Project story · Colony · Manitoba
A colony boiler on wood chips
A colony in Manitoba switched from propane to wood chips. One 10 million BTU SCW boiler heats the barns, the homes and the shops, at about half the old heating cost.
- Location
- Manitoba
- Operation
- Colony
- System
- 10 million BTU (2,931 kW)
- Heats
- Hog and poultry barns, homes, shops
- Fuel
- Wood chips
- Replaced
- Propane
- Heating cost
- About 50% lower
What we built
- One 10 million BTU boiler with our chain grate stoker, which handles wet and mixed chips without jamming.
- Heat for the colony's hog and poultry barns, homes and shops.
- Firebox, stoker and controls built in our shop in Headingley, Manitoba.
- Controls with remote monitoring, so we can see how it runs from our shop.
The result
The colony heats with wood chips instead of propane. Heating cost is about 50% lower.
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