Wood chips level control in a steaming chamber

Wood chips from feeding device are passed by a screw feeder in a steaming chamber, where they are got steamed thoroughly and then passed in a disk mill by a discharge screw conveyor.

Inside of the chamber:

• temperature, ºC      165-190
• overpressure, MPa  0,6 – 1,2

Depending on a screw feeder type one of the two wood chips level control variants is applied:

chamber with one-speed feeder	chamber with controllable feeder