Nowadays, biomass energy becomes more and more popular because it is environmental friendly, so biomass pellet machine is widely known by people. Let’s learn more information about biomass pellet machine as below.
What is biomass and biomass raw material?
Biomass is organic material that comes from plants and animals, and it is a renewable source of energy. Biomass contains stored energy from the sun. Plants absorb the sun's energy in a process called photosynthesis. When biomass is burned, the chemical energy in biomass is released as heat. Biomass can be burned directly or converted to liquid biofuels or biogas that can be burned as fuels.
Biomass materials include wood and wood processing wastes, agriculture crops and waste materials, food, yard, and wood waste in garbage, animal manure and human sewage etc.
What is biomass pellet machine?
Biomass pellet machine is a machine which can makes biomass raw material into pellets for animal feed or fuel.
How does a pellet machine work?
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of biomass pellet machines, ring die pellet machine and flat die pellet machine, here we talk about one of the common flat die pellet machines, electric moter pellet machine. The components of electric motor pellet machine are roller, mold, adjusting bolt, oil filter hole, circular nut, lock ring, hopper, spindle, blade, electric control cabinet and so on. Driving the main shaft by the gear, then friction between roller and die, the friction temperature can be up to 80 ° C. Through the action of high temperature, under the action of the press roll, the raw materials pass through the hole on the die, and the high quality molding pellets will roll out from the outlet. At the same time, the length of the pellet can be set according to the position of the knife. You can adjust the position of the knife head by yourself.
Who need biomass pellet machine?
People who has pellet stove, forestry groups, energy companies, wood industries, pellet manufacture and sellers ,as well as financial investors in biofuel pellet plants.
What’s the advantages of biomass pellet ?
- Efficient - Wood and biomass pellets are efficient source of heat in that they contain very low levels of ash and moisture when compared to other types of wood heating, and there are no harmful gases released into the air as a result of combustion. Ultimately, nearly 100% of the material is converted to heat instead of waste when burned.
- Cost-Effective - While gas and oil are controlled by the government, biomass pellets operate on a free market, which means competition keeps prices low. So not only are these pellets more sustainable, they’re less expensive than traditional heating methods.
- Convenient - Pellets are easy to acquire, easy to burn, and best of all, easy to store. One ton of pellets consists of about 50 bags weighing about 40 pounds each, and the pellet they come on can fit neatly into any 4x4x4 area.
- Environmentally Responsible - Burning wood and biomass pellets is carbon neutral, which means they don’t put out any net carbon into the atmosphere. In addition, biomass pellets are considered to be an unlimited fuel source based on data from the Pellet Fuels Institute.
- Locally Produced - If you’re buying pellets, what you should consider is that you’re getting them locally or making them yourself. Pellets aren’t shipped to you from foreign countries or far off states. Most times, they’re available right in your community, which also means that by using pellets, you’re supporting a local economy.
Support equipment for biomass pellet machine
Biomass pellet machine can work alone, but, sometimes it needs support equipment according to material status and end use of pellets.
- Hammer mill: hammer mill is used to crush biomass material into sawdust whose diameter is 3-5mm, a suitable size for making pellets.
- Airflow dryer: airflow dryer is used to dry the raw materials and remove excess water.
- Cooler: Pellet cooler is used in pellet production line to lower the temperature of pellets, increase their hardness and reduce the water content.
- Pellet packing machine: it is used to weigh and pack wood pellets automatically.
