Wood biomass
Clean energy is essential for sustainable development. The role of bioenergy is significant in the transition to replace fossil fuels. The drying of wood biomass brings an alternative to existing value chains, as it enables the drying of wood already at the source of the value chain. Drying improves biomass storage, usability and transportability. The drier the material is transported, the more energy content is available with a smaller carbon footprint.
SFTec’s dryer technology is suitable for processing many types of wood-based materials into higher value products. In the future, we see drying playing an even more significant role in the development of forest biomass value chains.
Bark
Bark is produced in large quantities as by-products of the forest industry and is used especially in energy production. Up to two-thirds of the solid wood fuels used by heating and power plants are bark. ModHeat® is able to dry the chipped bark, which not only increases the heating value of the material, but also enables the development of new applications from the widely available material flow.
Sawdust
By drying sawdust, it can be processed into higher value products such as pellets or briquettes. These products are homogeneous and many times more efficient in terms of energy density compared to wet sawdust. Through higher energy density, great advantages are achieved in, for example, storage and transportation, and possibly new and valuable uses for a wider customer base.
Wood chips
By drying wood chips, significant benefits can be achieved in the bioenergy value chain. The calorific value of high-quality, dry wood chips is high, which improves the efficiency and reduces particle emissions of small heating boilers in particular. Dry quality wood chips are also a commercially valuable product and their uses are more diverse than those of naturally dried wood chips. The utilization of waste heat in the drying of wood chips is an important part of building a profitable value chain. ModHeat® is an advanced solution for drying wood chips on a small and medium scale.
Construction waste wood
Construction waste wood is a material stream whose recycling rate is important to meet the requirements of the EU waste directive. Construction waste wood can be used dried or as such for energy, or it can be used in several uses, such as raw material for biochar.
