wood-fired boilers

["EADC Lab" <EADC@ise.ufl.edu>]

Hello.  My name is Philip Sacks from the Industrial Assessment Center 
at the University of Florida.  We provide energy, waste and 
productivity assessments for companies throughout Florida and South 
Georgia.  I am currently working on a recommendation for a veneer 
plant to purchase a wood-fired boiler and use their wood waste as 
fuel.  They produce enough wood waste to keep the boiler running as 
long as they need it to.  Their current boiler, run on oil, has a 200 
hp rating, and produces 2,400,000 lb steam/month.  They need a 
similar output from the wood-fired boiler.  If you can send me any 
information about the types of boilers available and the costs of such 
boilers, it would be greatly appreciated.  In addition, the wood 
waste they produce has an average of 40% moisture content.  If you 
can send any information about the energy content of wood with that 
high of a moisture content, it would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Philip Sacks
EADC_BL1@ise.ufl.edu