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Background
Project – extracting heat from compost
History
Two prototypes
Results
Future work
Questions and comments
Who We Are
Historical data
Where Will the Heat Go?
Possible sources
Heating the compost building
Building has inefficient electric space heaters
Often left open
Heating nearby hot water tanks
Use 1-2 tanks/ day on-site
Greenhouse boiler
Greenhouse near composters
Shut down in winter to save energy
How Will We Get Heat?
Design considerations
Easy to operate
Large forces in the compost
Idea #1 – “Heat Spike Method”
Direct heat transfer
Run water through pipes embedded in
compost
Heat Spike Method
Thermometer
Phew!
Results – Heat Spikes
Very encouraging!
Large temperature changes at low flow rates
5°C / meter of pipe at 0.42 L/min
Napkin calculation
10m of pipe can heat 600L of 4°C water to 50°C
per day!
Significant heat!
Is this energy transfer sustainable?
45 Minutes
Results
Why?
Compost an insulator
Condensation on pipes
Killing the process
Investigating other reason as well
Conclusions?
Thermosyphons
Heat pipes
Isobars by Acrolab!
Isobar maintains a constant temperature
over its surface
Heat transfer
Isobar Method
Isobar
Isobar
Thermometers
Ambient Temperature 46.5 °C
Results
Thank you!
Contact
srogers@rmc.ca