Its not very often that FML Engineering can discuss its projects, our client IP policy prevents us from discussing or posting photos of projects, so it an exceptionally rare occasion that we are able to share our projects with the industry. Recently we encountered an exception to this that has allowed us to share some interesting insights of how to use your waste to generate power.
Our client was relocating a facility for his established business from an urban factory connected to grid supply to a rural location which would be prohibitively expensive to connect to grid power. Solar had been investigated and with New Zealand’s long wet dull winters in mind, the ability of a solar system to meet the load of a full factory seemed unlikely.
The plant did however produce a solid volume of dried saw dust and wood offcuts each day. These had been discounted by the client as being insufficient to contribute to their energy requirements.
We thought that this was an interesting lesson that we should share. Don’t discount your waste as an opportunity to power your facilities. Here’s why:
1Kg of wood waste with a moisture content of 10% has a calorific value of 14MJ.
So for a facility with an average electrical load of 50KW:
Hourly waste Mass= 50/14000 * 3600 = 12.85kg
Waste required per day 130kg
This isn’t a huge amount of material in terms of a midsized operation and therefore a waste to energy system is able to provide some of all the energy needs cost effectively and without the need to worry about weather affecting your ability to work.
FML Engineering invites enquiries for waste to energy projects of any size and are able to help with a variety of solutions whether this be for electricity generation or your heating needs feel free to get in touch, we love transforming ideas into reality!
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