The kiln controller system produces premium heat treated lumber
The word is now out. We are beginning to understand why the regular heating and cooling effects of air drying produce higher quality outcomes from dried, heat treated lumber. Solar Kilns advanced Kiln controller technology allows clients to have the best of both worlds; air seasoned quality outcomes with the advantages of fast and reliable, exceptionally low cost kiln drying at the same time.
Designed to be the best
Solarola’s Kiln controller system provides innovative multiple schedules that allow daily heating and cooling cycles that relieve stress. (See ‘cyclic drying’) In essence, we have kept the advantages of natural air seasoning whilst getting rid of the disadvantages. A range of other programmable energy management functions are incorporated to allow automated and simple care-free operator control while producing fast, high-quality outcomes.
Lack of control and automation inherent to other and earlier types of solar kilns are now a thing of the past due to the comprehensive development and often unique innovations.
In the business of solar drying, information literally is power. The more you know about the rhythms of your energy cycle in your environment and the mechanics of wood drying and heat treated lumber, the more you can do to conserve and effectively channel energy - and cut costs as a result.
Monitoring means more money – for you
With this need for information and the necessity for effective, user-friendly and remote monitoring in mind, the Solarola system was developed to feature what has been called the world’s most advanced solar kiln controller and reporting systems.
The Solarola generation 4 monitoring system allows users to easily and remotely monitor a range of kiln activities on your heat treated lumber including
- solar intensity
- the kiln’s current operating mode
- weather
- airflow direction
- energy consumption
- a wealth of information to help you (or our skilled technicians at call) to determine how to best operate your kiln/s given the current conditions and your drying needs.
Even our lower technology pro-kiln specification includes a comprehensive data logging system as a standard feature.
Features
Standard Kiln Controller system features for our ‘gen 4’ and ‘pro-kilns’ product range include
- Advanced functions that manage energy by changing function of the solar collector during cloudy periods to conserve heat. They also constantly calculate and compare kiln and ambient absolute humidity levels before automatically managing kiln RH venting functions.
- Automatically senses the appropriate time to commence nightly reconditioning (‘equalization-phase’) cool-down and applies higher humidity conditions to the heat treated lumber to promote the cyclic cool cycle.
- Automatically stalls airflow through the solar collector cavity formed by the outer covers to conserve the stored energy at night. Heat loss at night is minimal, comparing favorably to conventionally insulated kilns without the high associated costs. Come morning, the system detects sunlight and kicks back in to full operation.
These are just some of the benefits of our kiln controller system. Contact us for more information on how the kiln controller can suit you.