Modern Green Fuels And The Growth Of Wood Pellets
So what are wood pellets, well they obviously contain wood, but it can be practically any type of wood, it could be pine or spruce to be example, which is compressed to form a pellet. These pellets would be referred to as softwood fuel pellets.
So how are wood pellets made? Well, the main piece of equipment used is known as a pellet mill, but also known by names such as a pellet press or pellet machine. The all work under than same principle of heating and then compressing the wood into pellet form.
The type of sawdust that can be used to make wood pellets is quite general, for example it could be softwood or hardwood in origin, and some wood pellets are a mixture of the two. Different types of wood do burn differently, and produce different levels of ash content.
Once the type and grade of wood pellet fuel has been chosen, you must then decide how you will use these wood pellets to generate the heat you require. This firstly depends on the size of your heating requirements. For smaller spaces a wood pellet stove can be used.
To heat larger properties, a wood pellet boiler is used. As wood pellet boilers are larger and not as appealing to look at, they are generally placed in the basement or an out building. Wood pellet boilers come in various heat outputs, to heat any size of building.
At this point you maybe very interested in moving to wood pellets and dropping your existing oil or gas based heating system, but may still have concerns over maintenance. Wood pellets actually require very little work. Cleaning the pellet burner once a week is generally sufficient and some pellet burners actually clean themselves. As the ash from burning the wood pellets is so minimal, you will only have to empty the ash draw once a week.
Learn more about Pellet Mill. Stop by Christopher Scott’s site where you can find out all about Cost of Wood Pellets and what it can do for you.
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Posted: May 17th, 2010 under Self Improvement.
Tags: Biomass, energy, environment, Fuel, Green Energy, Self Improvement, Wood Pellets