The production of wood pellets Wood Energy（木球木材的生产能量）.pdf

Processing / Products No. 10 Pellets are best produced from The production of wood pellets conifer sawdust. The hammer-mill should have a dust e plosion escape hatch. Pieter D. Kof man1 When working in areas with dry sawdust, a P3 dust mask should be worn. Internal quality control is essential during the complicated process of Background producing wood pellets. The CEN/Technical Specification 14588 Solid biof uels – Terminology, def initions and descrip tions describes biofuel pellets as: densif ied biof uel made f rom p ulverised biomass, wit or wit out p ressing aids, usually wit a cy lindrical f orm, random lengt typ ically 5 to 30 mm, and broken ends. In CEN/Technical Specification 14961 Solid Biof uels – Fuel sp ecif ications and classes densified biofuel is further sub-divided into briquettes, which have a diameter larger than 25 mm, and pellets, which have a diameter of less than 25 mm. The same technical specification also provides (in Table 5) more details on the specifications of properties for wood pellets. equirements and classes are formulated for diameter, moisture content, ash percentage, sulphur contents, mechanical durability, amount of fines, a