Wood chip specifications for biomass plants and boilers
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Calorific value, moisture and chip size for rubberwood chips — the three numbers your boiler cares about, and how to choose between 10 mm and 30 mm.
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Notes on biomass fuel, wood chips, rubberwood pellets, and industrial fuel choices.
Is biomass really carbon neutral? The honest answer
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What "carbon neutral" means for biomass fuel, the two conditions that make it true, and where biomass genuinely beats coal — and where it does not.
Coal against biomass, measured at the lungs rather than the ledger
5 min read
What comes out of the stack burning coal, how biomass differs, and the part that is usually overstated — biomass is not pollution free.
Rubberwood as biomass fuel: why supply is predictable, and what limits it
7 min read
Rubberwood has an advantage no other Thai biomass has — supply tied to the replanting cycle rather than a harvest season. Also the constraints that decide whether a project works.
Rubberwood stumps and roots: from field burning to boiler fuel
6 min read
Stumps get dug out anyway to stop white root disease. Why the densest wood on the tree ends up on a bonfire, and what has to happen before it can be sold as fuel.