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Pellets come in a variety of dissimilar diameters, for instance biomass pellets for stoves are generally 6mm in diameter along with pellet boilers can take larger diameters, including 6mm in addition to 8mm pellets.

Power stations also use wood and straw pellets in co-burning by coal, they use pellets between 10-12mm in diameter. Diameters larger than this are regarded as briquettes. Briquettes are similar to logs, yet they are not as suitable for automatic feed hoppers. Pellet making is a skilled process in addition to different raw materials behave differently. Therefore how to make biomass pellets depends partly on the equipment used plus the raw material. One of the first things to consider is the source of the biomass residue. It must be free from contaminates such as stones as well as metal, as these can cause serious damage to the equipment, particularly the pellet mill.

The raw material must now be reduced to a small uniform size for the pellet mill or pellet press. The size reduction required depends on the diameter of the pellet produced. The general rule is to reduce the size of particles to less than the diameter of the pellet. The type of die used in the pellet mill will affect the compression ratio, plus thus the quality and density of the finished pellet. The matter must also be fed into the pellet mill at a controlled rate, if the feed rate is too fast, the slipping force can be exceeded or a build up of resistance could cause the motor to stall.

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Depending on the type of matter being processed unlike pellet machines have different attributes. For case in point the speed of the pellet machine as well as rated power, change depending on the application. For case in point materials with lower densities along with high oil contents need less power during construction. So rape cake for instance which is a by way of-product of oil seed pressing has a low density plus high oil content. Rape cake can therefore achieve a high productivity along with low energy consumption. Wood pellet construction yet requires much more power, as well as in general much lower productivity.

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Biomass pellet production is a exact process, it requires the correct equipment as well as process knowledge, therefore PelHeat have developed this guide on how to manufacture wood pellets. The guide covers the equipment required in addition to basic process knowledge to over come potential issues along with amplify quality.

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