MODIFICATION AND AUTOMATIZATION OF WOOD HEATING BOILER FOR BURNING WOOD CHIPS

V Sloveniji za ogrevanje in kuhanje porabimo blizu 40 % vse energije. Zaradi vse višjih cen je doba nafte za nami in treba je čim prej poiskati alternativo za pridobivanje energije. Slovenija je bogata z gozdom in lesom in to je treba izkoristiti. S predelavo v sekance najlažje porabimo vse vrste sečnih in drugih lesnih ostankov. To nam pride v poštev zlasti pri ogrevanju tako stanovanjskih hiš kot tudi drugih objektov. V diplomski nalogi je opisana predelava in avtomatizacija kotla na drva v stanovanjski hiši, tako da je mogoče ogrevanje z lesnimi sekanci. Predstavljeno je načrtovanje sestavnih delov, izdelava krmilnega vezja ter zagon in nastavljanje primernih parametrov. Podana je tudi stroškovna primerjava med kurilnima sezonama, kjer so se uporabljala drva in kjer so se uporabljali lesni sekanci. Nadgradnja je izdelana v domači delavnici z minimalnimi stroški.In Slovenia consumption for cooking and heating is nearly 40% of all energy. Due to rising prices is the era of oil usage behind us and we need to find alternative for gaining energy. Slovenia is rich with forest and wood and this should be exploited. Processing wood into wood chips give us possibility to consume all types of wood. We can use wood chips for heating houses and other objects. In this document is described modification and automatization of wood heating boiler for burning wood chips. Here is presented design of the components, production of main control unit and first run with setting the optimal parameters. You can also see cost comparison between the winter seasons where we were using firewood and where we were using wood chips. Modification is made in home workshop with minimal costs