First Thermo Biopile 2007
Here
you can see the wood chips being added between the layers of switch
grass. The plastic tubing is also placed in the wood chips.
The plumbing to and from the Thermo Biopile is insulated with switch grass.
A view before the tarp was placed.
Later in the heating season the tarp was removed. It seems that it may not be needed.
Above
is the telemetry device. The receiver is the left device and the
transmitter is on the right. The receiver is placed in the nose (white
pipe) of the Thermo Biopile and senses temperature and humidity. The
receiver also has a clock that gets automatically set from a far away
low frequency radio station.
Here you can see that the Thermo Biopile is at 102.2 F and the humidity is 55%.
