um-scale heating facilities typical in commercial and institutional buildings (approximately from 75 kW to 1.5 MW) and larger scale facilities such as light in-dustrial sites and district heating (up to 5 MW). WHO IS THE GUIDE FOR? KEY FEATURES The intended audience for this guide includes: • those involved in producing and sup-plying wood chips, including aggrega-tors, sawmills, loggers, urban tree ser-vices, woodland management services, value-added wood processors, and flooring manufacturers; • project developers, including equip-ment manufacturers, engineering pro-fessionals, architects, planning and procurement officers; and • end-users including facilities manag-ers, maintenance staff and those re-sponsible for the purchase of fuel and operation of biomass systems. It can also be used as a basic source of information on wood chip fuel for regu-latory agencies. As a complete knowledge tool for all players in Canada’s wood chip fuel supply chain, the key features of the guide are: • Practical description of key characteris-tics of wood chip fuel – provides prac-tical information on the classification of wood chips based on CAN/CSA-ISO 17225-4 and critical fuel properties. • General description of current feedstock and supply of wood chip fuel – provides details on typical sources of wood chips and practical information on the impact of sources on grading wood chip fuel. • Recommendations and best practice guidance on wood chip fuel storage and safety for producers – provides practical information on factors affect-ing fuel quality during storage and rec-ommends outdoor storage in order to maintain the wood chips’ integrity and minimize potential hazards. • Recommendations for end users on fuel procurement and storage practices – summarizes key aspects of wood chip procurement and storage practices at end user sites in order to minimize equipment failures due to poor and inconsistent fuel quality, based on best practices, guides and lessons learned. • Case studies – provides real-life exam-ples of how Canadian producers are perfecting their processes and practic-es to produce and supply quality and consistent wood chips. The development and publication of the new Wood Chip Guide was complet-ed by the technical sub-committee (un-der the CSA Solid Biofuels TC) led by CanmetENERGY Ottawa (NRCan), M. Douek Consulting, Fink Machine Inc., Ecostrat Inc., Biofuels Consulting, Bio-thermic Wood Energy Systems Inc., CSA Group, and with funding from NRCan Energy Innovation Program. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial sup-port from NRCan and in-kind contri-butions from the lead organisations and other volunteers. • Sebnem Madrali is a senior research engineer with CanmetENERGY Ottawa, Natural Resources Canada. Jaime Fernandez is a project manager, Fuels and Appliances, CSA Group. Your Solution for Bulk Material Handling. Pellets Woodchips Hemp TRUCK DUMPERS TRAILER TIPPERS RECEIVING HOPPERS airoflex.com [email protected] 563-264-8066 Canadian BIOMASS CBM_HoffmanAiroflex_Summer19_CSA.indd 1 2019-07-02 1:12 PM 23
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