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  1. luke_mclachlan
    LOL oh yes you better be sure of that
  2. luke_mclachlan
    the interesting thing is that this is the same conversion rate as used in Austria (1.4). However in the literature I've been reading, such as The Biomass TradeCentre II project | home, the norm seems to be ~ 1.58. The only thing I'd say against your analysis, and please don't take this the wrong way , is that you were comparing a "settled" loose load against a freshly stacked load. I can imagine maybe a 5% reduction in settled volume compared to fresh? Would be good with a new test based on fresh loads Oh what a pain this new forum member is
  3. luke_mclachlan
    one of my first plans is to find a reliable volume to weight measure relative to moisture content. the aebiom wood fuels handbook looks way out when i compare it to the posts here !
  4. luke_mclachlan
    I'm gonna have to find a better resource for my statistics. AEBOIM say that hardwood, freshly stacked, 20% moisture, per m3 should weigh 450kg. I suspect this is a little high and should be around 430kg. But in any case, if we use a conversion factor of around 0.64 for stacked to loose, you should be getting ~ 275kg.
  5. luke_mclachlan
    Thanks guys ! Right now I'm pretty interested in the whole domestic side of biomass, and with my (way back) background in IT, I'm thinking more of a technical resource for consumers, instead of providing physical fuel. Just tinkering with ideas right now. I want to be upfront, as I'm using arbtalk as an information resource but I hope to be able to give back with any useful information that I learn along the way (even though I have only 2 weeks research experience, against the 20-30+ years of some forum members).
  6. luke_mclachlan
    are you sure? i adjusted the weight of 366kgs so that it was for 1m3, not 1.01m3. that brings your cost per tonne to £262. now you're making me paranoid
  7. luke_mclachlan
    you must have a very good throwing technique then I've worked out that your £/kWh is 0.0675, which is very competitive indeed! I'm basing this on a calorific value of 3884 kWh for a moisture content of 23%. yes, i'm a bit of a geek . I've simply averaged statistics from sources such as scotlang.gov.uk, aebiom.org & biomassenergycentre.org.uk, and performed a linear interpolation to give me calorific values for any (wet) moisture level. hope this helps.
  8. luke_mclachlan
    Just thought I would say Hello, as a new member, and Thanks for the membership approval. I don't have a business within this industry as of yet, but I'm thinking of starting a biomass business of some form. Go easy with me and I'm definitely not a troll so don't worry
  9. luke_mclachlan
    Woodworks, I see that your 1m3 crate is filled very neatly, because according to some official statistics a loose filled 1m3 hardwood load should weight about 300kgs with a moisture content of 23%. what are you charging for these loads?

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