Wood Pellet Press

Wood pellets are made from compressed wood residues. For the wood fuel market, these are mostly softwood residues, with minimal bark from species of wood which produce a low ash content during combustion. Wood pellets have grown rapidly in popularity over the last few years, as they are the ideal low maintenance, low cost green fuel. Please view the video below of our pellet boiler burning a collection of biomass fuel pellets, including straw fuel pellets.

Green Renewable Energy For All

Wood pellets are a form of renewable energy. Wood is a renewable resource as supplies can be replaced within the lifespan of consumption, unlike fossil fuels. Wood pellets are also a carbon neutral form of energy, as during the growing cycle of the wood, carbon dioxide is consumed. During combustion, the carbon dioxide is released and new woody biomass consumes the carbon. For these reasons there has been a dramatic rise in the production of wood pellets, and the use of the wood pellet press for fuel pellets.

Wood Pellet Burning In Home Stoves

Pellets are simply a compressed form of the original raw material. Many different biomass materials can be processed in a pellet press, see left for examples. Due to the rise in interest of wood pellet fuel, there has also being an increasing interest in the wood pellet press.

Pellet Mills Is Another General Term Used

The wood pellet press is also often referred to as a pellet mill. The equipment is primarily comprised of a die and roller configuration. The key difference maybe that some wood pellet presses adopt the ring die pellet mill design, and some use the flat die pellet mill design. The ring die is the more advanced design, and uses less energy due to reduced roller friction.

The Wood Pellet Shortage Of 2007

When the global economy started to go into recession, many people would not connect a supply issue with wood pellets. However, as the housing market in the US fell through, almost all new home development in the US also halted. What this meant was that there was far less demand for timber. The timber processors then reduced production, and this simply meant not as much sawdust was produced. The wood pellet industry is almost completely dependant on this sawdust, and therefore they could not produce enough wood pellets.

The lesson to be learnt from this episode in history is that been completely dependant on the success of another industry is very dangerous indeed. Therefore it makes sense to look at other biomass fuel pellets.