The new boiler requires heating for a minimum of nine months a year; it is located at lower level of the Discovery Center. To protect form extreme moisture the local wood densified into fuel pucks is delivered to an elevated walking-floor storage bin in a vestibule area that is designed especially for the woods.
Read MoreGSA Study Finds Biomass Boilers Are a Viable Option for Heating Federal Buildings. July 15, 2014. Release Date: July 15, 2014 KETCHIKAN, Alaska - After operating the first biomass boiler in the Ketchikan, Alaska, Federal Building, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has concluded that biomass boilers are a viable alternative for hot-water-heated buildings where …
Read MoreThe Alternative Energy/Biomass Heating Demonstration Project is a program to reduce heating costs in low-income housing units in Kake and Angoon. The project will replace oil-fired boilers with wood-pellet-fired boilers in two high cost communities in Southeast. Funding Plan: Total Project Cost: $500,000 Funding Already Secured: ($0)
Read Moretions for other commercial-scale biomass projects in Southeast Alaska as well as general research. This report will cover the following aspects of the Sealaska pellet boiler project: • A technical review of the boiler, including its installation, operation, and performance • A review of the Southeast Alaska pellet market
Read MoreMar 29, 2012 · "We're anticipating saving around 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of heating fuel every year," Rayburn said. Soboleff said that at a $4 per gallon price for heating oil, Sealaska saved more than $45,000 with its biomass boiler last year, which is significantly higher than what the Alaska Native corporation originally expected.
Read MoreMar 29, 2012 · "We're anticipating saving around 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of heating fuel every year," Rayburn said. Soboleff said that at a $4 per gallon price for heating oil, Sealaska saved more than $45,000 with its biomass boiler last year, which is significantly higher than what the Alaska Native corporation originally expected.
Read Morecompares two wood-pellet heating systems in Juneau, Alaska. The Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority, a native housing authority that serves more than 27,000 tribal residents in 11 communities in the southeast, recently established a wood-pellet boiler to provide heating to their 10,000-square-foot warehouse.
Read MoreMar 13, 2013 · Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with a highly efficient system fueled by local wood.
Read MoreWoody Biomass Energy in Alaska Issue Paper April 2013 Biomass boiler (far left) with oil-fired back up boilers (center and right) Small diameter, low-value wood suitable for use as wood fuel Background According to the U.S. DOE Energy Information Administration, biomass accounted for more than 53% of all
Read MoreJan 16, 2013 · Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with a highly efficient system fueled by local wood.
Read MoreSoutheast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with …
Read MoreAlaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755910, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5910, USA (Received 6 June 2017; accepted 26 September 2017; published online 21 December 2017) This review examines commercial biomass boilers installed around the state of Alaska for key performance and cost metrics.
Read MoreProject Summary. In 2010, the Sealaska Corporation (Sealaska), the regional native corporation for Southeast Alaska, converted the heating system of its headquarters in Juneau from an oil-fired boiler to a wood pellet-fired boiler. Wood pellet-fired boilers have been used effectively for over 30 years in many different countries and
Read MoreSoutheast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with …
Read Moreothers. Your material might also be used for biomass boiler heating fuel or for making biochar or compost, both being beneficial to agriculture, the environment, and local food and energy security. Tree species most prevalent in mainland or Interior . …
Read Moren 2004, the residents of Craig, a fishing community of 1,400 people located in southeast Alaska, looked at the heating bills for the local schools and swimming pool, and knew they needed to make a change. The boilers used 20,000 gallons of diesel and 40,000 gallons of propane annually. The monthly fuel bill for the three buildings was over $10,000.
Read MoreFuel wood. Feedstock – MSW Multi-Fuel Boilers (Wood / Oil / Coal) 13 Courtesy: Alternate Heating Office of Indian Energy, Alaska Native Village, Alaska Native Village Energy Development, Alaska biomass, Alaska renewable energy, Alaska waste-to …
Read MoreSoutheast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with …
Read Morethose," Carney said. The biomass boiler system may save as much as $30,000 a year compared to the fuel-oil plant. Grants for engineering provided a bonus in a design for a biomass system at Ketchikan High School, which will have about eleven times the fuel demand of KIA's installation. The Alaska Wood Energy Conference in Ketchikan in 2017
Read More40,000 gallons of fuel oil and save the borough $45,000 including operations and maintenance of the boiler compared to the fuel oil system, according to a report by Wisewood Energy, the company contracted to design a biomass boiler system. Wisewood's savings estimate includes locally manufactured chips that cost $95 per ton, assuming the
Read MoreWoody Biomass Energy in Alaska Issue Paper August 2011 Biomass boiler (far left) with oil-fired back up boilers (center and right) Small diameter, low-value wood suitable for use as wood fuel Background According to the U.S. DOE Energy Information Administration, biomass accounted for more than 52% of all
Read MoreSoutheast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, which provides information to more than a million visitors each year, is the site of a pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life. Two oil-fired boilers serving the 250,000-sq-ft center were replaced with …
Read MoreOct 09, 2011 · The high cost of heat has been central to years of discussion and planning for the new pilot biomass boiler system now coming to life at the spectacular Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan. The center, which provides a wealth of information to more than a million visitors each year, has replaced two oil-fired boilers with one custom designed, highly …
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