Wood Pellet Storage Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is a gas that comes from incomplete combustion of various fuels.

Wood pellet storage carbon monoxide.

There is growing use of wood pellet and wood chip boilers in the uk. Since 2002 there have been at least nine fatalities in europe caused by carbon monoxide poisoning following entry into wood pellet storage areas. Carbon dioxide is what is put off from composting wood and what is in farm silos. Although there have not been any incidents.

Factors affecting the amount of carbon monoxide released from wood pellets. Knowledge of the hazards. 2002 in europe caused by carbon monoxide poisoning following entry into wood pellet storage areas. Alternatively the hopper tank can be mounted over the boiler for gravity feeding.

The aim of this work was to obtain information on how safely these two fuels are being stored in the uk. Elsewhere fatalities have been reported caused by carbon monoxide poisoning following entry into wood pellet storage areas. By katie fletcher january 25 2016 advertisement. In conclusion it can be said that life threatening levels of carbon monoxide can arise from wood pellets kept in storerooms not only at high temperatures but also at average room temperature with a large headspace by freshly produced and or recently filled pellets and at the humidity usually found in these storerooms.

If you have carbon monoxide in your pellet storage area it s not your pellets. The study found that. In a recent case a carbon monoxide concentration of approximately 1 was measured in a sealed cargo hold of a ship containing wood pellets some 18 days after the cargo was loaded. The oxygen concentration at this time was less than 1.

To raise awareness of the dangers associated with the storage of wood pellets. Emission rates for carbon monoxide from wood pellets of 100 885 mg ton day have been reported in the literature.