Biomass: a natural energy source
Heating with biomass means enjoying a natural heat generated by the renewable source for excellence. Using it as a source of energy means heating in harmony with the natural carbon cycle and with minimal environmental impact, an eco-conscious choice for the present and for the future of the next generations.
Biomass is easily available in nature and is a source of Renewable heat will not be conditioned in future by supply problems.
Biomass can be grouped into four main categories:
Forest and industrial wood residues:
from wood maintenance and woodworking.
Agricultural by-products:
straw, stalks, branches from pruning, wine branches.
Agri-industrial residues:
husks, skins, cores from the food industry.
Dedicated Energy crops.
Biomass: all the advantages of a local, clean and renewable energy source
Biomass boilers can be considered among the most advanced systems to produce heat because they exploit renewable energy sources, such as: pellets, wood chips, wood. They represent a valid alternative to fossil fuelled boilers; they can be used in many contexts: homes, condominiums, commercial and industrial activities.
Before going into the details of the individual types of boiler it is right to make some assessments and reflect about the advantages of biomass.
- To choose a biomass boiler and enjoy its versatility and its advantages it is important to have available a space for the storage of fuel and prepare a space for a tank and a medium-sized system.
- With the biomass you can be independent of diesel and gas, get rid of their price change and save on fuel.
- You will be able to heat the house and respect the environment, contributing to the awareness of the use of renewable energy
- You will have the possibility to manage the heating of water and rooms of the entire house with comfort and with the minimum cost
- You will contribute to the development of the local economy by choosing local products
- You will be able to access tax deductions and public subventions.
Tatano biomass boilers are quality products, compliant with European standards.
- Class 3 Boilers (according to UNI EN 303/5 :1999);
- Class 5 Boilers (according to UNI EN 303-5 :2012).
Main types of biomass
Other compatible biomasses
Wood chips are medium-sized solid materials produced from multiple pieces of wood large by cutting or chipping. They can be produced specifically for the combustion of biomass, or it can be waste materials produced in the building industry, agriculture, gardening, woodworking or sawmills.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 3 Kg shavings
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 3 Kg shavings
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 4 Kg shavings
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-4
- PCS (Higher calorific value)3,7-3,8 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)3-3,4 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)15 < w > 35 %
- Volume density200-300 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight1-2,5
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Sawdust is the set of minute fragments produced by cutting with the saw. In modern way, the term almost always refers to the residual wood shavings generated by carpentry work, including sawdust, which more properly It is called wood sawdust.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 3 Kg sawdust
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 3 Kg sawdust
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 3,5 Kg sawdust
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-4
- PCS (Higher calorific value)3,7-3,8 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)3-3,4 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)15 < w > 35 %
- Volume density200-300 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight1-2,5
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Even in the oil industry, for years we have tried to make the most of the possibility of reuse from the pomace (waste obtained from the processing of olives, consisting of: pulp, peel and hazel), an ecological fuel. The pomace and the olive pits were considered biomass and included among ecological fuels.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 2 Kg olive husk/marc of olives
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2,5 Kg olive husk/marc of olives
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 3 Kg olive husk/marc of olives
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)4,8-4,9 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)4,6-4,8 KWh/Kg
- Volume density900- 1000 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight5-7
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The shells of almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts and pine nuts are absolutely natural products they do not require any kind of processing. According to the uses it is possible to have them either ground that whole. They are ecological fuels, non-polluting, with high caloric power, with local availability and low costs, even zero for those who produce them.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 2-2,5 Kg minced shells
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2,5-3 Kg minced shells
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 3 Kg minced shells
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)4,6-4,8 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)4,4-4,6 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)5-10%
- Volume density360 – 430 Kg/m³ (shells split in half/minced shells)
- Ashes (A) % in weight2-4
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Cherry / plum stones are absolutely natural products that do not require any kind of processing. According to the uses it is possible to have them either minced that whole. They are ecological fuels, non-polluting, with high caloric power, with local availability and low costs, even zero for those who produce them.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 2 Kg stone fruit
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2 Kg stone fruit
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 2,5 Kg stone fruit
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)4,9 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)4,7-4,8 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)8-10 %
- Volume density300 – 400 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight1-1,6
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Corn is an excellent fuel thanks to its heating power and its thermal characteristics depend on its humidity. To overcome some drawbacks of its combustion, like the formation of hard encrustations, it is necessary to mix it with variable percentages, from 30 to 60%, of wood biomass.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 1,5 Kg corn
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2 Kg corn
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 2 Kg corn
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)7,2 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)6 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)10-12 %
- Volume density700 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight2-4
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Pellets produced from agricultural or Agri-industrial waste, and more generally from herbaceous biomass or from dedicated cultures, are commonly called Agri-pellets, an evocative term of agricultural derivation of this fuel. Among the biomasses that can be used to produce Agri-pellets: grape marc with rasps, stalks and pomace, corn stalks and bracts, sunflower and sunflower husk, straw, sorghum, miscanthus.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 2 Kg sunflower Agri-pellet
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2,5 Kg sunflower Agri-pellet
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 2,7 Kg sunflower Agri-pellet
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)4,8-4,9 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)4,6-4,7 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)10-11 %
- Volume density525-555 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight5-6
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Pomace is the grape skin including pulp, seeds and stem (the main axis of the cluster of grapes). In addition to being used as raw material for the production of grappa, for the conservation of cheese, or in agriculture as fodder for animals or fertilizer, after drying it is used as biomass fuel with the advantage of enhancing waste by-products from the energy point of view for greater cost savings. In Tatano boilers it can be burned directly or in the form of pellets, depending on the type of boiler.
- 1 m³ methane ≈ 2 Kg marc
- 1 Kg heating oil ≈ 2,5 Kg marc
- 1 Kg LPG ≈ 3 Kg marc
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Main technical data
- ConformityEN 14961-6
- PCS (Higher calorific value)4,6-4,7 KWh/Kg
- PCI (Actual calorific value)4,5 KWh/Kg
- Moisture content (M)15 < w > 35 %
- Volume density150 -220 Kg/m³
- Ashes (A) % in weight4,9-9
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