Fröling Turbomat 500

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The Fröling Turbomat 500 automatic wood chip boiler is a unique, heavy-duty, fully automatic, biomass boiler that operates with a wide variety of biomass fuels such as wood chips, wood pellets, wood shavings, and miscanthus.  A unique vertical heat exchanger with active mechanical scrapers ensures long-term efficiency and excellent ash separation in the exhaust stream. Despite being compact, the Fröling Turbomat 500 automatic wood chip boiler has a full fire clay combustion chamber and high-temperature active grate that is typically found in larger boilers. Weighing in at 18,450 pounds, the Turbomat weighs nearly twice as much as its competition in the same size class.

Available  Model:

• Fröling Turbomat Boiler 400/500 - 1.3MM to 1.7MM Btu/Hr

The Fröling Turbomat 500 automatic wood chip boiler not only boasts innovative combustion technology but also offers impressive control options. With Lambda controls as standard, combustion chamber temperature monitoring,  automated adjustment of flue gas recirculation, and negative pressure control, perfect combustion is guaranteed for a wide range of materials. All Turbomat functions are fully automatic, from fuel feed and combustion to cleaning and ash removal. The high-tech Turbomat is designed to be extremely robust, durable, and easy to service.  A large variety of fuel feeding systems complete the package.  The Fröling Turbomat automatic wood chip boiler is designed to operate 24 hours per day without shutting down for ash or fuel handling. The Turbomat embodies Fröling’s expertise as a leading manufacturer of biomass heating systems.

The Fröling TM Model 500 is ASME certified. 

High-Temperature Combustion Chamber with Moving Grate

The high-temperature combustion chamber is 4-shelled, guaranteeing clean combustion. The jacket cooling, together with the water-cooled stoker duct minimize radiant heat losses and guarantee high efficiency. Thanks to the moving conveyor grate, boiler operation is trouble- and maintenance-free, even when using low-grade fuels which tend to form ash clinkers. Separation of the primary air zone guarantees full, efficient burnout. This keeps emission levels very low (CO less than 10 mg/MJ) The ashes that fall under the grate are automatically transported to the ash container by a rake.

Upright Heat Exchanger

The upright design means that the heat-exchanger practically cleans itself. The heating surfaces are cleaned automatically, which maintains high efficiency. Ash is removed by sturdy augers, which feed fly-ash into containers, which sit external to the boiler, allowing removal at any time.

Flue Gas Re-circulation

Some of the flue gas is fed back into the combustion by a speed-regulated flue gas re-circulation draft fan. The residual oxygen in the flue gas is fed back to the combustion zone by an automatic progressive rotary slide valve serving as the primary and secondary flue gas return. This reduces NOX emissions. It also helps to protect the fire clay when high-quality dry fuels are used while also optimizing combustion and output for damp fuels.

Fröling SPS 4000 Controller

The new SPS 4000, made of industry-standard high-quality components, is now available as an option. The clear, user-friendly control system offers a wide range of different settings and display options for individual, efficient and stable operation. The Fröling SPS 4000 offers numerous functional possibilities such as 5 sensor storage tank management, heating circuit, and network temperature control, external power specifications, cascade function, integration, monitoring, and controlling of additional peripheral components. Fröling Visualisation Software captures historic and current data thanks to its trend, status, and alarm recording features.

1. Robust agitator head.
2. Maintenance-free agitator gearbox.
3. Strong spring blade ensures even filling of the feed screw.
4. Screw channel with progressive screw for smooth operation.
5. Ball joint for continuously adjustable inclination of the feed screw.

6. Patented twin-chamber rotary valve for top burn back protection.
7. Thermal storage tank.
8. Easy access to the sheer edge through an accessible opening.
9. Gravity shaft cover with safety cut-off switch.
10. TM 500 wood chip boiler.

Heavy Duty Stoker and Flexible Ball Joint

The ball joint is a flexible connecting piece between the discharge screw and the stoker unit. Offering continuous adjustment of the inclinations (up to max. 15°) and angles, the ball joint enables an optimum adjustment to the space requirements. The highly compact stoker unit of the TM 500 together with the patented rotary valve guarantee top burn back protection and reliable fuel feed into the combustion zone. The stoker unit is driven jointly with the rotary valve by an energy-saving geared motor (spur gears), guaranteeing maximum energy efficiency. For large or less uniform wood chip fuel, a heavy-duty and very reliable hydraulic ram feeder is an option.

Patented Twin-Chamber Rotary Valve

The patented twin-chamber rotary valve offers maximum operating safety. The rotary valve forms a reliable separation between the discharge system and the feed unit, providing optimal burn-back protection. The advanced system design with two chambers ensures that the fuel is transported continuously to the combustion zone. This optimal fuel metering ensures the best possible combustion values. The two large chambers are especially suitable for transporting wood chips up to P45A (previously G50). The high-quality cutting edges can be replaced and also easily cut through coarser pieces. High resistance is recognized automatically. The rotary valve and screw move backward (several times depending on the parameters set) until transport can be re-started. The rotary valve is extremely quiet and uses only minimal power.

Fröling engineers can supply numerous chip feeding systems that seamlessly integrate with their boilers, which is crucial for reliable operation. Scraper floors, rotary agitators, chain conveyors, inclined auger discharge, and heavy-duty horizontal discharge are options provided by Fröling. Integrating feed systems with boilers is an important all-in-one service provided by Fröling. The simple and effective design of Fröling's rotary agitator discharge systems ensures smooth operation.  Any problematic materials (e.g. foreign debris) are automatically detected and removed by a reverse turn of the augers(turn control). The feed auger with a progressive screw blade ensures low energy consumption. Rotary discharge is also available with independent drive systems for variable adjustment of fuel feed output.

Connectivity

Fröling Connect software allows free remote monitoring and control from web-enabled devices. You can read and modify the main status information and settings easily and conveniently online. It is also possible to store historic operating information and receive warnings such as when the ash box is full. It allows the owner of the heating system to enable additional users, for example, a family member, neighbor, or service technician. Once the boiler is connected to the internet, the system can be accessed 24/7 from everywhere using a smartphone, tablet, or PC with a web browser.

Here are working TM 500 Boiler Project Summaries. For more project summary examples on pellet, wood chip, and cordwood boilers please click here.

• ASME stamped pressure vessel with a 45 PSI working pressure.

• Safety tested and listed to UL 2523.

• Trapezoidal stoker housing guarantees efficient operation of feed motors and flexibility for varying fuel sizes. The industry standard drive gear unit is durable and mechanically isolated from the feed channel. This prevents auger movements from affecting the gear unit.

• 4-layer high-temperature combustion chamber (firebrick/insulation/ air jacket/insulation) made of premium, heat resistant fire-clay components for optimal combustion, even with inferior fuel (e.g. high moisture level, etc.).

• High-temperature post-combustion zone with hot fire-clay lining prolongs combustion. This increases efficiency further, particularly with inferior fuels such as high moisture wood chips.

• Moving grate for constantly uniform combustion process with ongoing removal of combustion residue.  The innovative primary air zone separation system produces exceptional combustion results.

• Vertical patented 4-pass heat exchanger with integrated multi-cyclone dust separation unit and automatic Efficiency Optimization System (EOS) tube cleaning system.

• Case cooling of the combustion chamber minimizes radiant heat. The heat is specifically used to preheat the combustion air.

• Automatic adjusting flue gas re-circulation FGR (optional) optimizes burning (output, emissions, etc.) with particularly demanding fuels, e.g. pellets.

• Speed-regulated and function-monitored induced draft fan together with the under-pressure controller ensure that the system continuously adapts to changes in fuel and the chimney conditions.

• Multi-layer thermal insulation guarantees minimum radiant heat.

• Large, solid combustion chamber doors ensure ease of access for maintenance.

• Additional igniter option for hard to light fuels.