ENERGY
WOODPECKER THERMON BOILERS SELECTED FOR THE OLYMPIC SAILING VILLAGE
accommodation block will host up to 400 international athletes, sailors, coaches and officials. After the Games the development of 78 highly contemporary two, three and four bedroom homes will be sold, and some will be made available as affordable housing to the local community. The development has been specified to Code Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and will be heated by a district heating system, powered by Woodpecker Thermon biomass boilers. Wood pellet boilers were considered the ideal biomass solution for this project, as wood chip or log boilers would have required four or five times the space that is available on site, as well as constant heating facilities management. With their small footprint, Woodpecker Thermon boilers are practically the only boilers of this type that can fit into the space available.
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The Woodpecker Thermon 150 is delivered to Osprey Quay
Each accommodation unit draws heat from the district heating grid via a heat exchanger, which in turn supplies the heating and hot water systems for the properties. Woodpecker Energy UK is
he Olympic Sailing Village at Osprey Quay in Portland, Dorset, is due to be the first site for the 2012 Games to be completed. The sustainable
providing three large-scale Woodpecker Thermon boilers, the first of which, with an output of 150kW, has already been installed. Another 150kW boiler and one 300kw boiler are being installed between now and March 2011. Wood pellets are a form of biomass made from clean and sustainable wood,
The Woodpecker Thermon 150 biomass boiler
some of which is derived from sawmills and manufacturing. They are fed into the burner via an automated pellet fuel- feeding system, so there’s no need to manually fire up the boiler. The Olympic Sailing Village project involves the use of indoor pellet silos that will be constantly feeding the boilers with wood pellets via their own in-built vacuum units.
The silos will be topped up by regular deliveries of wood pellets, enabling a seamless heating input. The amount of ash and soot particulates will be minimal as white timber is used to produce the pellet after the bark is removed. High-quality pellets of this kind are necessary to ensure efficiencies and to work within the parameters of the boiler settings. Moisture content is also optimal, both in CEN/TS and ONORM wood pellet fuel standards. Woodpecker Energy is well known for its innovation, derived from three generations’
experience in the off-grid heating industry. The new,
large-scale Woodpecker Thermon boilers incorporate the proven technology from over 2,500
Woodpecker domestic boilers produced since 2005. Installed mainly in Ireland, the UK, US, Canada and New Zealand, they are known for their easy-to-understand operation and controls.
With automated compressed air burner and heat exchanger cleaning, industry-leading vacuum fuel loading technology and greater than 90% efficiency, the Olympic Sailing Village was an ideal platform for the Woodpecker Thermon range. New features of this larger commercial range of boilers include remote access to control and management systems; roll-out and rotate burner design for easy servicing; twin auger automatic ash removal; and advanced water jacket design for greater heat-to-water transfer.
www.woodpeckerenergy.co.uk 18| SUSTAINABLE FM | APRIL 2011
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