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Door retaining boards in a small woodchip store. These boards allow doors to be opened for store inspection whilst the store is full. | |
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This simple garden shed style pellet store will hold around 12 tonnes, enough to keep the pellet boiler running throughout the winter. | |
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A Wood Pellet store installed to provide around 6 months winter use for the 30kW pellet boiler. | |
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A large woodchip store which has been constructed to take advantage of the natural change in levels on site, allowing bulk deliveries to be tipped directly into the store. |
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At the bottom of the store a walking floor delivery system has been installed to transfer the woodchip to the boiler. |
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A 40m3 store on a farm in Suffolk. The store incorporates a hydraulic lid and is filled using a fork-lift which operates on site. | |
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The sweep collector agitates the chip in such a way that the core of the store is removed first, before the collector springs force the arms out, finally gathering in the whole diameter of the store. | |
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A bulk woodchip delivery into a below ground store. | |
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A blown woodchip delivery in progress from a dedicated woodfuel delivery vehicle. | |
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A woodchip blower, which can be used to fill stores where there is no option for a direct tipped or high-tip delivery. A tractor and trailer or bulk tipper can be used to tip the woodchip in to the trough which augers the chip into the blower. | |
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A fuel store converted from an old grain store. This system can be filled with a tractor and trailer or front end loader. | |
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Soft wood logs being stored for seasoning. | |
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A 100m3 walking floor lorry delivery in progress. | |
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This fuel store (behind the retaining boards at the left of the building) has been dug into the ground to increase fuel storage capacity to around 60m3 | |
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A 12.5kW pellet boiler incorporating a 200 litre container, filled around once every 2 weeks. | |
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The pellets are stored next door in bags. |