The Benefits Of A UK Made Biomass Pellet Machine

The term biomass covers a very wide range of materials from wood to crops. Biomass in its raw state often contains too much moisture and a density too low to perform well in combustion.

Therefore one of the best ways to use biomass is to dry the raw material and then to compress the biomass material into pellet form. There are also biomass briquettes, briquettes are basically compressed material into the shape of a log. Some people who have log stoves prefer the idea of briquettes as they are familiar with logs. However pellets can also be used in basic log stoves with the help of a pellet basket. Pellets burn more efficiently than briquettes not due to density, but an increased surface area. The equipment used to compress biomass into pellets is referenced to as a biomass pellet machine. Pellet machines come in various different sizes. At PelHeat we help people with pellet machines that can be used in the home all the way up to machines for full scale pellet production. You can see a sample of the range of biomass materials which can be compressed into fuel pellets in the video below of our pellet boiler. At PelHeat we educate on the process of making pellets and the equipment required. Our smallest unit is the Mini Pellet Mill. A pellet mill is another term used to described a pellet machine. Ground biomass is placed in the hopper and then is fed into the pellet mill at a controlled rate. Then a roller and die compress the biomass under immense pressure to form pellets. The pellets exit the pellet machine at very high temperatures and do require cooling before use. We also offer highly automated pellet plants to process wood and other biomass materials. For instance recently we installed a small pellet plant in the Ukraine to turn reeds into fuel pellets. These pellets were then used by local people for heat and local power stations to produce power.