Willow as Fuel: Methods and Techniques for 50 kW-2 MW Heating Boilers

This brochure describes the characteristics of short rotation coppice (SRC) willow as a fuel and presents methods for drying harvested willow and for burning the fuel in small-scale heating boilers (small businesses, schools, farms, local heating centres etc.). The chemical properties of willow and its estimated slagging and fouling tendencies are described. Tried and tested drying methods, suitable combustion techniques, operating strategies and some commercially available boiler types are presented.

The “Willow as Fuel: Methods and Techniques for 50 kW-2 MW Heating Boilers” brochure is available here.