Binders and other additives – crucial for pellet making
Due to the different characteristics of various raw materials, the pellet quality is unequal. To improve the pellet quality or maximize production capacity, you can add binder to help the…
Drying of raw materials to make good quality pellets
The moisture content of the pellet directly affects the pellet’s final quality and combustion efficiency (including the amount of smoke it admits). According to our years’ of study and experience,…
Packaged Efficiency
A 50,000-ton-per-year pellet plant operating five days a week for 10 hours per day will produce 200 tons of wood pellets each day. While instances of bulk pellet delivery are…
Biomass: UK May wood pellet imports dip on lower US supply
The UK's imports of wood pellets in May dipped 14% on the month to 454,769 mt, with a substantial increase in Canadian material only partially offsetting lower supply from the…
Canadian particleboard plant converts to wood pellet production
A Canadian particleboard facility will be converted into a wood pellet manufacturing plant. NEWPRO has decided to start producing wood pellets at its particleboard plant in Smithers, British Columbia, after…
Firefighters soak smoldering wood fuel pellets at two Brunswick port warehouses that burned Saturday
Firefighters from the Waynesville Volunteer Fire Department in Brantley County spray down the huge pile of wood fuel pellets that was exposed when two warehouses burned Saturday afternoon at the…
Initial size reduction of the raw material before making wood pellets
Before pellet compression in the mill can take place the wood, straw, grass or other biomass must be reduced in size. One of the most important facts in pellet production…
Preparation prior to making pellets
Common materials for pelletization Wood Wood and its derivatives are the raw materials most widely used to create pellets. Forestry operations often establish pellet plants to make use of byproducts…
Other key components of pellet mill
Hopper The hopper is a container designed to receive feedstock and serve as a reservoir that maintains enough raw material for a sustainable flow throughout the pellet mill’s operation. The…
FutureMetrics rebuts wood pellet myths
In a recent report, FutureMetrics aims to debunk two common myths regarding the use of wood pellets as a substitution for coal: that they release more carbon dioxide during combustion,…