{"id":787,"date":"2016-05-01T21:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T01:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/?p=787"},"modified":"2018-09-08T08:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T12:19:34","slug":"vermont-farmers-food-center-heats-with-biomass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2016\/05\/01\/vermont-farmers-food-center-heats-with-biomass\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Farmers Food Center Heats with Biomass"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-780\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2016\/05\/01\/grass-and-ag-biomass-competitive-with-wood-chips\/attachment\/030\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-780\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/030-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Steingress (VFFC), Bill Kretzer (12 Gauge Electric) and Greg Cox (VFFC) perform final inspections before the initial firing of the boiler.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/030-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/030-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Steingress (VFFC), Bill Kretzer (12 Gauge Electric) and Greg Cox (VFFC) perform final inspections before the initial firing of the boiler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UVM Extension and others supported the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/Summary-Report-VFFC-Biomass-Boiler-Project-FINAL-2016-04-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">recent installation<\/a> of a 341,200 BTU\/hr (output) multi-fuel biomass boiler at the <a href=\"http:\/\/vermontfarmersfoodcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vermont Farmers Food Center<\/a> (VFFC) in Rutland, VT.\u00a0 The boiler heats the Farmer\u2019s Hall building with the capability to use several alternative fuels to displace propane. The boiler was fueled primarily on wood pellets but was also able to feed and burn <a href=\"http:\/\/go.uvm.edu\/grassbiomass\" target=\"_blank\">grass biomass pucks<\/a>. This demonstration project carried a cost premium when compared to a typical propane heater installation.\u00a0 That premium is paid back over time due to recurring fuel cost savings. A simple payback period of 2.2 to 8.0 years is feasible against a cost premium of $51,255 for the boiler depending on the fuel used and the amount of use. For more details about the project and the economic performance please see <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/Summary-Report-VFFC-Biomass-Boiler-Project-FINAL-2016-04-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bio-Mass Boiler at Vermont Farmers Food Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PwE18h23wRg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This project was funded by <a href=\"http:\/\/vermontbioenergy.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Vermont Bioenergy Initiative<\/a> (VBI) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsjf.org\" target=\"_blank\">Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund<\/a> (VSJF), the <a href=\"http:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets<\/a> (VAAFM), and an anonymous donor in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/vermontfarmersfoodcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Vermont Farmers Food Center<\/a> (VFFC) with support from <a href=\"http:\/\/smalleycontractors.com\/mechanical.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Smalley Mechanical<\/a>, L<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billlohsenplumbingandheating.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ohsen Plumbing and Heating<\/a>, 12 Gauge Electric, Renewable Energy Resources (RER) and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\" target=\"_blank\">UVM Extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-779\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2016\/05\/01\/grass-and-ag-biomass-competitive-with-wood-chips\/2016-01-28-019\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-779\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/2016-01-28-019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A variety of fuels can be burned in an automated biomass boiler equipped with improved ash removal and adjustable air controls. Shown here (R to L) are wood chips, grass and ag biomass pucks and wood pellets.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/2016-01-28-019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/2016-01-28-019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/2016-01-28-019-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of fuels can be burned in an automated biomass boiler equipped with improved ash removal and adjustable air controls. Shown here (R to L) are wood chips, grass and ag biomass pucks and wood pellets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Report Citation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"csl-bib-body\">\n<div class=\"csl-entry\">Callahan, Christopher W. (2016). <i>Biomass Boiler Installation at The Vermont Farmers Food Center<\/i>. Bennington, VT: UVM Extension with Funding from The Vermont Bioenergy Initiative. Retrieved from http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2016\/05\/Summary-Report-VFFC-Biomass-Boiler-Project-FINAL-2016-04-09.pdf<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVM Extension and others supported the recent installation of a 341,200 BTU\/hr (output) multi-fuel biomass boiler at the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) in Rutland, VT.\u00a0 The boiler heats the Farmer\u2019s Hall building with the capability to use several alternative fuels to displace propane. The boiler was fueled primarily on wood pellets but was also &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2016\/05\/01\/vermont-farmers-food-center-heats-with-biomass\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vermont Farmers Food Center Heats with Biomass&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1174,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50618,6519,6517,684047],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biofuels","category-heating","category-projects","category-energy-on-the-farm","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Callahan","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/author\/cwcallah\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}