Article | REF: BE8748 V1

Heat production from wood - Industrial plants

Author: Yann ROGAUME

Publication date: April 10, 2005

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1. Industrial plants

The aim of industrial installations is to generate heat and then transport it, in the right form, to the right place. Here, we briefly outline the operating principles of the most common systems.

1.1 Heat generation

A wood-energy boiler consists of three parts:

  • the hearth: where fuel degrades and the flame begins;

  • the combustion chamber: where the flame develops ;

  • the heat exchanger, which recovers the energy produced by combustion.

A complete boiler can be diagrammed as shown in figure 1 .

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