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Moor Heating Moor Heating Stephen Larkin Stephen Larkin The experience of having The experience of having the first pellet boiler the first pellet boiler

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Moor Heating. Stephen Larkin The experience of having the first pellet boiler. The experience of having the first pellet boiler. Reasons for choosing a pellet boiler. Running cost calculation The installation Pellet delivery Living with a biomass boiler – the first two weeks. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Moor HeatingMoor Heating

Stephen LarkinStephen Larkin

The experience of having the first The experience of having the first pellet boilerpellet boiler

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The experience of having the first pellet The experience of having the first pellet boilerboiler

Reasons for choosing a pellet boiler. Reasons for choosing a pellet boiler. Running cost calculationRunning cost calculation The installationThe installation Pellet deliveryPellet delivery Living with a biomass boiler – the first two Living with a biomass boiler – the first two

weeks. weeks.

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Reasons for choosing a pellet boilerReasons for choosing a pellet boiler

LPG boiler more than 20 years old and becoming unreliable. LPG boiler more than 20 years old and becoming unreliable. Stopped working December 2012Stopped working December 2012

LPG expensiveLPG expensive Costs likely to rise Costs likely to rise Not easy to track useNot easy to track use

Aim to reduce COAim to reduce CO22 output output Change to sustainable energyChange to sustainable energy Pellets more convenient and Pellets more convenient and efficient than other biomass efficient than other biomass systemssystems

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Annual Running costAnnual Running cost

Heat load of building with hot water 19 880 kWh

Proportion supplied by biofuels 100 %Boiler efficiency 92 % or 0.92Heating system efficiency factor 1 . Boiler efficiency

1.086

Energy required from pellets 21 590 kWhNet energy content of pellets 4.8 kWh / kg

Estimated pellet requirement4 500 kg or 4.5 tonnes

Fuel cost with pellets at £260 per tonne (including VAT & delivery)

£1,170

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Annual LPG Running costAnnual LPG Running cost

Heat load of building with hot water 19 880 kWh

Proportion supplied by LPG 100 %Boiler efficiency 80 % or 0.80Heating system efficiency factor 1 . Boiler efficiency

1.25

Energy required from LPG (propane) 24 850 kWhEnergy content of 47 kg propane 667.3 kWh

Estimated number of gas cylinders 37.2

Fuel cost with LPG at £60 a cylinder £2,232

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Price comparisonPrice comparison

LPG Pellets

Fuel £2232 £1170

Service £60 £175

Total £2292 £1345

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Price comparisonPrice comparison

1 cylinder 14 bags of pellets≏1 cylinder 14 bags of pellets≏

  

£60£60 £36.40£36.40

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Pre-InstallationPre-Installation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

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InstallationInstallation

Start Tuesday 15 JanStart Tuesday 15 Jan

Boiler firing Thursday 24 JanBoiler firing Thursday 24 Jan

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InstallationInstallation

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Pellet DeliveryPellet Delivery

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Pellet DeliveryPellet Delivery

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Living with a biomass boilerLiving with a biomass boiler

The First two weeksThe First two weeks

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Living with a biomass boilerLiving with a biomass boiler

The First two weeksThe First two weeks

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Living with a biomass boilerLiving with a biomass boiler

The First two weeksThe First two weeks

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Living with a biomass boilerLiving with a biomass boiler

System designSystem design

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The experience of having the first pellet The experience of having the first pellet boilerboiler

A warm home. A warm home. Plenty of hot waterPlenty of hot water Renewable Heat IncentiveRenewable Heat Incentive

payments to comepayments to come