What are wood pellets? How are wood pellets made?

Wood pellets are biofuels made from compressed wood fibers.

Wood pellets are a “green” fuel used to replace other environmentally unfriendly fuels such as coal, charcoal, honeycomb charcoal, etc. Wood pellets are produced from raw materials. natural materials such as wood chips, corn stalks, bark, sawdust, shavings, etc. In addition, wood pellets are compressed wood particles used as fuel. Wood pellets are commonly used in many regions and territories around the world.

With the cost of fossil fuels expected to continue to increase, there is a demand for wood pellet fuel to replace gas, coal, oil, firewood, etc. and for use in wood pellet heating systems. Compression has increased sharply in recent years.

How are wood pellets made?

To create wood pallets, producers remove moisture from incoming wood fibre, grind the fibre in to dust, and compress the dust into small cylinders pellets (typically with a 6 – 8mm diameter, and a length of up to 40mm).

Heat is applied in this process which causes ligin – a natural polymer found in wood – to acts as a glue to hold the compressed particles together. The result is a dry, highly compressed and high energy-value product that can be easily handled and transported efficiently over very long distances.