yopappamon
10 kW
I recently moved from southern California to rural farm country Michigan. I went from ebiking to work 2-3 times a week to out running farm dogs on dirt roads a couple times a month.
Out here wood is plentifull, farmers will let you cut out the dead trees free.
Last week I looked at a farm that had an outdoor wood fire boiler. It was one of the EPA phase 2 gasifier boilers. Low emissions, 92% efficient. Very nice and very expensive. The guy was heating a big house, garage and green house with free wood. Probably saving $3-4k in propane a year.
I'm thinking about getting one of those wood boilers, but in talking with my brother, he thinks if you bought a biomass gasifier, you could run a gas boiler with it but also a generator if the power goes out (which it does from storms and ice...)
Anyone have experience or insite into biomass gasifiers?
From what I've seen the wood boiler market is coming of age but gasifiers seem to still be more of an experimental product.
Out here wood is plentifull, farmers will let you cut out the dead trees free.
Last week I looked at a farm that had an outdoor wood fire boiler. It was one of the EPA phase 2 gasifier boilers. Low emissions, 92% efficient. Very nice and very expensive. The guy was heating a big house, garage and green house with free wood. Probably saving $3-4k in propane a year.
I'm thinking about getting one of those wood boilers, but in talking with my brother, he thinks if you bought a biomass gasifier, you could run a gas boiler with it but also a generator if the power goes out (which it does from storms and ice...)
Anyone have experience or insite into biomass gasifiers?
From what I've seen the wood boiler market is coming of age but gasifiers seem to still be more of an experimental product.