Tahuna Intermediate School (Wood Chip Blower)
This report investigated the commissioning and monitoring of a wood chip blower system used by HA Foote Haulage supplying wood chips to Tahuna Intermediate School in Dunedin. Wood chips are blown into a fuel bunker using a wood chip blower system taking
Description of facility:
HA Foote Haulage, a trucking and landscaping supplies company, supplies wood chips from 22 Bridgman Street, Dunedin to Tahuna Intermediate School in Dunedin. A truck with a 9 m³ wood chip capacity is used for delivery. Wood chips are blown into a fuel bunker using a wood chip blower system
Wood chips are sucked from the truck into the blower (on the trailer) via a locally supplied flexible plastic pipe (diameter 210 mm) and then blown into the wood chip bunker via a galvanised sheet mild steel pipe. This second pipe is made of galvanised sheet mild steel due to the fire risk associated with electrostatic
charging if this pipe were plastic.
Facility type:
Emerging technologies
Application:
School
Technology type:
Conventional Combustion
Fuel/Feedstock:
Wood Fuel
Primary Output:
Heat
Co-generation:
No
Address:
Tahuna Intermediate School , Dunedin
Region:
Lower South Island
Geo Location:
Owner: