Truly Green Farms Chatham, Ontario

Total surface area: 20 ha.

Surface new construction: 10 ha.

Crop:  tomatoes

The first phase of 10 ha. was heated by JV Energy Solutions in 2013. Meanwhile we have started with the installation of the heating in the 2nd phase of 10 ha.

The installation consists of a 14 milj. kW boiler installation, CO2 installation, underground transport lines, tube rail heating 10x Ø51 and grow tube heating 10x Ø51. In this project we install 13 containers with groundpipe and 770,800' of 2"od x .095 (235 kilometers tube Ø51)

UPDATE - March 28, 2019 - Fase 4

UPDATE - October 18, 2018 - Fase 3

The design of the heating installation is based on the greenhouse surface area of 91.160 m², and the future expansion of phase 4.

The existing boiler room is prepared with a manifold Ø910 mm and spare connections for the new phases. The new greenhouse project consists of a total of 10 departments. The greenhouse heating installation consists of: Tube rail heating (10 x Ø51x2,4 mm) Grow tube heating (10x Ø51x2,4 mm) and gable heating.

Also the greenhouse is provided with a CO₂ dosing installation connected to the flue gas collector that is connected to the flue gas condensers of the gas fired boilers in the boiler room and the connection to Greenfield Ethanol Plant.

UPDATE - September 18, 2017

Heat connection between the GFE heat delivery point at the other side of Bloomfield road and the boiler room installation of Truly Green Farms.

In the Truly Green boiler room we install four heat exchangers with a total capacity of 24,2 MW heat exchangers to separate the greenhouse heating installation from the GFE waste heat installation.

At the G.F.E. side of the heat exchanger a pump group will be installed, consisting of 1 circulation pump with frequency drive per heat exchanger. At the Truly Green side of the heat exchanger a pump group will be installed, consisting of 1 circulation pumps with frequency drive per heat exchanger.

The GFE side of the heat exchangers will be connected to the heat delivery point with DN 400 piping. In the boiler room high mounted on a steel structure and outside subsoil mounted as pre-insulated piping.

The Truly Green side of the heat exchangers is connected to the main Supply and Return lines of the boiler room installation and also to the return lines of the tube rail and grow pipe heating groups on the manifold.Using motorized butterfly valves it is possible to choose between these 2 connection points.

For the existing 9,12 Ha phase1 and new build phase 2 greenhouse GFE delivers the total greenhouse heat demand up to an outside temperature of -10°C (24 MW).