Our feedstock is
chipped and piled at a landfill. We would like to transport the chips 15
miles to a power plant where we will integrate a gasifier. The majority
of the chips may remain at the landfill, but we would like to store a weeks
worth supply of feedstock at the power plant. I realize that putting the
feedstock in a silo or closed building would be disastrous. The main
question is how to store the weeks supply, 1000 tons, at the plant...just pile
them, three walled building?
Any help is
appreciated
James
Fields
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James,
A silo would not
necessarily be disastrous, though it could have that potential. Moisture and
oxygen content is the critical factor.
A 3 sided building
may be the most economically feasable way to store it, but it does increase
the handling costs, unless you put in a feed system right from the storage
building. You will want to keep rain off of it. Rain water is highly
oxygenated.
The secret will be
to continually rotate the feedstock, so it doesn't have time to build up heat,
although if it's already in a pile at the landfill, it may have
finished it's initial heating. Fresh chips are more susceptable to
heating.
The heat is caused
by bacterial action in the presence of oxygen, with enough moisture present to
keep the 'bugs' happy.
http://keithwalkingfloor.com/page3.html
A walking floor may
be of interest to you. These can be retrofitted into a van trailer to make it
a self-unloader, and dump inside your building without 30 foot ceilings. No
need to dump in the yard, then carry it with a frontend loader to the storage
building.
They can also
be used to feed the stock out of your storage bin or bunker into a conveyor on
the backside.
An informal
recomendation would be to equip your trucks with a Keith walking Floor in a 45
foot van trailer. These should be able to haul 25 ton loads. 100 cubic yards.
You'll need 40 loads of storage space, or 4000 cubic yards.
15 feet high(5
yards) would require 800 yards of floor space. An 80x100 building should work.
Large vents in the peak ot the roof and under the eaves will remove a lot of
moisture for you.
A round storage
bunker or silo would also be usable, but you won't get the surface area
exposure for natural drying.
A 40 foot round
structure would need to be piled 20 feet deep to store your reserve
supply.
http://www.laidig.com/brochure-98s.htm
If you decide to go
with a silo, you'll need to unload it.
LOL I don't get any
commission from either of these companies.
Have you done any
planning on the loading of the trucks at the landfill?
This should give you
a few things to consider.
Let me know if I'm
on the right track with your needs.
Motie
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