REGINA — A biomass-fueled grain drying system on display at Canada’s Farm Show in Regina offers a path for farmers and elevators to avoid paying the carbon tax when drying grain.
“So essentially, what we’re trying to do here is take producers off of fossil fuels and to burn biomass, and we’re able to help guys and get away from the carbon tax and get carbon credits,” said Cody Kimmel, Triple Green Products territory manager in Western Canada.
Triple Green Products has used the BioDryAir dryer in the mining sector for 10 years.
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The BioDryAir can use crop residue including corn stover as fuel.
“A lot of guys are using wood pellets, just for feedability into our hopper. It is then fed into a multi-screw, which drops into our stoker. This stoker is our patented product. This is what sets us apart from all the other competitors,” Kimmel said.
The stoker is heated to 1,800 degrees by using an under fan that blows air up through the company’s chain grate, which helps the dryer burn clean.
“As that gets to 1800 degrees the air is sucked up into this air exchanger fan, and we’re blending it with outside air down to 400 degrees and kicking it out to the dryer.
The BioDryAir hooks up to existing dryers with an air duct.
The system is not used for supplying supplemental heat to dry grain in bins.
Smartphones can be used to monitor and control the automated system.
The BioDryAir is offered in sizes from 5,000,000 BTU to 30,000,000 BTU for the largest commercial grain dryers.
If more than 30,000,000 BTU is required, multiple dryers can be used.
“We have no need for permits, we have no need for propane or natural gas,” Kimmel said.
