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.

Renewable Energy

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.

Pellets

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 Machine

The wood pellet press is also often referred to as a pellet machine. 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.

Wood Pellets Production Guide

To help more people understand how a wood pellet press works, and how wood pellets are made, we have developed the wood pellet production guide. To operate a wood pellet press efficiently to produce quality wood pellets, a good understanding of the process is required. Aspects such as wood particle size, moisture percentage, density and binding qualities all affect the quality of wood pellets produced. The guide breaks the process down into ten simple steps, with diagrams and illustrations to make the process as clear as possible.

PelHeat Wood Pellet Production Guide

At PelHeat we have many years of experience in pellet production, and we provide a pellet production consultation service. The PelHeat guide download will show you how to make wood and other fuel pellets.