Residential heating with wood residues on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Mar 08 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5260642

Information related to wood residue fuel consumption and fossil fuel displaced, operating costs, maintenance, environmental, safety, transportation and delivery requirements were recorded throughout the operational phase of the project. The Demonstration Project also involved an assessment of the various wood fuel densifying systems which are commercially available. Capital and operating costs, reliability of performance and appropriateness to the wood resource and fuel needs of the Red Lake Reservation area were addressed as part of selecting the most appropriate type of densifying system for possible future purchase by the Tribe. Systems which were assessed included pelletizers, log machines, cubers and briquet machines. The ultimate goal of the Demonstration Project was to select the most advantageous methods of eventually converting the entire Red Lake Indian Reservation to the use of wood residues as a fuel source. The project methodology, major results and conclusions of the project, and a description and analysis of the wood-fired heating system which was installed are presented.

• Research Organization: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake, MN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-81R510318
• OSTI ID: 5260642
• Report Number(s): DOE/R5/10318-T1; ON: DE84009100
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
APPLIANCES
BRIQUETTING
COMPACTING
DESIGN
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FABRICATION
FUELS
FURNACES
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDIAN RESERVATIONS
INSTALLATION
MOLDING
MONITORING
OPERATION
PELLETIZING
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SOLID WASTES
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TESTING
WASTES
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES
WOOD BURNING FURNACES
WOOD FUELS
WOOD WASTES