Project story · Grain drying · 2024
A tower dryer on wood pellets
A farm kept its tower dryer and dropped propane. An SCW unit burns wood pellets and sends the heat through one duct into the dryer.
- Operation
- Grain drying
- Dryer
- Tower dryer, kept as is
- Fuel
- Wood pellets
- Replaced
- Propane
- Installed
- 2024
- Drying fuel cost
- About 50% lower
The job
The farm wanted off propane without replacing a dryer that works.
The SCW unit sits beside the dryer, and one duct carries the heat across.
What we built
- A grain dryer heat source with our chain grate stoker.
- Firebox, stoker and controls built in our shop in Headingley, Manitoba.
- A duct from the unit into the dryer.
The result
The tower dryer runs on wood pellets instead of propane, at about half the drying fuel cost.
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