Some details about pellets.
I’d like to devote this article to pellets. I hope you know this promising solid biofuel. First I’d like to inform you that pellets differ in methods of production. The first kind of pellets is considered to be preferable for all consumers because it’s a completely environmentally friendly stuff which tends to retain its shape through the intensification of lignin contained in plants. In fact the calorific value is supposed to be 15-20% higher than in other types of pellets. Certainly an environmentally friendly is also greatly amplified in this case. These pellets are cylindrical tiny things. The second kind of pellets is formed with the help of various additive binders. These pellets usually take the form of small ovals.

Now let’s consider an issue of raw materials used for the pellet production. The raw material may be any organic substance. Now wait a minute because I’m going to enumerate the list of these substances. So pellets are usually made of straw of cereals, sunflower, corn stalks, bark of trees, old furniture, wood left after the demolition, logs, cuttings, sawdust, wood shavings, reeds, peat and lignin after alcohol production, any kind of organic waste.

Now I’d like to tell a few words about safety closely connected with pellets. In the production of we can come across two main dangers. First, there’s a relatively high fire danger. The matter is that we must not forget that the fuel is produced. Secondly we should also take into account the sanitary control. The matter is that pellets can be considered to be just pressed vegetable organics heat – processed for a short period of time. In the compacted condition this organic matter may stay for a long time but attracting different kinds of larvae. This applies particularly to grain. Working with this substance is always a risky thing. When working with tubular pellets this risk is much lower. But those oval pellets mentioned above are more dangerous in this case. So it’s advisable for a producer to have a special dual system of disinfection of raw materials. This ensures the death of any living organisms in the pellets.

Pellets can be used for many purposes. First, they can be used as a direct fuel burnt. For example they can be charged into the boiler in a cottage. Secondly this stuff can be used as a raw material for making charcoal or coke in which the heat transfer is 1,5 times higher than the corresponding quality of coal. And it also outperforms gas in this case. In such a way pellets can be used in different industries especially in metallurgy.
In many countries as a result of rising prices on oil, gas, electricity and domestic heating there‘s a certain transfer to this new biofuel.

Among many energy saving alternatives, we seriously recommend you to read more about wood pellets.

Just a short list of advantages of using wood pellets. They are not sophisticated; they do not need huge investments into expensive “machinery”; they are ecological in the heart of it. Please invest 5 minutes of your time into reading more about wood pellets – it is really important now.