White Pine Co. Public School System Biomass Conversion Heating Project

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/861531· OSTI ID:861531

Johnson, Paul

The White Pine County School District and the Nevada Division of Forestry agreed to develop a pilot project for Nevada using wood chips to heat the David E. Norman Elementary School in Ely, Nevada. Consideration of the project was triggered by a ''Fuels for Schools'' grant that was brought to the attention of the School District. The biomass project that was part of a district-wide energy retrofit, called for the installation of a biomass heating system for the school, while the current fuel oil system remained as back-up. Woody biomass from forest fuel reduction programs will be the main source of fuel. The heating system as planned and completed consists of a biomass steam boiler, storage facility, and an area for unloading and handling equipment necessary to deliver and load fuel. This was the first project of it's kind in Nevada. The purpose of the DOE funded project was to accomplish the following goals: (1) Fuel Efficiency: Purchase and install a fuel efficient biomass heating system. (2) Demonstration Project: Demonstrate the project and gather data to assist with further research and development of biomass technology; and (3) Education: Educate the White Pine community and others about biomass and other non-fossil fuels.

• Research Organization: White Pine County School District, Ely, NV
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: FG36-04GO14259
• OSTI ID: 861531
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO/14259-1; TRN: US200710%%246
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
09 BIOMASS FUELS
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EFFICIENCY
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FUEL OILS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
NEVADA
PINES
STEAM
STORAGE
UNLOADING
WOOD
Fuels for Schools
biomass steam boiler
Nevada
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