Does The Quality of Wood Pellets Affect Combustion?
June 20, 2010 by Guest Author
Filed under Alternative Heating, Biomass
Using wood pellets as a heating fuel is a modern alternative to using logs stoves along with boilers. Biomass pellet fuel popularity has grown immensely over the last decade, particularly in Sweden, the rest of Europe along with the US. This has led to a dramatic rise in the number biomass pellet manufacturers. The two key factors driving the success of of the biomass pellet is price advantage over fossil fuel fuel, and drastically reduced carbon emissions compared to fossil fuels. At PelHeat we also try to convey the economic payback that wood pellets can bring. At a time when we require jobs in addition to economic security more than ever, supporting your local wood pellet manufacturer can provide jobs as well as keep more money within the local community without spending it abroad on foreign oil. There are though still lessons to be learnt by way of wood pellet manufacturers. Specially on the type of pellet energy they manufacture and the source of their raw matter supplies.
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When the recent economic recession started to hit, it was the housing market which took the first major impact. As mortgages dried up, so did the demand for new housing along with in tern the demand for timber for manufacture. Without this timber processing, there was very little resource of the sawdust the wood pellet manufacturer depends on to manufacture premium grade fuel pellets. This therefore led to a massive price rise in the cost of sawdust, in addition to supplies were also thin to ground. This lead to biomass pellet production coats increasing, plus therefore an raise in the fee of pellet fuel. Also, when the economic recession hit, oil producers knew that they had to lower their prices. For the oil market this is very easy due the high profit margins. Therefore at a time when people had very little money, the price of wood pellets went up plus the price of oil fell. This has placed a huge obstacle to the biomass pellet manufacturers, which some failed under.
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The wood pellet shortage in addition to high pellet prices was caused by way of the market focusing too heavily on only one grade of wood pellet fuel, along with ignoring most of the supplementary resources which can be produced into biomass pellets which generate the same heat, but just slightly more ash. Many pellet consumers today would be willing to accept more ash for a cheaper more readily accessible source of energy pellets. Yet because of poor pellet burner designs, many consumers do not even have this alternative. Many pellet stove and boiler manufactures have also been so focused on the premium pellet market, they build their burners by minimum specifications to only handle low ash pellets. Many also prefer this, as it makes it much cheaper to produce a low ash tolerant biomass pellet burner. The wood pellet market needs more divers wood pellet manufacturers. There is a sufficient market for locally created wood fuel pellets made from local resources. At PelHeat we specialise in small scale biomass pellet construction. Firstly a hammer mill is used to lessen the wood to small particles. These particles are then dried to be then fed into the wood pellet mill. Here under high pressure plus heat the pellet is made.
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Anywhere Fireplace – Gramercy Indoor/Outdoor Floor Fireplace
January 20, 2010 by Admin
Filed under Alternative Heating
Product Description
* High-style, Contemporary Stainless Steel Bio-fuel Wall Mount Fireplace
* Ventless, needs no chimney, no gas or electrical hook-up
* Mounts on virtually any wall surface
* Burns bio-ethanol liquid fuel up to 5 hours per liter
* Burns smokeless, odorless, non-toxic, non-polluting, no soot or ash to clean up
The high style and distinctive contemporary design of the ANYWHERE FIREPLACE allows the ambiance of a fire to be enjoyed in any room. It is ventless, requiring no chimney or gas line because it uses clean burning bio fuel that is smokeless, odorless, and leaves no soot or ash. You can place the ANYWHERE FIREPLACE virtually on any wall in your house, condo…More >>
