Wood pellets can be made from any source of wood residue plus waste with-products, yet the quality of the raw matter, end use plus value does change. The most common use of a biomass pellet mill is to create biomass pellet fuel. The most common wood pellet energy are premium biomass pellets. Premium biomass pellets are the highest quality wood pellets, by way of the lowest ash and moisture content. Premium wood pellets therefore make the highest heat value, by means of the lowest moisture content. The raw material for premium biomass pellets is either pine or spruce for softwood pellets, as well as normally oak for hardwood pellets. The raw material must also contain little or no bark residue, as this will increase the ash content of the pellets. As no bark is present the biomass residue has less organic binding abilities, and therefore high temperatures have to be achieved in the wood pellet mill to make quality pellets. Therefore smaller biomass pellet mills may struggle to achieve the required temperatures, plus additional binding agents maybe required.
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A different well-liked use for biomass pellets are as animal bedding, or more specifically horse bedding. Horses and most animals are susceptible to dust coming from the bedding causing lung along with breathing issues. Wood pellets are desired, because of their low dust content, as well as they are also highly absorbent. Over recent years there has been a increasing interest in BBQ wood pellets. There are several reasons for this, firstly a wood pellet BBQ can control the temperature precisely, plus can be used for traditional BBQ, as an oven along with even a smoker. Secondly there is literally a massive flavour collection which includes, Alder, Apple, Cherry, Hickory, Mulberry, Orange along with the list goes on. Ask any BBQ expert, as well as they will tell you a biomass pellet BBQ is the greatest. From the list of uses above, it is clear why more people are becoming interested in using along with producing biomass pellets. A wood pellet manufacturer has many likely markets for their products. Currently today the wood pellet manufacture market is dominated by large scale production. Though it is possible to create wood pellets by means of a wood pellet mill on a small scale.
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Using a biomass pellet mill to create pellets is a skilled process, the right equipment in addition to set-up is required, along with the right raw matter along with operator knowledge. At PelHeat, we receive many requests for information on how the process works, and which raw materials will work in addition to which will not. We therefore developed the wood pellet production guide, a detailed guide on the whole pellet construction process.
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