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unité production de granulation de bois de la Maurienne

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a wood pellet production unit in the Maurienne Valley

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Sawdust drying, a key step in the production of wood pellets, impacts the humidity and the quality of the final pellets.

A low-temperature belt dryer addressed this issue, while enabling heat to be recovered heat from the boiler flue gas condenser.

With this design, setec offered fuel savings of approximately 30% compared to flue gas condensation solutions.

Client

SOREA SOCIETE DES REGIES DE L'ARC

Date

January 2014 - December 2016

Localisation

France

SOREA is a group of former municipal electricity utilities in the Maurienne Valley ( Alps mountains, southeastern France).

It is developing areas of the business including electricity distribution and renewable energy production.

SOREA commissioned setec to design a wood pellet production unit.

This unit produces 10,000 tons of pellets annually. The facility includes a low-temperature belt dryer using hot water provided by a biomass condensing boiler, and an automatic bagging machine/palletizer.

Since the project involved rehabilitating an industrial plant, setec considered the constraints of the existing buildings and the required upgrades to meet needs and minimize costs.

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Challenges

fully design the wood pellet production unit:

– Project study: design, flow chart, layout and site study.

– Assistance with building contracting.

a wood pellet production unit in the Maurienne Valley

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