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performance findings funded by the Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative  \nJanuary 2016  \nContents  \n1. The Technology .................................................................................................................................................... 1  \n2. The Farm ................................................................................................................................................................. 4  \n3. Objectives and Methods ...................................................................................................................................4  \n3.1 Overall Performance Objectives .........................................................................................................4  \n3.2 Evaluation Method ....................................................................................................................................4  \n4. Performance Results.......................................................................................................................................... 5  \n4.1 Reliability ....................................................................................................................................................... 5  \n4.2 Temperature and Propane Reductions ........................................................................................... 5  \n4.3 Operations and Maintenance ............................................................................................................... 5  \n5. Discussion ............................................................................................................................................................... 6  \n6. Recommendations and Next Steps ............................................................................................................. 6  \n1. The Technology  \nThe Blue Flame Boiler Heating System by Total Energy Solutions uses three main components for a complete manure-to-energy hydronic heating system:  \n1. The material handling equipment for litter and ash  \n2. A Blue Flame Stoker Boiler combustion unit that uses poultry litter as the feedstock  \n3. A hydronic heating system using CUBO brand heaters in the poultry houses  \nThe system uses an off-the-shelf litter spreader (BBI, 24 ft. truck-mount spreader box without the spinners and the drive) converted to an electric drive. The litter is then conveyed from the litter spreader via an auger to the Blue Flame’s surge hopper.  \nThe Blue Flame stoker and boiler unit (Model CGS-W-M700) is a standard off-theshelf combustion unit initially designed to be fueled with wood or coal, but which is now being fueled by poultry litter. With a maximum output capacity ranging from 1.5–2.0 MBtu/hr, this unit has approximately an 8:1 turn-down ratio, meaning it uses the poultry house temperatures to control the feed rate of the boiler, which in turn controls the heat output. When the houses call for more heat, the boiler ramps up; when the houses call for less heat, the boiler ramps down.  \nWithin the Blue Flame stoker unit, a twin-screw feeding system meters the litter onto the moving chain combustion grate. Combustion is facilitated by a combination of underfire and overfire air, controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC) to maximize efficiency and reduce emissions. The combustion process takes place all in one chamber above the chain grate. The oxidized flue gases then travel through a triple pass boiler where hot water is heated.  \nIn this case study, hot water exiting the boiler is piped into two poultry houses heated by previously installed Modine (V/VN-279) downdraft hot water heaters (three heaters in the 10,000 square foot barn and four heaters in the 20,000 square foot barn) .  \nFrom the boiler, the flue gasses pass through a set of cyclones to control emissions. 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