Stronga have experience in designing all-inclusive solutions for material drying in hooklift container modules. Stronga have the confidence to provide specialist advice, reliable support and efficient drying solutions for customers who have wet products to dry like wood chip, digestate, manure and more. Discover how you could significantly increase your financial income with Stronga.
Traditional seasoning concept
Traditional seasoning is a natural method of air drying in piled conical heaps. This drying concept is mainly applicable to timber and it considered as being inefficient, taking 2 years or more to suitably reduce moisture content to the required level. Inefficiency is an issue for many businesses who often require an immediately saleable product; particularly those who are looking to make use of Renewable Heat Incentives (RHI) offered by governments, today.
Stronga containerised drying concept
Stronga manufacture and design two types of drying container solutions which work alongside our HookLoada trailer for the transport, delivery and storage of wet materials like woodchip, digestate, grain and poultry manure:
- Horizontal airflow type (HAF containers).
- Vertical ‘bottom up’ airflow type .
Containerised drying allows customers to blow hot air through wet materials to suitably reduce moisture content for fuel or fertiliser, depending on the material. Where traditional seasoning can take 2+ years, container drying can turn wet product into a saleable fuel or fertiliser in as little as 1-3 days. Imagine the dry output potential with a multiple container drying system.
All-inclusive drying solutions
To maximise efficiency and performance, the Stronga technical team work with the customer to specify an inclusive drying system. The inclusive drying system is entirely collated and designed by Stronga:
- Heatex unit.
- Boiler (Stronga work with preferred boiler suppliers).
- Coil/heater exchanger design.
- Fan type.
- Plenum design.
- Air temperatures, air pressure and relative humidity.
How do the drying methods compare?
CONTAINER DRYING |
TRADITIONAL SEASONING |
| Short drying time – dependent on numerous factors | Environmentally friendly |
| Less external influence on drying process | Low energy input requirement |
| Ability to use waste heat from CHP, AD plants or other sources | |
| Ability to chip into the container + Dry in the container + Deliver with the container | |
| Can work with hook lift trailer or hook lift truck | |
| Mobile asset such which the customer can easily sell on | |
| Flexibility to dry a long list of wet products |
HookLoada shuttling process
The Stronga HookLoada works alongside our container drying stations in what is an efficient, flexible and high performance drying system. HookLoada and drying containers operate in the following sequence for woodchips:
1. Collect wet woodchips from the timber source
2. Deliver wet woodchips to the drying station
3. Dry woodchips at the drying station
Discover the woodchip energy harvest video below to see how the HookLoada fits into the drying process.
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If you are interested in Stronga drying solutions, click here to discover the high performance Stronga FlowDrya which delivers even better drying efficiency. Stronga are your trusted transport advisers, contact our friendly team for professional support.
