happen. If you have a competitive edge the last thing you do is broadcast it to the nation especially when its in hard cash.
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I started by using this Australian site and then just doubled the number of solar panels to allow for the difference in solar irradiance. Solar Dryers Australia - world leading manufacturers of solar and gas kilns for timber drying
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No boiler its solar tubes
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Joy Have a job coming up shortly of oversize lombardy will earmark them for you once I have them back at the farm.
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Get yourself a forklift with pallet rotator and some IBC cages. We use cages for both split logs and billets. Each 1.2 m2 of concrete will allow you to store 4.8 m3 of split logs. You can even keep them dry by splitting the plastic IBC bottle on the diagonal to form a pointed roof.
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Maybe should have explained Solar 10p no cap Biomass 7.6p but when 15% cap reached then down to 2p. Simples
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Think Solar Tubes and the RHI for solar being far higher than RHI for biomass
