Dinchope Farm

David Mills, Dinchope Farm, Shropshire.

A near-zero carbon wood chip boiler installation replaces the high costs and emissions of the past.

The Site

The biomass boiler serves a poultry farm near the small town of Craven Arms in Shropshire near the Welsh-English border.

The Job

This was a turnkey Installation by DC2 Engineering Ltd of a single containerized Froling TI350 (kW) biomass wood chip boiler with an adjacent fuel store container to serve the space heating needs of the two poultry sheds in place of LPG heaters on site. This project was aimed at improving the local environment and safety of the poultry sheds as well as reducing costs and reducing the carbon footprint of the site as a whole for the next couple of decades and beyond.

The Review

“Working with DC2 is a great pleasure. The project was completed on time to the spec quoted.  Follow-up help and advice have been very useful. We will be working together in the future.”

The Result

A compact and practical boiler room, fuel store, and heating system that feeds into the heating system of the poultry sheds via underground heat mean and overheat connection.

The fuel store can be loaded from above and automatically feeds into the boiler. The system needs around 325 tonnes of wood a year to run for around 3000 hours at capacity.

The carbon saving of this would be in the region of over 200 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to LPG!

The Aftercare

The system was sold with a 2-year warranty, service contract, and customer training on-site. The system is also fitted with remote access software and a PC for diagnosis and monitoring.