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Yann ROGAUME: École nationale supérieure des technologies et industries du bois (ENSTIB) - Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur le matériau bois (LERMAB) UMR 1093 INRA/ENGREF/UHP Nancy I
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The previous article ( ) offered an overview of wood as a fuel and presented the different processes and equipment for wood combustion.
Most development is currently taking place at industrial and collective level, with high-capacity installations (from a few hundred kilowatts to a few megawatts). In this article, we'll be looking at medium- and high-powered automatic boiler systems for these applications.
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Wood consumption and equipment installed
Wood-energy accounts for around 6% of primary energy production in the European Union, producing mainly heat and very little electricity.
It is the European Union's main source of renewable energy (almost 60% of primary energy production from renewable energies is due to wood).
France is one of the four European countries...
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