Method and equipment for producing horticultural and fuel peat and a fuel peat product

• Main Authors: MUTKA KARI, NYRONEN TIMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.04.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CONVEYING; DRYING; DRYING OR WORKING-UP OF PEAT; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; FERTILISERS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE; PACKING; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A method is disclosed for producing horticultural or fuel peat, in which the peat is removed from a bog, the removed peat is transferred from the bog to a drying field a distance away, in which the moved peat is dried, mainly by exploiting direct solar energy, so that the peat dries due to the effect of the solar radiation and the wind, after drying, the peat is moved from the drying location to further use or storage. The drying field is a special surfaced field, essentially impermeable to water, created for drying, and the peat is spread on the field as a thin 1-15 cm layer of a high-consistency mass, with a solids content of 8-30%.